Read the excerpt from act iii of hamlet. hamlet: up, sword, and know thou a more horrid hent; when he is drunk asleep, or in his rage, or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed, at gaming, swearing, or about some act that has no relish of salvation in ’t; then trip him, that his heels may kick at heaven, and that his soul may be as dam*’d and black as he**, whereto it goes. my mother stays: this physic but prolongs thy sickly days. this excerpt best supports the claim that hamlet. a. plans to kill his mother. b. disapproves of immoral acts. c. questions claudius’s religious beliefs. d. hopes to maximize claudius’s suffering.

However, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. what would be the best way to revise this sentence for greater clarity? a) however, the fact that columbus left spain thousands of years after people settled what would become the united states never dawned on me. b) it never dawned on me, however, the idea of real-life people living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain. c) however, the fact that people were already living in what would become the united states for thousands of years before columbus ever left spain never dawned on me. d) however, the idea never dawned on me that long before columbus ever left spain, real-life people lived for thousands of years in what would become the united states.

If a text made the claim that act iv was the most important act in the entire play, what evidence could you find to prove the accuracy of that claim? list one piece of evidence from the text to support that claim.

Read the following excerpt from the play a raisin in the sun by lorraine hansberry: johnson (this usa woman who decided long ago to be enthusiastic about everything in life and she is inclined to wave her wrist vigorously at the heigh of her exclamatory comments.): hello there, yourself! h’you this evening, ruth? which assumption about johnson is most likely true based on the stage direction? a. her enthusiasm is used to mask her fear of public places