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"All the World's a Stage"
from As You Like It
by William Shakespeare

Part A

What is the theme of this passage?


People most often prefer play to work.

People gain self-knowledge as they age.

People change a great deal as they go through the stages of life.

People form many different relationships during their lives.

Part B

Which line from the passage best supports the answer to Part A?


"All the world's a stage," (line 1)

"Full of wise saws and modern instances;" (line 18)

"Then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel" (line 7)

"And one man in his time plays many parts," (line 4)