Unit Test — Cumulative exam

Question 14 • LAUSD-English Language Arts 9 A (Prescriptive)

Read the excerpt from Act V, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: O brother Montague! give me thy hand: This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more Can I demand.

Answer

Tragedy is often caused by people misunderstanding each other.

Tragedy causes people to blame one another and drive each other apart.

Tragedy is often necessary in order for people to forgive one another.

Tragedy can cause people who are enemies to forgive each other.

Explanation

Capulet offers Montague his hand and says he will demand nothing more than this gesture of reconciliation. Their children’s deaths have brought the feuding families together, so the excerpt shows that tragedy can lead former enemies to forgive each other. This matches choice D.

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