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107 Cards in this Set
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Ivy
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is an art classmate who is friendly toward Melinda
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Melinda
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struggles with inner turmoil regarding Rachel
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an anonymous letter
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warns Rachel about Andy Evans
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David Petrakis
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tells Melinds she can't make a difference unless she speaks up for herself
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Mr. Neck
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is responsible for Melinda's second day in suspension
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A daydream
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helps Melinds clarify her mamories of the rape
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Graffiti
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helps Melinda begin to "find her voice."
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Rachel
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learns the truth about the rape
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Dormancy
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symbolizes Melinda's survival and future hope.
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Melinda's "closet"
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is where Melinda finds her "voice."
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Miss Hoffman
LA 9 Final 2008 |
cut apart and study
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"Losers are prunes in the oatmeal of life" is an example of
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metaphor
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"Art without emotion is like chocolate cake without sugar" is an example of
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simile
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"The moon asleep" is an example of
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personification
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"woozy, wicked, worried, weepy, weird Wombats" is an example of
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alliteration
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"Reference to Biblical Noah" is an example of
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allusion
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Melinda Sordino
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suffers from ttrauma-induced silence
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Rachel Bruin
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turns against her former friend
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Andy Evans
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It
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Ivy
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talented art student who is friendly to Melinda
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Heather
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pseudo-friend primarily interested in herself
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Mr. Freeman
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establishes student-oriented classroom
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David Patrakis
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brilliant student who befriends Melinda
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Nichole
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a coach's dream
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Hairwoman
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teacher who stresses symbolism
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Mr. Neck
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resents immigtants
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Mrs. Sordino
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reacts to daughter in anger or indifference
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Mr. Sordino
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self-absorbed businessman
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The opening scend of the novel sets the mood of
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loneliness
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Melinda Sordino encounters all of the following on her first day
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1. ostracism by many students
2. trouble with her social studies teacher 3. rejection from former best friends |
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Melinda compare art class to
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a dream following a nightmare
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When Melinda draws "tree" as her year's art project, she
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believes it is too easy
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Melinda's family could best be described as
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aloof from one another
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Rachel identifies with and patterns her behavior after
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foreign-exchange students
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In order to be accepted, Heather tries to enlist Melinda in her "Plan
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to join five clubs
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While at school, Melinda takes refuge in
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an unused janitor's closet
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What happens to Melinda at the pep rally?
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1. someone yanks her hair
2. students are hostile to her 3. she is jabbed in the back |
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Mr. Freeman begins a painting as a protest against the school board because
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they have cut his school budget for the current year
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David Patrakis and Melinda first become acquainted
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when they become biology partners
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Halloween is especially lonely for Melinda because
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No one invites her to go trick or treating, she is aware of Rachel's party and she remembers activities of the previous year.
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Melinda's physical symptoms incude
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sore throat, raw lips and biting her nails
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David Patrakis' debate with the social studies teacher
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results in the threat of a lawsuit
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The Sordinos' Thanksgiving "feast" can best be described as
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a fiasco
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Melinda feels that her parents
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would be divorced if she had not been born
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Which of the following does not refer to asn encounter between Melinda and IT? a. Melinda is hanging a poster for Heather. b. Andy Evans enters the lunchroom looking for Melinda. C.Melinda goes to the town bakery d. They are both assigned to Merryweather In-School suspension at the same time
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Andy Evans enters the lunchroom looking for Melinda.
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On the surface, Melinda's suicide attempt is the aftermath of
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conflict with her parents over grades
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Melinda is reminded of her own trauma while studying
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the symbolism in The Scarlet Letter
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Heather's primary excuse for dissolving her friendship with Melinda is
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their extreme differences
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When Melinda realizes her friendship with Heather has ended, she
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feels a great sense of loss
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Melinda's final humiliation over Heather's rejection occurs
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when Heather returns the friendship necklace
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During a conference with Melinda, her parents, the principal, and the guidance counselor
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Melinda remains mute
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Mr. Freeman's concern for Melinda is exemplified by his statement,
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"When people don't express themselves, they die one piece at a time."
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"Thornbushes" in Melinda's life incude
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her mother and father hating each other, Rachel hates her, a school that gags on her like she's a hairball
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Melinda mentally relives the night of the rape
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the night she rejects David Patrakis' invitation to go for pizza
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What describes Melinda's mental battle over Rachel dating Andy?
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concern for Rachel's safety/anger at Rachel's rejection
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Melinda's daydream about the talk show indicates
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her need for reassurance that the rape was not her fault
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Whe Melinda tell Rachel about the rape
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Rachel accuses Melinda of lying when she names Andy as the rapist
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What happens when Andy Evans traps Melinda in her "closet?"
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He becomes sexually aggressive, Melinda holds a shrd of glass to his throat and Melinda screams
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What happens in the denouement?
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Melinda is able to complete her art project. She is able to acknowledge that the rape was not her fault and she begins to tell Mr. Freeman what happened.
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Sonnet
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fourteen line poem
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soliloquy
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a long speech expressing the thought of a character alone on stage
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aside
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short speech directed to the ausidence only;ex. Malcolm in the Middle
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confidante
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One to who secrets are confided, usually the protagonists friend
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antagonist
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character who challenges the main character or hero
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protagonist
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main character, hero
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tragedy
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work that ends in a catastrophe
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comedy
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work meant to evoke laughter or be humorous
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irony
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contrast between what is expected to happen and what actually occurs
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dramatic foil
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character who possesses opposite traits of another character
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hyperbole
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exaggeration for effect
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paradox
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two words put together that ore opposite in meaning
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double entendre
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Word play; double meaning
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Bawdy qualities
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obscene, lewd, vulgar tendencies
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allusion
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reference to literature, art history, etc. in a literary work
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monologue
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long speech by one character, such as teh "Queen Mab" by Mercutio
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Prologue
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Introduction of a play
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Iambic pentameter
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unstressed and stressed syllables; 10 syllable lines
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Blank Verse
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unrhymed verse
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Elizabethan
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Period of Queen Elizabeth 1's rule
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Balthasar
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I tell Romeo of Juliet's death
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Prince Escalus
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I blame both families for the deaths of the two lovers
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Lady Montague
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I die of grief over my son's exile.
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Lord Capulet
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I erect a gold statue to Romeo
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The Nurse
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I tell Juliet to forget Romeo
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Friar Lawrence
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I believe marriage between Romeo and Juliet could solve the feud
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Mercutio
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I die saying, "A plague on both your houses."
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Romeo
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I die of poisoning
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Juliet
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I kill myself with a dagger.
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said by Romeo to Mercutio
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"Is love a tender thing? It is too rough. Too rude, too boist'rous, and it pricks like a thorn
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said by Romeo to Juliet
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"Lady by the yonder blessed moon I vow, That tips with silver....."
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said by Juliet in soliloquy
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"Give me my Romeo; and when he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars. And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with night....."
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said by Friar Lawrence to Romeo
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"Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast."
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said by Romeo about Juliet
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"Death, that hath suck'd the honey of breath. Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Thou are not conquered"
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said by Mercutio about Queen Mab
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"She is the fairies midwife, and she comes in shape no bigger than an agate stone."
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said by the Nurse about Paris
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"A man, young lady! lady, such a man as all the world-why, he's a man of wax."
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said by Juliet about the Nurse
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"...Go counsellor! Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain."
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"Brawling love," "loving hate," and "heavy lightness" are all examples of
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oxymoron
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True/False
The play opens in the city of Mantua |
False
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True/False
Tybalt kills Mercutio |
True
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True/False
When the nurse tells Juliet the news of the duel, Juliet first thinks Romeo is dead |
True
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True/False
Juliet's dying words are: "With a kiss I die." |
False
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True/False
The last words of the paly are spoken by the chorus |
True
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Capulet initially rejects Paris' proposal to marry Juliet because he thinks Juliet is
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too young
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There are two prologues in the play. One before Act ___ and one before Act _____
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When old Capulet calls for a sword in the street brawl, his wife thinks it would be more appropriate to call for a
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crutch
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Juliet asks Romeo NOT to swear by the moon because the moon is
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inconstant
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Friar Lawrence: "So soon forsaken? Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their_______
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eyes
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