3Read the excerpt from a play, and answer the question that follows. PERRON: Alexandrel Alexandre!

ALEXANDRE: Good day, my friend. You seem distraught.

PERRON: Distraught. It was the strangest thing! But sit here with me. Do, I have something to tell you.

ALEXANDRE: 1 regret exceedingly, but a stupid engagement Later, perhaps.

PERRON: Not Not I Insisti Only a great mind like yours can explain the strange thing which has happened,

ALEXANDRE: Ah, in that case-what is a mere business affair compared with divine philosophy? Far from being pressé, friend Perron, I have an eternity at your service,

What kind of exposition does the playwright use in this instance?

A. having the audience guess what was going on

B. having characters talk to explain what is going on

C. having a narrator explain what is going on

D. using an expository scene

In henrik ibsen's a doll's house, there are numerous references to dolls. nora mentions how she has bought dolls for her daughter, emmy. she also refers to her children as "nice little dolly children." which interpretation of this reference to dolls is the most plausible? a. the dolls symbolize nora’s childhood. they are a reminder of nora’s father and how he made her happy with dolls every time she was sad or upset. b. the dolls symbolize the deceptive ways in which nora pretends to live in a nice world even though she engages in criminal activity. c. the dolls symbolize both nora and her children. just as nora is a toy and plaything for torvald, her children seem to be her toys and playthings. d. the dolls symbolize nora's indifference toward her children. instead of nourishing her children with love, nora uses the dolls to show them her affection.

Read the excerpt from act i, scene v of romeo and juliet which best describes paris's reaction when he believes that juliet has died? paris: have i thought long to see this morning's face, and doth it give me such a sight as this? o he's angry that the friar gave her poison. o he's relieved that the wedding is canceled. o he's sympathetic toward her parents. o he's devastated that he cannot marry her.

How does esperanza’s family pass after papas death