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- 1. Multiple Choice
PART A: Which of the following best states a theme of the soliloquy?
Suicide is not only tragic but morally wrong, and should be discouraged.
When life is full of pain and struggle, it is worthwhile to end one’s life rather than suffer.
It is better to take one’s own life rather than take another’s in the name of revenge.
Life is full of struggle, but the great unknown of death is far more fearsome. Life is full of struggle, but the great unknown of death is far more fearsome.
- 2. Multiple Choice
PART B: Which of the following quotes best supports the answer to Part A?
“To die, to sleep — / No more — and by a sleep to say we end / The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to. ‘Tis a consummation / Devoutly to be wished.” (Lines 5-9)
“For who would bear the whips and scorns of time, / Th’ oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely / The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, / The insolence of office, and the spurns / That patient merit of th’ unworthy takes, / When he himself might his quietus make” (Lines 15-20)
“The undiscovered country, from whose bourn / No traveller returns, puzzles the will, / And makes us rather bear those ills we have / Than fly to others that we know not of?” (Lines 24-27)
“And thus the native hue of resolution / Is sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought, / And enterprise of great pitch and moment / With this regard their currents turn awry / And lose the name of action.” (Lines 29-33)
- 3. Multiple Choice
PART A: How does Shakespeare use figurative language to talk about death?
Shakespeare compares life to a nightmare and death to peaceful sleep.
Shakespeare compares life to crossing into new countries and death to being in a fixed state.
Shakespeare compares life and death to battles in which one has the choice of fighting.
Shakespeare compares death to sleep and dreams to the afterlife.
- 4. Multiple Choice
PART B: Which TWO quotes from the text support the answer to Part A?
“‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune” (Lines 2-3)
“take arms against a sea of troubles / And by opposing end them.” (Lines 4-5)
“and by a sleep to say we end / The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks / That flesh is heir to.” (Lines 6-8)
“For in that sleep of death what dreams may come / When we have shuffled off this mortal coil, / Must give us pause.” (Lines 11-13)
- 5. Multiple Choice
What type of poem is "To be or Not to Be?"
soliloquy
Free Verse
Ballad
Sonnet
- 6. Multiple Choice
Who wrote "To Be or Not to Be?'
Tolstoy
Jane Austin
Shakespeare
Robert Frost
- 7. Multiple Choice
PART A: Reread paragraph 2. What is the host’s likely purpose for beginning the interview segment in this way?
By using rhetorical questions, the host is highlighting the ubiquity of Shakespeare.
By asking listeners to recall their associations with Shakespeare, the host is making the interview seem more relevant to the audience.
By bringing to mind more common associations with Shakespeare, the host is emphasizing the remarkableness of Bates’ story.
By asking Bates about her own memories of Shakespeare, the host is attempting to learn more about the origins of her interest in Shakespeare.
- 8. Multiple Choice
PART B: Which quotation best supports the answer to Part A?
"a deep connection with the playwright’s words”
"Maybe you think about struggling to get through sophomore English”
"well-trained actors performing in beautifully appointed theaters”
"what probably does not come to mind are convicted murderers”
- 9. Multiple Choice
PART A: Which statement best explains why Bates teaches maximum-security prisoners?
She strongly believes all people deserve a quality education.
She felt a personal connection to the prisoners.
She felt a sense of duty to take on the challenge despite reservations.
She enjoys learning about and exposing herself to dangerous and risky environments.
- 10. Multiple Choice
PART B: Which piece of evidence provides the best support for the answer to Part A?
“…one of my students got in trouble and he was taken out of class and I started to ask around… And my prisoner-students told me about this unit” (Paragraph 8)
“No teacher has ever gone into this unit. So, of course, that made me want to get into that unit.” (Paragraph 9)
“these inmates that not only are the worst of the worst, at least in the eyes of the public, but more importantly, in my own eyes…” (Paragraph 9)
“so here comes somebody from the street knocking on their cell door and saying, hi, would you like to read some Shakespeare?” (Paragraph 10)
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes what Bates’ work with the inmates helped reveal about the play Romeo and Juliet?
It is often considered to be about romance, but can also be examined as a story about the impact of violent environments on youth.
It is often read as a play about teenage melodrama, but the focus should be shifted to the older generations in conflict.
It is often considered to be a play about teenage violence, but can also be read for its themes related to suicide.
It is often analyzed in an Elizabethan context, but should be analyzed for its modern application as well.
- 12. Multiple Choice
PART A: What does the word “jacket” most closely mean as it is used in paragraph 36?
Appearance
Label
Disguise
Bad reputation
- 13. Multiple Choice
PART B: Which antonym for the meaning of the word “jacket,” as it is used in paragraph 36, best helps the reader identify the answer to Part A?
"poisonous feelings"
"three dimensional"
"rap sheet"
"things that they had done"
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