Romeo and Juliet/ Characters

Which pair is a dramatic foil because one likes peace and the other likes to fight?

• Benvolio and Romeo

• Tybalt and Romeo

• Benvolio and Mercutio

• Tybalt and Benvolio

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If a character changes throughout the text, he or she is said to be

• a dramatic foil.

• a round character.

• a flat character.

• a direct character.

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The nurse can be defended as a flat character because

• she does not have many lines.

• she is always lending humor to the plot.

• she at first is kind to Juliet but later becomes bitter.

• she is opposite in personality to that of Lady Capulet.

A character who might be seen as round because we see him both kind to his daughter and angry with his nephew is

• Lord Montague.

• Tybalt.

• Lord Capulet.

• the Prince.

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What is the purpose of a dramatic foil?

• to increase the intensity of the mood of a character

• to show readers an older or younger version of a character

• to show weaknesses in a character by showing a "good" version of that personality

• to further characterize one character by offering a contrast to him

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Benvolio belongs to

• the house of Montague.

• the line of royalty that includes the Prince.

• the house of Capulet.

• the servant class.

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Paris

• would be loyal to the Montagues because Lady Montague is his aunt.

• would be loyal to the Capulets because Lady Capulet is his aunt.

• would be loyal to no one because of his obvious dishonesty.

• would be loyal to the Capulets because he want to marry Juliet.

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Tybalt

• shows his loyalty to the Capulets because he is their kin.

• shows his loyalty to no one. because his temper is so great.

• shows his loyalty to the Prince because he is a nephew to the king.

• show his loyalty to the Montagues because he is their kin.

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A servant with only five lines in the entire play is most likely

• round.

• flat.

• a dramatic foil.

• a pun.

Because this character is very serious about love, he can be seen as a dramatic foil to Mercutio.

• Tybalt

• Romeo

• Paris

• Benvolio

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