Read the excerpt from act v, scene iii of romeo and juliet.
juliet: go, get thee hence, for i will not away. [exit friar laurence.]
what’s here? a cup, clos’d in my true love’s hand?
poison, i see, hath been his timeless end.
o churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop
to me after! i will kiss thy lips;
haply, some poison yet doth hang on them,
to make me die with a restorative. [kisses him.]
which tragic flaw of juliet’s character is reflected in this excerpt?
a) her optimistic way of seeing the world
b) her tendency to act without forethought
c) her tendency to act out of vengeance
d) her carefree way of living life

Read the excerpt from a student’s journal. i thought it would be stressful having to participate in a debate for my final exam. but with a partner to , it was actually a nice change of pace. we argued our case thoroughly, presenting lots of evidence. we even got to use the rebuttal we’d rehearsed. well, a year’s worth of research really paid off. which phrase from the passage best supports the conclusion that the student is describing a policy debate? argued our case thoroughly presenting lots of evidence the rebuttal we’d rehearsed a year’s worth of research

Read these passages from when birds get flu and cows go mad by john

Read the excerpt from act i of the importance of being earnest. lady bracknell. well, i must say, algernon, that i think it is high time that mr. bunbury made up his mind whether he was going to live or to die. this shilly-shallying with the question is absurd. . i should be much obliged if you would ask mr. bunbury, from me, to be kind enough not to have a relapse on saturday, for i rely on you to arrange my music for me. it is my last reception, and one wants something that will encourage conversation, particularly at the end of the season when every one has practically said whatever they had to say, which, in most cases, was probably not much. what aspect of lady bracknell’s behavior does wilde use to poke fun at the importance placed on frivolous events in formal society? her concern with a party instead of mr. bunbury’s health her interest in playing classical music at her reception her jealousy over algernon’s friendship with the sickly mr. bunbury her concern about the health of algernon’s friend