Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Scenes 5 & 6

Why is Juliet so anxious?

• She's having second thoughts about marrying Romeo

• She feels like the Nurse is taking a long time to return with word from Romeo.

• She knows about Tybalt challenging Romeo to a duel

• She overslept and is going to be late to her own wedding

What does Juliet say about love and time?

• That it seems like love should make time move fast.

• That it seems like love makes time move slowly.

• That love is very fleeting

• That love lasts forever, no matter how little you've known someone

When did Juliet send the Nurse out?

• 7 AM

• 2 PM

• 10 AM

• 9 AM

Why won’t the Nurse tell Juliet what she wants to know?

• The Nurse doesn't think Juliet should get married to anyone after all

• The Nurse doesn't want Juliet to marry Romeo

• The Nurse is teasing Juliet by deliberately changing the subject away from what she knows Juliet wants to talk about most.

• The Nurse has secretly set Juliet up with Paris

What does the Nurse think of Romeo?

• She thinks Romeo is immature

• She thinks Romeo is very handsome

• She thinks Romeo is not a gentleman

• She thinks Romeo is dumb

What does the Nurse eventually tell Juliet to do?

• The Nurse tells Juliet that she thinks she should marry Paris

• The Nurse tells Juliet to run away to another city and not marry Romeo

• The Nurse tells Juliet to go to Friar Laurence’s cell where Romeo is waiting for her.

• The Nurse tells Juliet to eat lunch

What does the Friar advise Romeo to do?

• The Friar cautions Romeo about jumping too quickly into love.

• The Friar tells Romeo to not get married after all

• The Friar urges Romeo to let Paris marry Juliet

• The Friar advises Romeo take a nap before the wedding

What does the Friar mean by “these violent delights have violent ends”?

• The Friar means only sad events can have happy endings

• The Friar means love never lasts long

• The Friar means that great passions that start out strong and sudden but often end just as suddenly.

• The Friar means that the wedding has concluded

Why does Friar Laurence not want to leave Romeo and Juliet alone?

• The Friar does not want to marry them after all

• The Friar thinks they'll have a fight

• The Friar fears they might break up

• The Friar does not want to leave them alone together because they are not yet married.

Where does the secret wedding take place?

• On Juliet's balcony

• In the streets of Verona

• In Friar Laurence’s cell

• At the Montague's house