Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Quiz

How does Romeo explain to Juliet how he got into the Capulet's Garden?

• He broke into the house.

• Love's light wings lifted him up and over the wall.

• Mercutio and Benvolio boosted him up.

• The nurse let him in.

Answer explanation

ROMEO: With love’s light wings did I o’erperch these walls,/ For stony limits cannot hold love out,/ And what love can do, that dares love attempt./ Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me./

JULIET:  If they do see thee, they will murder thee.

Friar Lawrence's first reaction to Romeo's request to marry Juliet is...

• Happy that he has found someone who loves him!

• Anger that he has been unfaithful to Rosaline.

• Sad that he had stayed up all night.

• Shocked that he has changed his mind so quickly!

Answer explanation

FRIAR LAWRENCE: Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here!/ Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, So soon forsaken?/ Young men’s love then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes./ Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine/ Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!

Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because...

• He knows that they won't live very long.

• He realizes they are in love and should be together.

• He believes it will end the feud between the two families.

• He does anything that Romeo asks him to.

Answer explanation

FRIAR LAWRENCE: But come, young waverer, come, go with me./ In one respect I’ll thy assistant be,/ For this alliance may so happy prove/ To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.

Why does Juliet send the Nurse to find Romeo?

• To confirm his love for her.

• To find out the plan of when they will marry

• To ask if he will pay for her ring

• To give Romeo a wedding gift

Answer explanation

Bid her devise Some means to come to shrift this afternoon,/ And there she shall at Friar Lawrence’ cell/ Be shrived and married.

NURSE  This afternoon, sir? Well, she shall be there.

How long does Juliet have to wait before the nurse returns?

• 30 minutes

• 1 hour

• 3 hours

• 1 day

Answer explanation

JULIET: Now is the sun upon the highmost hill/ Of this day’s journey, and from nine till twelve/ Is three long hours, yet she is not come.

At the end of Act 2, how many people know the secret (including R & J)?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Answer explanation

FRIAR LAWRENCE  Come, come with me, and we will make short work,/ For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone/ Till Holy Church incorporate two in one. They exit.

Meanwhile, Tybalt vows revenge on Romeo and...

• Sends a letter to Romeo challenging him to a duel

• Goes to Prince Escalus for justice

• Buys poison to kill Romeo

• Gets all of his friends to jump Romeo

Answer explanation

BENVOLIO  Tybalt, the kinsman to old Capulet,/ Hath sent a letter to his father’s house.

MERCUTIO A challenge, on my life.

BENVOLIO Romeo will answer it.

"O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet."

Juliet is wondering...

• Where has Romeo gone?

• Who is Romeo?

• Why does he have to be a Capulet?

• How can she take Romeo's last name?