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Characterization, Theme, and Irony in "The Gift of the Magi" — Unit test Answers

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Read the excerpt from Juliet’s soliloquy in Act IV, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.What if this mixture do not work at all?Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?No, no; this shall forbid it: lie thou there. [Laying down a dagger.]What if it be a poison, which the friarSubtly hath minister’d to have me dead,Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour’d Because he married me before to Romeo?I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not,For he hath still been tried a holy man.I will not entertain so bad a thought.

A
Juliet’s shame at disgracing her family and Paris.
B
Juliet’s confusion about whether Romeo loves her.
C
Juliet’s anger at the friar for marrying her to Romeo.
D
Juliet’s uneasiness about going through with her plan.
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Which best describes the primary conflict of Act IV, scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet?

A
Juliet fakes her own death using a potion.
B
Capulet bosses around Juliet’s nurse.
C
Peter argues with Juliet’s wedding musicians.
D
Friar Laurence lies to Juliet’s family.
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Read Juliet’s dialogue from Act IV, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Or, if I live, is it not very like,The horrible conceit of death and night,Together with the terror of the place,As in a vault, an ancient receptacle,Where, for these many hundred years, the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack’d;

A
Romeo will join her in death.
B
she will be haunted by ghosts.
C
Romeo will never find her.
D
she will never wake up.
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Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Nurse: O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day!Most lamentable day, most woeful day,That ever, ever, I did yet behold! O day! O day! O day! O hateful day! Never was seen so black a day as this:O woeful day, O woeful day!

A
dislike of Juliet’s parents.
B
love and affection for Juliet.
C
deceit of Juliet’s parents.
D
support of Juliet’s plan.
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How do Juliet’s parents contribute to the catastrophe in Act IV, scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet?

A
by discovering that Juliet is already married to Romeo
B
by requesting specific food be served at the wedding
C
by asking Nurse to check on Juliet before the wedding
D
by pushing Juliet into a quick marriage with Paris
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Read this line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;

A
understand why Romeo and Juliet kill themselves in the play.
B
know which characters act as enemies of Romeo and Juliet.
C
predict that Romeo and Juliet do not survive at the end of the play.
D
wonder what finally happens to the characters of Romeo and Juliet.
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Read the dialogue found in Act II, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Good morrow to you both. What counterfeit did I give you?Mercutio: The slip, sir, the slip; can you not conceive?Romeo: Pardon, good Mercutio, my business was great; and in such a case as mine a man may strain courtesy.Mercutio: That’s as much as to say, such a case as yours constrains a man to bow in the hams.Romeo: Meaning—to curtsy.Mercutio: Thou hast most kindly hit it.Romeo: A most courteous exposition.Mercutio: Nay, I am the very pink of courtesy.

A
It creates a sentimental mood as Mercutio hears all about Romeo’s new romance.
B
It creates a thoughtful mood as Romeo encourages his friend to be more courteous.
C
It creates an unsettled mood as Mercutio questions Romeo seriously about his absence.
D
It creates a mischievous mood as Mercutio and Romeo banter about Romeo’s disappearance.

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