Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements — Unit test
Question 21 • GA-Literature and Composition I
Read the excerpt from Juliet’s soliloquy in Act IV, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.What if this mixture do not work at all?Shall I be married then to-morrow morning?No, no; this shall forbid it: lie thou there. [Laying down a dagger.]What if it be a poison, which the friarSubtly hath minister’d to have me dead,Lest in this marriage he should be dishonour’d Because he married me before to Romeo?I fear it is: and yet, methinks, it should not,For he hath still been tried a holy man.I will not entertain so bad a thought.
Answer
A
Juliet’s shame at disgracing her family and Paris.
B
Juliet’s confusion about whether Romeo loves her.
C
Juliet’s anger at the friar for marrying her to Romeo.
D
Juliet’s uneasiness about going through with her plan.
Explanation
Juliet worries that the sleeping potion might fail or be poison, and she questions whether the friar can be trusted. These doubts show that she feels uneasy about carrying out her plan to fake her death. The best choice is “Juliet’s uneasiness about going through with her plan.”
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