R&J Act II. Scene 1 & 2

What is the prologue of Act II about?

• The party at the Capulet's house?

• Mercutio's dream

• the start of Romeo and Juliet's passionate love story

• Lord Capulet's younger days

Who is Romeo trying to find after the party?

What is the literary term for speaking thoughts aloud?

• speaking?

• soliloquy

• speaking

• monologue

• dialogue

Why type of figurative language is Romeo using during his soliloquy?

What metaphor does Romeo use to describe Juliet when he sees her on the balcony?

• a bird

• the moon

• the sun

• a jewel

What does the following line mean?

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

• Tybalt jokes about fighting because he has never been injured.

• Romeo jokes about love because he has never been in love.

• Benvolio jokes about fighting because he has never been injured.

• Mercutio jokes about love because he has never been in love.

What does Juliet instruct Romeo to send her the next day?

• a message with a love poem

• a message about his love

• a message about when and where to meet

• a message with a marriage proposal

Who said it?

"What's in a name? That which we call a rose/

By any other name, would smell as sweet."

• Romeo

• Juliet

• The Friar

• Lord Capulet

Juliet begs Romeo not to swear "by the moon": what is her reasoning?

• It is a cloudy night and neither lover can actually see the moon.

• Morning is quickly approaching, and with the sun coming up, the moon is waning.

• The moon is too bright, and Juliet fears it might mean Romeo's promise will be an unstable one.

• The moon changes often; Juliet fears that if Romeo swears by it, his love will be as inconsistent

Choose the character that best fits the following description:

A lovesick youth whose heart leads him over an orchard wall

• Mercutio

• Romeo

• Juliet

• Lord Capulet