Governess Review Quiz

The Writer’s lines at the beginning of the play are important because they —

• explain several themes that will be evident later in the play

• reveal what happens to a character who doesn’t appear onstage

• prepare the audience for an unexpected ending

• explain the nature of the relationship between Julia and Mistress

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What can the audience infer about Julia based on the stage directions in paragraph 6 of the script?

• Julia is frightened of Mistress.

• Julia has done something wrong.

• Julia respects Mistress.

• Julia is eager to see Mistress.

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The stage directions in paragraph 7 indicate that when she’s around Mistress, Julia is typically —

• submissive

• embarrassed

• observant

• disobedient

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Which two words best describe Mistress’s tone in paragraph 23?

• authoritative and confident

• satisfied and content

• annoyed and irritated

• angry and mad

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CCSS.RL.6.4

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The word discrepancy comes from the Latin discrepare, which means “to be discordant.” This helps the reader

understand that discrepancies in paragraph 27 means —

• complications

• incompatibilities

• quandaries

• oversights

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CCSS.RI.7.4

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Read the following sentence from paragraph 82:

Sometimes I’m a little lax with my accounts . . . Always shortchanging myself.

The playwright most likely wrote this line to convey —

• absurdity

• irony

• symbolism

• understatement

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CCSS.RL.8.3

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Mistress says “Sometimes I’m a little lax with my accounts . . . always shortchanging myself.” This is an example of:

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• irony board

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CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

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In the play, Mistress calls Julia a simpleton, but the audience knows that Mistress is really the one who does not understand how the world works. This is an example of:

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• sarcasm

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

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events of the story; what happens in the story

• plot

• dialogue

• setting

• theme

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time and place where the story happens

• plot

• setting

• cast of characters

• theme

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