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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,50Or manage it to part these men with me.

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Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Montague: Alas! my liege, my wife is dead to-night;Grief of my son’s exile hath stopp’d her breath.What further woe conspires against mine age?

Which is an example of dramatic irony in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet?

Which element of a Shakespearean tragedy does Romeo represent in Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet?

Which words best help the reader understand the tone of the play’s conclusion? Select four options.

Which phrases from the passage are oxymorons? Select 2 options.

Which excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet best reflects the play’s overall theme?

In Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet, how does Romeo react when he hears someone in Juliet’s tomb?

Read Friar Laurence’s dialogue from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.But he which bore my letter, Friar John,Was stay’d by accident, and yesternightReturn’d my letter back.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!Lady Capulet: A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?Capulet: My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,And flourishes his blade in spite of me.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Well, in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hit With Cupid’s arrow; she hath Dian’s wit;And, in strong proof of chastity well arm’d,From love’s weak childish bow she lives unharm’d.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.If ever you disturb our streets againYour lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: What! art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,Or manage it to part these men with me.Tybalt: What! drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word,As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.Have at thee, coward! [They fight.]

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What is the purpose of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet? Select 3 options.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.Here’s much to do with hate, but more with love:Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!O any thing! of nothing first create.O heavy lightness! serious vanity!Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!This love feel I, that feel no love in this.Dost thou not laugh?

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene I of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Well, in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hitWith Cupid’s arrow; she hath Dian’s wit;And, in strong proof of chastity well arm’d,From love’s weak childish bow she lives unharm’d.She will not stay the siege of loving terms,

Which best describes the primary conflict of Act IV, scenes iii-v of Romeo and Juliet?

Read Capulet’s lines directed at Nurse from Act IV, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Go waken Juliet, go and trim her up;I’ll go and chat with Paris. Hie, make haste,Make haste; the bridegroom he is come already:Make haste, I say. [Exeunt.]