Select the theme that would be expressed best in the story idea below. although jack is not interested in sports, his father thinks that his son should win the letter he missed making in his own school days. a. many parents hope their children will be more successful than they have been themselves. b. some individuals miss a great deal in life because they are afraid to try new things. c. some individuals get into a lot of trouble because they try too many new things. d. even mature adults have a childlike side to their personalities. e. some adults do not take the ideas of young people seriously.

The following question is based on your reading of a midsummer night’s dream by william shakespeare. what type of creature is bottom turned into? a. a goat. c. a mouse. b. an elf. d. a donkey.

Read the excerpt from act iv, scene iv of romeo and juliet. capulet: good faith! ’tis day: the county will be here with music straight, for so he said he would. [music within.] i hear him near. nurse! wife! what, no! what, nurse, i say! 30 re-enter nurse. go waken juliet, go and trim her up; i’ll go and chat with paris. hie, make haste, make haste; the bridegroom he is come already: make haste, i say. [exeunt.] 35 this scene is an example of dramatic irony used to create suspense since the audience knows that the musicians will not arrive on time. capulet approves of the match to paris. romeo is already married to juliet. the nurse will be unable to rouse juliet.

In the essay “drowning in dishes,” what is ironic about the fact that danial’s first position in his new job is the dishwashing station?