Romeo And Juliet Act 2 Question Preview (ID: 49866)
Act 2 Of Romeo And Juliet.
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Which character speaks the following lines? O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as a winged messenger of heaven.
a) Mercutio
b) Benvolio
c) Romeo
d) Juliet
Which character speaks the following lines? Though his face be better than any man's, yet his leg excels all men's; and for a hand an foot, and a body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they are past compare.
a) Tybalt
b) Romeo
c) Friar Laurence
d) Nurse
In the balcony scene, Juliet says, What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor face. O, be some other name belonging to a man. What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.
a) Montague is an unimportant name in Verona
b) Romeo should take her last name when they marry
c) Romeo's name is an accident of birth, not an essential part of him
d) It is wrong to fall in love with a Montague
Juliet quickly admits her love to Romeo because -
a) she wants to marry him
b) she is sure his love is true
c) she is not a flirt
d) he has overheard her thinking aloud about her love for him
What do Juliet and Romeo decide to do about their love?
a) They plan to have Friar Laurence marry them
b) The nurse will lead them out of Verona, away from the Montague and Capulet clans
c) They plan to marry, with their parents' permission, when Juliet turns sixteen
d) The Montagues will hide Juliet in their home after the couple has married
Tybalt sends a letter to Lord Montague and tells him -
a) he is angry because of jokes Mercutio makes about him
b) Juliet will marry him with the permission of Lord Capulet
c) he has a feud to settle with Lord Montague's son, Romeo
d) he will spy for the Montague family if he can marry Rosaline
Mercutio engages Romeo in conversation about fashion in order to -
a) let Romeo speak about Juliet's beauty
b) convince Romeo to send a letter to the Capulet house
c) have Romeo match wits with him
d) prove to Benvolio that Romeo is intelligent
The purpose of the humor rising from the nurse's comic character is to
a) provide relief from the tragedy
b) display Shakespeare's wit
c) suggest that love has a funny side
d) indicate that Juliet's servants are foolish
In Act 2, the action focuses on the plans of Romeo and Juliet. When the nurse brings Juliet the message from Romeo, the Nurse intensifies the moment by -
a) going on and on about her plans, thus leaving Juliet in suspense
b) refusing to pass on the message until she has been properly tipped
c) betraying Romeo and encouraging Juliet to marry Paris
d) giving the message to Juliet's mother instead of Juliet herself
Friar Laurence scolds Romeo because -
a) Romeo is causing trouble by wooing Juliet
b) Romeo is so changeable in love
c) Juliet is too young to marry
d) Romeo has been unfaithful to Rosaline
What is one key to reading blank verse?
a) find the rhythm and be sure to emphasize stressed and unstressed syllables
b) pay attention to punctuation rather than to line endings
c) watch for the rhymes that signal that something important is going to happen
d) read each though or phrase separately, and always pause at the end of the line
In agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence shows that he -
a) makes independent judgements
b) favors young lovers
c) dislikes the Capulets
d) looks beyond the immediate crowd
Benvolio and Mercutio are concerned about the letter that has arrived at Romeo's father's house because they -
a) are worried that Romeo is dead
b) doubt Romeo's ability to win a duel with Tybalt
c) know Romeo is too distracted to fight well
d) think Romeo should wait to get married
Benvolio serves as a foil for Mertutio because Benvolio is more -
a) playful
b) serious
c) romantic
d) talkative
The contrasts between Romeo's character and those of both Friar Laurence and Mercutio help to emphasize Romeo's attitude about -
a) love
b) death
c) dueling
d) dancing
What makes Romeo's love for Juliet different from his love for Rosaline?
a) Romeo is less certain about his love for Rosaline
b) Romeo has known Juliet longer than he has known Rosaline
c) Unlike Rosaline, Juliet is a Capulet
d) Unlike Rosaline, Juliet returns Romeo's love
Act 2 is mainly about -
a) Benvolio and Mercutio's impatience with Romeo
b) Friar Laurence's hesitation concerning Romeo's marriage
c) Romeo and Juliet's decision to get married
d) Juliet's growing impatience with her nurse
Why does Friar Laurence advise Romeo to love moderately just before Juliet arrives?
a) He has seen Romeo in and out of love before and hopes Romeo is not acting too hastily.
b) It is his duty as a Friar to advise caution and moderation in all things
c) He assumes there will be trouble between the families because of the marriage and doesn't want Romeo to forget that
d) He is doubtful as to whether Juliet will show up and wants to prepare Romeo for possible disappointment
Blank verse is -
a) poetry with no structure and no rhyme
b) a type of long poem often used for plays
c) the only type of poetry Shakespeare used throughout his plays
d) unrhymed verse in iambic pentameter
When a character delivers a soliloquy, he or she -
a) directs his or her thoughts to other characters onstage
b) expresses private thoughts to the audience
c) speaks from behind a curtain to somewhere offstage
d) describes an event that is related to, but not part of, the dialogue in the play
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