1.)Which of the following choices best explains how the players feel about girls watching them (lines 18-19)? A. It makes them feel extremely powerful.
B. It distracts them from the game.
C. It keeps them from worrying about their outside problems.
D. It makes them very nervous and they would rather just play alone.

2.) The following passage (lines 24-26) adds to the development of the poem mainly by fill in the blank_.
A. explaining that some matters are so serious that they have no connection to basketball
B. suggesting that the lives of some of the players might be less than ideal
C. explaining why Sonny Boy stopped playing basketball
D. referring to a Greek god who was most famous for losing his mother as a child

3.) Which of the following conclusions is best supported by the speaker’s memories?
A. The boys were just beginning to realize the extent of their power on the court.
B. The most important thing the boys learned playing basketball was fundamentals.
C. The girls had the potential to be even better at basketball than the boys.
D. Basketball always left the boys wanting more.

Romeo and juliet have fallen in love, even though their families despise one another. based on the excerpt, what are the two main purposes of this prologue?

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Which lines in this excerpt from act ii of william shakespeare’s romeo and juliet reveal that mercutio thinks romeo would be better off if he stopped thinking about love? mercutio: i will bite thee by the ear for that jest. romeo: nay, good goose, bite not. mercutio: thy wit is a very bitter sweeting it is a most sharp sauce. romeo: and is it not well served in to a sweet goose? mercutio: o here's a wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad! romeo: i stretch it out for that word 'broad; ' which added to the goose, proves thee far and wide a broad goose. mercutio: why, is not this better now than groaning for love? now art thou sociable, now art thou romeo; now art thou what thou art, by art as well as by nature: for this drivelling love is like a great natural, that runs lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. benvolio: stop there, stop there. mercutio: thou desirest me to stop in my tale against the hair. benvolio: thou wouldst else have made thy tale large. mercutio: o, thou art deceived; i would have made it short: for i was come to the whole depth of my tale; and meant, indeed, to occupy the argument no longer.