Read the excerpt from Act 2 of The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street. FIGURE ONE Understand the procedure now? Just stop a few of their machines and radios and telephones and lawn mowers . . . throw them into darkness for a few hours and then you just sit back and watch the pattern. Which theme is reflected in this excerpt? New technology is a dangerous tool in the hands of the wrong people. Being without light can cause people to become defensive and out of control. Causing panic is just as destructive as any weapon or physical force. Material possessions often contribute to conflict between neighbors.

Read the excerpt from act v, scene iii of romeo and juliet. juliet: go, get thee hence, for i will not away. [exit friar laurence.] what’s here? a cup, clos’d in my true love’s hand? poison, i see, hath been his timeless end. o churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop to me after! i will kiss thy lips; haply, some poison yet doth hang on them, to make me die with a restorative. [kisses him.] which tragic flaw of juliet’s character is reflected in this excerpt? a) her optimistic way of seeing the world b) her tendency to act without forethought c) her tendency to act out of vengeance d) her carefree way of living life