WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Acts 2 & 3 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
What do the following lines mean “My life were better ended by their hate / Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love” (2.286-87)?
I’m sick of our families feuding I just want to die
I’d rather die from the hatred of our families than have my death postponed if you don’t love me
I’m going to duel Tybalt tomorrow, and I want your permission to slay him
Let's run off to Mantua, and there we can be together.
What does Juliet ask Romeo to do before they part for the evening?
They should runaway to Mantua
Not to fight Tybalt
If your intentions are true, I am going to send a messenger tomorrow then send word of marriage with her.
To tell her father about their romance.
What does the friar mean when he chastises Romeo "For doting, not for loving, pupil mine” (2.3.88)?
That Romeo is in love with the idea of being in love and not genuinely love others.
That he jumps from love to the next, and that his feelings for Juliet aren't going to last
They should hold a family counsel with both houses and tell their parents of their love.
Lust is one of the 7 deadly sins.
When Mercutio makes allusions to Laura, Dido, Cleopatra, Helen, Hero, and Thisbe he is using what literary device? What is the significance of the lines (2.4.41-45)?
Theme; Mercutio is trying to teach Romeo that there are other girls out there.
Setting; all the women lived in Italy
Foreshadowing; all the women mentioned died in the arms of their lovers
Plot; the women are Juliet’s competition with Romeo
Romeo stops Mercutio from making fun of the nurse. (T/F)
True
False
What does the Friar mean when he tells Romeo “These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which, as this kiss, consume” (2.6.10-12)?
When you kiss someone you really like, fireworks go off in the background.
These sudden joys have sudden endings. They burn up in victory like fire and gunpowder
Marrying Juliet will bring violence down on Romeo’s household.
He is warning Romeo about Tybalt's volatile personality.
Who does Tybalt Kill in Act 3 Scene 1?
Juliet
Romeo
Benvolio
Mercutio
Romeo tells Tybalt “[I] love thee better than thou canst devise / Till thou shalt know the reason of my love;” (3.1.65-66). What does he mean by that?
Tybalt reminds Romeo of his pet cat
He has a crush on Tybalt
Because he is married to Juliet, they are cousins
None of the answers provided
Who retells the story of the duel to the prince?
Lady Capulet
the Nurse
Friar Laurence
Benvolio
Meanwhile, Juliet is anxiously waiting for the night to come. What Greek Myth does she allude to?
Echo and Narcissus
Leto and Zeus
Phaeton and Phoebus Apollo
Hades and Persephone
How does Romeo react to his banishment?
Excited that can he can runaway with Juliet and they can live happily ever after
He makes plans to talk to the prince to reverse his decision since Tybalt was the one that requested the duel and he really didn’t want to fight.
He runs away to the monastery and takes a vow of chastity
He’s angsty and claims that banishment is worse than death.
What does Juliet give to the Nurse to give to Romeo?
a ring
a lock of hair
a note saying that she'll runaway with him
A promise that she won't marry Paris while he's banished
What advice does the friar give to Romeo?
to face his punishment with courage
to apologize to the Capulets and hope for hte best
to spend the night with Juliet and then sneak out before the guards take their places
to hide out in the monastery until things blow over, meanwhile Juliet will come visit
What bird is known as the morning bird?
nightingale
lark
pigeon
sparrow
Why does Juliet get upset at Romeo and ask him to leave after begging him to stay?
Romeo talks about Rosaline
Because Juliet wants him to stay, he welcomes death because if he gets caught he will most likely be put to death
She hears her mom coming down the corridor
Girls are complex
How does Capulet respond to Juliet?
He says she is being ungrateful and calls her some horrible names
He wishes he had a son
He threatens to disown her
He is happy Juliet refuses to marry Paris because he thinks Paris is too old for her
He's upset because it's Paul Rudd
Explain the meaning of the following lines (2.2.4-9): “Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, / Who is already sick and pale with grief / That thou her maid art more fair than she. / Be not her maid, since she is envious; / Her vestal livery is but sick and green, / And none but fools do wear it; cast it off.
Romeo alludes to the goddess Diana/Artemis, goddess of the moon, and says she is envious of Juliet, and she should quit being her follower (Diana's followers are virgins).
The sun and moon are jealous of one another
He's asking her to give up her virginity.
The moon is the lesser light because it reflects the sun.
Diana is protective of her chastity and when Actaeon was caught spying on her she turned him into a stag, and his dogs tore him to pieces.
Explain the meaning of the following lines (2.2.46-47): “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet.”
What's in the meaning of a name, since Romeo's name is an "enemy" to Juliet, why should it matter. If we called a rose a different name it would still smell the same.
All flowers smell the same
Names are silly social constructs
We shouldn't get caught up on semantics
One possible theme for Romeo and Juliet is:
Be careful what you wish for you just might get it.
Crime doesn’t pay
love
If people who love one another are not allowed to be together in this life, then they can be together in death
What is an allusion?
a magic trick
a reference to another literary text, or form of media
a comparison using like or as
The moral or author's message
