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Part 3: Text Structure in an Informational Text — Cumulative exam

Question 12 • CA-English Language Arts 12 A

Read the excerpt from Act II of Romeo and Juliet.Juliet: Now, good sweet nurse- O Lord, why look'st thou sad?Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily;If good, thou shamest the music of sweet newsBy playing it to me with so sour a face.

Answer
A
Please only tell me happy news, not sad.
B
If the news is sad, do not say it happily.
C
But if the news is sad, relay it joyfully.
D
Just act happy even if the news is sad.

Explanation

Juliet says, “Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily,” meaning that even if the news is sad, the Nurse should deliver it cheerfully. Choice C, “But if the news is sad, relay it joyfully,” restates that request. A says not to tell her sad news at all, which Juliet does not say.

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