Romeo and Juliet - Act 2 Comprehension Questions

Act 2, scene 1: Mercutio and Benvolio are looking for Romeo. How do they try to get him to come out of hiding?

• They call out to him and pretend Rosaline is nearby.

• They threaten to tell his parents about Juliet.

• They cry out in pain as if they are being attacked.

Act 2, scene 1: Why doesn't Romeo leave with Mercutio and Benvolio?

• He doesn't want to be friends with the anymore

• He has arranged to meet Juliet

• He hopes to ambush Tybalt

• He wants to see Juliet again

Act 2, scene 2: What is NOT one of Juliet's concerns that she talks about in this scene?

• Romeo's love for her will be inconsistent

  (will change)

• Romeo might see her as "easy;" she falls in love too fast
• Romeo might get caught and killed by her family

• That Paris will kill Romeo because he is Paris's competition for Juliet's love

Act 2, scene 3: According to Friar Lawrence, how are humans like plants?

(FYI - all of the answer choices are true, but only one is what the Friar said)

• Humans and plants both need sunlight and water to grow.

• With care, humans and plants both can grow to reach their full potential

• Humans and plants both

  have power to heal and hurt.

• Humans need to eat plants to survive.

In Act 2, Scene 3, the friar believes Romeo never went to bed because...

• He was with Rosaline.

• He was hiding from his parents.

• He was fighting with Tybalt.

• He was getting drunk with his friends.

Act 2, scene 3: Friar Laurence reprimands/scolds Romeo for what?

• Being indifferent to/not returning Juliet's love.

• Lying to Juliet.

• Being fickle/inconsistent in love.

• Lying to his parents.

Act 2, scene 3 - Romeo claims his love for Juliet is different from his love for Rosaline because...

• Juliet is his enemy, while Rosaline was not.

• Juliet loves him back, where Rosaline did not.

• Juliet is wealthy, while Rosaline was not.

Act 2, scene 3 - Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

• He can see Romeo and Juliet are truly in love

• Juliet is pregnant.
• Romeo

  threatens him

• He hopes the feud will end.

Act 2, scene 4: We learn from Mercutio and Benvolio that ___ has challenged Romeo to a duel

• Lord Capulet

• Tybalt

• Benevolio

• Paris

Act 2, scene 5: In order to sneak out of the house to marry Romeo,

Juliet lies and tells her parents that.

• She is going to the flower market to buy more roses

• She is going to hang out with Paris

• She is going to confess her sins at church.