RT - "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"

What do Dr. Heidegger's four guests have in common?

• They haven't seen each other in years, and they all despise each other.

• They have lived long lives and have no regrets.

• They are all suffering the consequences of choices they made when they were young.

• They are eager to forget the past.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

Read this line spoken by James, the butler: "Well, do be careful, sire. The human mind is fragile." This line is an example of --

• irony

• allusion

• foreshadowing

• flashback

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.4

Complete the analogy. Gascoigne : corruption :: _______:_______

• Killigrew : love

• Widow Wycherly : vanity

• Heidegger : doctor

• Medbourne : business

How do the guests behave after they drink the water from the Fountain of Youth?

• They are thrilled by how young they feel and start to act foolishly.

• They don't believe that the water is having an effect on them, so they drink more and more.

• They are frightened by the transformations they are experiencing, so they spill the water.

• They don't even want to be old again, so they get angry at Dr. Heidegger.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.W.7.9A

In Scene 5, the moment when the men knock over the table and shatter the vase is called the _______ of the story.

• resolution

• rising action

• conflict

• climax

What can you infer from the following line spoken by the widow, Clara, in Scene 6? "How I wish a coffin lid were covering me!"

• Clara is upset because she doesn't know which man to choose.

• Clara is embarrassed by her own behavior.

• Clara would rather be dead than old again.

• Clara feels she might die of thirst.

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CCSS.L.7.5A

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.4

"We must make a pilgrimage together." What is a synonym for the word, pilgrimage?

• exit

• excursion

• deal

• religious pact

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CCSS.L.7.4A

CCSS.L.7.5C

With which would author Nathaniel Hawthorne most likely agree?

• People usually learn from their mistakes.

• You can't relive the past.

• Young people can't be trusted.

• People often repeat their mistakes.

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CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which word best describes the mood of the play?

• playful

• disturbing

• optimistic

• lonely

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CCSS.L.7.5C

CCSS.L.7.5D

CCSS.RL.7.4

Which two themes are prevalent in the story?

• the consequences of tampering with nature

• the rejection of conventional morality

• the impact of the powerful on the powerless

• the recurrence of friendship over time

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CCSS.RL.7.2