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Honors:

How might the fact that the herb that Friar Lawrence is picking contains both medicine and poison be a comment on the quality of the relationship between Romeo and Juliet? Or on Romeo and Juliet themselves? Or on the nature of others in the play? minimum3 paragraphs.

College English 9 Block 3:

1. In Act III, Mercutio and Benvolio get into a conflict with Tybalt. What does Romeo do when

he comes upon them? Why?

a. He remembers the Prince's warning about death to the fighters.

b. Tybalt is now his cousin by marriage, and Romeo does not want to fight.

c. Romeo knows Tybalt is too strong for them, and it would not be a fair fight.

d. He has promised Friar Lawrence that he will never fight again.

2. How do Mercutio and Tybalt die?

a. Romeo kills them both.

b. Benvolio kills Mercutio, and Romeo kills Tybalt.

c. Tybalt kills Mercutio, and Romeo kills Tybalt.

d. Mercutio and Tybalt kill each other

3. What punishment did the Prince give Romeo for fighting?

a. Death

b. Exile

c. Twenty years in jail

d. A fine of 5,000 lira

4. For whom did Juliet decide to weep?

a. Only Romeo

b. Both Romeo and Tybalt

c. Only Tybalt

d. Neither of them

5. Lady Capulet goes to tell Juliet about the plans for the marriage between Juliet and Paris.

What is Juliet's reaction?

a. She says she will be glad to marry Paris if it pleases her parents.

b. She says she has already married Romeo

c. She says she will go to a convent and never marry.

d. She says she will not marry now but when she does, she will marry Romeo.

6. What is Capulet's reaction when Juliet refuses to marry Paris?

a. He raves about her ungratefulness and tells her if she doesn't marry Paris, he will

have nothing more to do with her.

b. He tells her he is glad to have a daughter who thinks for herself, and that she

doesn't have to marry Paris.

c. He banishes her to her room.

d. He sends his guards to murder Romeo.

7. What advice does Nurse give to Juliet?

a. Ask her father to let her wait one year before she marries.

b. Stand up for what she believes in.

c. Forget Romeo since he is probably out of her life anyway, and marry Paris.

d. Tell her father she has already married Romeo.

8. Why does Juliet go to Friar Laurence's cell?

a. She wants to have him annul her marriage to Romeo.

b. She wants to go to confession.

c. She has a letter for him to send to Romeo.

d. She wants to get his advice.

9. What plans do Friar Laurence and Juliet make?

a. They will tell Capulet the truth and ask him to beg the Prince to allow Romeo's return.

b. Juliet should agree to marry Paris. On the eve of her wedding, she should drink

a potion that will make her appear dead. After it wears off, she should go to Mantua

to be with Romeo.

c. She should threaten to kill herself if her father makes her marry Paris.

d. The Nurse will help her disguise herself and run away that very night. They will

go to another town. Friar Laurence will send Romeo there in a week.

9. What news does Balthasar bring Romeo? How does Romeo react?

a. Balthasar tells Romeo where to meet Juliet and the Nurse. Romeo happily gets

ready to leave.

b. Balthasar tells Romeo that Juliet has married Paris. Romeo swears to return and

kill Paris.

c. Balthasar tells Romeo of Juliet's death. Romeo rushes out to the apothecary to

get poison. He goes to Juliet's grave to drink the poison.

d. Balthasar tells Romeo that Friar Lawrence has arranged for a pardon from the Prince.

Romeo is free to return to be with Juliet.

10. What went wrong with the Friar's plan?

a. The Prince changed his mind about the pardon.

b. The potion was too strong and killed Juliet.

c. The nurse would not cooperate.

d. His letter never got to Romeo, so Romeo didn't know that Juliet was not really dead.

11. What are the circumstances of Paris' death?

a. Capulet is angry that Juliet killed herself. He blames Paris, and kills him.

b. Paris and Romeo meet at Juliet's tomb. Paris starts a fight, and Romeo kills him.

c. Paris finds the remains of the potion that Juliet took. He swallows it and kills himself.

d. Paris kills Romeo, and the Prince orders him to be killed.

12. After she wakes up from being drugged, why does Juliet kill herself with Romeo's dagger?

a. She sees Romeo dead from the poison. Since there is no poison left, she kills

herself with his dagger.

b. She realizes how foolish she had been, and she is afraid to be discovered by her father.

c. She is still dazed by the potion. She picks up the knife and then trips, accidently

killing herself.

d. She is afraid the Prince will think she killed Romeo intentionally, and either banish

her or put her to death.

Short Answer:

What about the film interpertation did you like?? Dislike?? Minimum 5 sentences for full credit.

The Glass Menagerie

Test

Copy and paste the below questions into a word document.

One word answers will result in a zero (0).

Minimum 3 to 5 sentences.

1. Who do you think is the main character of the play—Tom, Laura, or Amanda? Why? Is the main character the protagonist? Is there an antagonist?

2. What might happen to Laura after Tom's departure? What might happen to Amanda?

3. What is the effect of the images and phrases that appear on the screen throughout the play? Do they enhance or detract from the mood of what is occurring onstage?

4. Discuss the symbol of the glass menagerie. What does it represent? Does it represent the same things throughout the play, or does its meaning change?

5. Generally, plays do not have narrators. How does the fact that Tom is the narrator affect the style and content of the play? Would your appraisal of the events be different if there were no narrator?

Brian's Song Test

Copy and paste the below quesitons in a word document, answer and turn in on Thursday, June 4th. One word answers will result in an automnatic zero (0) , minimum of 3 to 5 sentences.

1. How does the author show—not tell—the reader about the new complications in the plot?

2. What would you do if you had a friend who you sensed needed medical attention?

3. Do you think Coach Halas is making a fair and good decision here? Why or why not?

4. Why do you think Brian likes to tell jokes, even in tense, difficult situations?

5. How do the stage directions foreshadow that the coaches have bad news?

6. How does Gale’s offer to speak to the team show that he is changing? What earlier event foreshadows the fact that Gale can give a speech?

7. What does the cut from the hospital room to the playing field emphasize?

8. Knowing that Joy was very upset in the hospital and now has an urgent call for Gale, what prediction might you make?

9. What does the author mean when he says that Gale probably wishes he were “strong enough to cry”?

10. How does the playwright build suspense by telling the audience the bad news before Brian learns the truth?

11. Compare what Gales does here for Brian with what Brian did for him in Part One. How are the actions similar?

12. How does the closing of the blinds represent the resolution of the drama?

13. Why do you think the narrator closes with emphasis on how Brian lived rather than how he died?

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Here are your questions:

Please answer each completely.

1. Pretend you are in another galaxy and observing the criminal justice system of the USA. What would be the strengths and weakness of the present system?

2. Ho would you punish those who hitchhiked through the galaxy? Present the “how” and “why” of the punishment.

3. Douglass Adams, the author of the book, enjoyed making up words. Create five words that are not in the English language to depict people, situations and theories.

4. Write and argumentative / persuasive essay defending the exploration of other planets and galaxies. (two paragraphs)

5. How are science fictions writers prophetic of the future? Can the readers take them seriously? Look for examples of what was once science fiction and now is reality. Define and defend this amazing genre.

6. The answer to the ultimate question of life is 42, what is the question?

7. Are we mostly harmless?

8. Compare and contrast Arthur and Zaphod.

9. Can the book be seen as a litany about humans? How so?

10. Does the guide deliver on its promise of “everything you need to know about anything” And how to “see the marvels of the universe on less than thirty Altairian dollars a day.”

11. Is it even remotely possible to discover the meaning of the universe? Yet people continue to do so everyday of their lives.

12. Write a poem that you think might have been written by Paula Nancy Millstone Jennings of Greenbridge, Essex, England, whose work is identified in the novel as the worst in the universe. Explain the elements of your poem that you think made it so terrifyingly awful.

13. Suppose that the novel is right in saying that humans are not in control of Earth, but wrong in believing that either mice or dolphins are the most intelligent animals on the planet. Which animals do you think might actually be an intelligent species from another world, controlling human behaviors wordlessly? Why do you think so?