Romeo and Juliet ACT II & ACT III

1. Juliet's eyes are being compared to the stars... "She is an angel." This is an example of ...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Pun

2. In ACT II, scene 4 Mercutio says, "Romeo... you gave us the counterfeit last night. Romeo says, "What counterfeit did I give you?" Mercutio says, "The slip sir, the slip." (The word counterfeit can mean "the slip.") This is an example of...

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Pun

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Who says this?

• Romeo

• Juliet

• Benvolio

• Mercutio

Juliet's soliloquy, "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?..." What is it an example of...

• Allusion

• Metaphor

• Dramatic Irony

In ACT II, Why does Romeo go to see Friar Lawrence

• He wants him to marry him and Rosaline

• He wants him to marry him and Juliet

• He needs spiritual advice

• He is hiding from Tybalt

In ACT II, why does Friar Lawrence consent to Romeo's request?

• He thinks it will help end the feud between families.

• He doesn’t want Romeo to die.

• Romeo is his friend.

• He hates Tybalt

Who sends a challenge to Romeo?

• Mercutio

• Tybalt

• Benvolio

• Paris

"A thousand times goodnight." is an example of a

• Paradox

• Metaphor

• Pun

• Hyperbole

The main point of Juliet's "What's in a name?" speech is that...

• Romeo’s name does not suit him.

• Mere words can’t express true

• Names themselves are meaningless

• love between a Montague and a Capulet is not possible

In ACT II, within the hour following Romeo and Juliet’s meeting in Friar Laurence’s cell, all of the following events take place with one exception. Which is the exception?

• Tybalt kills Mercutio

• Juliet is betrothed (promised) to Paris

• The Prince exiles Romeo

• Romeo kills Tybalt