In Romeo and Juliet, why doesn’t Juliet want to marry Paris?
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Responses
She is already married.
She is already married.
She is in love with Romeo.
She is in love with Romeo.
Paris has never wooed her.
Paris has never wooed her.
all of the above
all of the above
Correct response: all of the above
Juliet does not want to marry Paris because she is already married to Romeo, she is in love with Romeo, and Paris has never wooed her.
What would you say is the principle means of characterization employed by the author?
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Responses
emotions
emotions
thoughts
thoughts
narrative
narrative
dialogue
Correct response: dialogue
In Romeo and Juliet, the author primarily uses dialogue as the main means of characterization to reveal the thoughts, emotions, and personalities of the characters.
Complete the analogy:
Affliction is to calamity as lamentation is to ___________.
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Responses
jocund
jocund
weeping
weeping
sullen
sullen
destruction
destruction
Correct response: weeping
The analogy is describing the relationship between affliction and calamity, where affliction is a more intense form of calamity. Similarly, lamentation is a more intense form of weeping.
In Romeo and Juliet, which of the following words could be used to describe the Nurse?
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Responses
fickle
fickle
jocund
jocund
sullen
sullen
piteous
Correct response: piteous
The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet can be described as piteous, as she is often caring, compassionate, and sympathetic towards Juliet.
In the Elizabethan five-act play structure, Act III contains the _____________.
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Responses
resolution
resolution
exposition
exposition
climax
climax
conflict
Correct response: climax
In the Elizabethan five-act play structure, Act III typically contains the climax of the play, where the conflict reaches its peak and the most intense events unfold.
Iambic pentameter is often used in _______________.
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Responses
plays
plays
blank verse
blank verse
prose
prose
parliament