WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Balcony Scene
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Choose the regular syntax version of WHAT LIGHT THROUGH YONDER WINDOW BREAKS?
What through window breaks yonder light?
What breaks light through yonder window?
What window breaks through yonder light?
What light breaks through yonder window?
According to Romeo, the moon "envies" Juliet because
Juliet produces more light than the moon does.
Juliet has a lover while the moon does not.
Juliet can be seen all day whereas the moon can only be seen at night.
Juliet is closer to Romeo than the moon is.
Virgins who serve the moon goddess Diana wear
festive lovery
vestal livery
pestil leverage
votive homily
Romeo -- before revealing himself to Juliet -- says that "two of the fairest stars in all the heavens" are making a request of Juliet's ___.
face
heart
eyes
hands
Romeo wishes he were a glove because
he could be on her hand and touch her cheek.
he could shelter Juliet from the coolness of the night.
he could cover the "sin" of having touched her hand.
he would be more difficult for her relatives to notice.
...WHEREFORE art thou Romeo? "Wherefore" means ___.
where
how
when
why
In her "O Romeo, Romeo" speech, Juliet expresses the hope that Romeo will be willing to
marry her against her family's wishes
run off with her the next day
give up his family name
find her in the darkness
The first time he calls out to Juliet from below, Romeo mentions the sacrament of ___.
baptism
penance
matrimony
communion
When the startled Juliet asks "What man art thou...?", what term by which he had earlier addressed Juliet does Romeo use again?
pilgrim
saint
shrine
angel
Romeo says that if his name were written on a piece of paper he would ___.
eat it
burn it
tear it
crumple it
Which of these accurately paraphrases what Juliet says to Romeo before she addresses him by his name?
I haven't spent 100 seconds looking at you, but I recognize you.
I haven't heard you say 100 words, but I know the sound of your voice.
It hasn't been 100 minutes since I met you, but I will never stop loving you.
My heart is beating 100 times a minute, so you must be who I think you are.
Romeo says that he used ____ to get over the orchard wall.
Cupid's wings
Apollo's chariot
Diana's lasso
Jacob's ladder
Juliet tells Romeo that because of "the mask of night"
she cannot see him clearly.
her family members will not see him.
Romeo cannot see that she is blushing.
she and Romeo cannot trust each other yet.
Juliet tells Romeo to not swear his love by the moon because
the moon changes too frequently.
doing so will anger the goddess of love.
the moon has vowed to never take a lover.
Romeo is capable of saying something more romantic.
Speaking more about the idea of a lover's vow, Juliet says that this Roman god -- famous for being unfaithful -- laughs at the "perjuries" (insincere promises) of lovers.
Mercury
Venus
Pluto
Jove
Juliet tells Romeo to do this as soon as he can.
Climb up to be with her on the balcony.
Make arrangements for their marriage.
Apologize to her cousin Tybalt for having crashed the feast.
Go back over the orchard wall before her family discovers him there.
Which of these lines does NOT appear in the balcony scene?
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name, would smell as sweet.
Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say "Good night" till it be morrow.
Parting is such sweet sorrow. In this phrase, Shakespeare uses
personfication
assonance
allilteration
imagery
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon. In this line, Shakespeare uses
personification
irony
alliteration
inversion
By having Juliet be above Romeo on her balcony, Shakespeare uses which of these COURTLY LOVE ELEMENTS?
The agony of the lover
Emphasis on innocence and purity
Idealization of the beloved
