WorksheetsR & J Act 2
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 6hrs 17mins
Shakespeare includes a soliloquy at the beginning of Scene 3 to reveal Friar Laurence's belief that people
come from a womb
are both good and evil
live like plants
love with their eyes
What is a monologue?
A conversation with two people but only one character is speaking
A narrator
The enemy of the Capulet's
When one alone character reveals their thoughts to the audience
1. In Act II, Scene ii, Mercutio says that blind love:
is caused by Cupid.
will get Romeo in trouble.
cannot hit the mark.
1. In Juliet’s soliloquy, Juliet wants Romeo to do what?
stay away from her
pretend he is not a Montague
lie to his parents
marry her
1. In the balcony scene, Romeo first compares Juliet to______.
a summer day
the stars
the moon
the rising sun
What does Romeo mean when he says the following line: “She speaks, yet she says nothing. Her eye discourses.”
Juliet is voiceless, yet her thoughts and feelings can be read in her face.
Juliet is speaking, but her voice is so quiet that he cannot hear her.
Juliet is using sign language to communicate with him.
Juliet is speaking, but she is rambling on incoherently.
In the balcony scene, Juliet is afraid that the love between Romeo and herself__________.
a. will bring danger c. is unimportant
b. is not strong enough d. be honest with her
doesn't matter to him
is not strong eough
will bring danger
will not compare to his love for Rosaline
Where do Romeo and Juliet first declare their love for each other? (in Act II)
At the party
In the garden
In the Friar's cell
At the balcony
Juliet is embarrassed because______________.
Romeo compares her to the sun and stars
Romeo overhears her talking about him on the balcony
she has never been kissed before.
she declared her love before Romeo did
In Act II, Scene ii, Juliet is to contact Romeo (through a messenger) the next day. Why?
So she can tell him the plan for their marriage.
She will tell him what time to come and meet her parents.
She will get information about where and when they will be married.
So they can go together to the Friar to make wedding plans
When Juliet says, “I have no joy of this contract tonight,” what does the word “contract” mean?
the threat of their future suicide
a legal document
a kiss
the exchange of lovers’ vows
What is the purpose of Mercutio’s dirty humor?
His jokes are designed to offend Benvolio, who is a wholesome young boy.
His jokes show that he is an atheist who does not believe in God.
His dirty jokes contrast with the religious images Romeo uses to describe love.
His language shows that he is a lower-class person.
To be a foil to Peter
Tybalt's letter to Romeo
warns him that Tybalt knows about Juliet and tells Romeo to stay away from her
challenges Romeo to a duel because Romeo came to the Capulet banquet
thanks Romeo for being a good, though uninvited, guest at the banquet
invites Romeo to the next banquet at the Capulet house so that Romeo can be killed
What plan does Romeo share with the Nurse?
Romeo will meet his friends for dinner at his father's house later in the day.
The Nurse will pass on a respectful greeting from Romeo to Juliet.
Juliet will say that she is going to confession but will marry Romeo instead.
Romeo and the Nurse will teach Mercutio a lesson for being rude
What does Friar Laurence caution Romeo about before Juliet arrives?
To love moderately
To stay and get married quickly
To stay away from the Capulets
To watch out for Tybalt
The Nurse says to Romeo, Have you never heard? Two may keep counsel if one of them is dead. What is she concerned about?
Is he being honest with her?
What if Juliet’s parents find out?
What if you both shall die?
Is his messenger able to keep a secret?
What does the Friar mean in the following line? Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes.
Romeo falls in love too fast.
Romeo is in love with whomever he sees.
Romeo is not in love but in lust.
Romeo only likes pretty girls.
1. Which sentence best explains what Romeo means in the following lines?
The brightness of
her cheek would shame those stars,
As daylight doth a lamp; her eyes in heaven
Would through the airy region stream so bright
That birds would sing and think it were not night.
Juliet's cheeks light the world and startle the birds into singing.
Juliet's eyes are rivers that light the sky like sunlight in the darkest night.
Juliet's cheeks and eyes are so bright that they shame the stars while birds sing and think it is day.
Juliet is an angel who causes the birds to sing during the night.
What does Shakespeare reveal about the ending of the tragedy through Friar Laurence's allusion to fire and gunpowder in the following lines:
These violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like fire and powder,
Which as they kiss consume:
People will die because of guns.
The feud will continue after the marriage.
Friar Laurence will be able to stop the feud.
Romeo and Juliet's love will not end happily.
Which of the following is an example of a soliloquy?
When Juliet and Romeo make plans to get married
When Mercutio is making fun of the nurse
When Friar Lawrence talks aloud to himself about what grows in his garden
When Romeo professes his love to Juliet before she sees him
1. Mercutio calls the Nurse “an old hare hoar.” What literary device is this?
Onomatopeia
Assonance
Metaphor
Pun
1. Romeo's comparison of Juliet to the sun is an example of a/an:
Analogy
Irony
Imagery
Monologue
The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night." This is an example of what type of literary term?
Metaphor
Simile
Analogy
Personification
Juliet plans to tell her parents she is going to confession but she is going to get married. What type of irony is this?
Dramatic
Verbal
Situational
What literary device is used in the following lines?
“[This marriage contract] is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden
Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be
Ere one can say “It lightens.”
metaphor
simile
analogy
symbolism
What literary device is used in the following lines?
“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief.”
Metaphor
Simile
Personification
Symbolism
What does this quote mean:
Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore
art thou Romeo?
Romeo- where are you, Romeo?
Romeo- why you, Romeo?
What does this quote mean:
What's in a name?
That which we call a rose
By any other name
would smell as sweet;
A name doesn't matter- she's great
A rose is just a flower; I'll just move on to another girl.
Roses don't smell that great, but whomever she is, is great.
A rose would smell just as good if called by another name- name isn't important
