WorksheetsRomeo & Juliet Act II Study Review
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 10mins
Why doesn't Romeo leave with Mercutio and Benvolio?
He is tired of their jokes
He has arranged to meet Juliet
He hopes to ambush Tybalt
He wants to see Juliet again
Romeo says to Juliet 'It is the east, and Juliet is the sun'. What technique does Shakespeare use to compare Juliet.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Alliteration
'You are as glorious as an angel tonight. You shine above me, like a winged messenger from heaven who makes mortal men fall on their backs. What technique is Romeo using to describe Juliet' beauty?
Personification
Simile
Oxymoron
Repetition
How does Friar Lawrence regard Romeo's love for Juliet
He is excited that Romeo has finally found happiness.
He is thrilled that Romeo has stopped pining for Rosaline.
He worries that Juliet doesn't feel the same.
He doubts the sincerity of Romeo's feelings.
How will Juliet sneak away to Friar Lawrence's cell?
By wearing a mask
By pretending to go to confession
By having the Nurse create a diversion
By leaving the house at night
Where does the secret wedding take place?
Capulet's house
Montague's house
The chapel
Friar Lawrence's cell
Who challenges Romeo to a duel?
Capulet
Tybalt
Benevolio
Samson
In the famous "balcony" scene, when Juliet says "Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" (Act II, Sc. 2, line 33), what is she asking?
Where is Romeo?
Where is the night?
Why don’t you like art?
Why are you Romeo, a Montague?
Why does the Friar finally agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He is about to quit being a priest anyway
He can see how much Romeo truly loves Juliet
He believes it will bring the families together again
He does not agree to marry them
Which features of Romeo does the Nurse describe when speaking to Juliet?
The Nurse describes Romeo's personality.
The Nurse describes Romeo's financial status.
The Nurse describes Romeo's physical appearance.
The Nurse describes Romeo's accent and love for Juliet.
What two types of figurative language are used in the following quote?
“The brightness of her cheek would shame those stars / As daylight doth a lamp”
Simile; metaphor
Personification; simile
Hyperbole; metaphor
Personification; onomatopoeia
Juliet's comparison of their love to lightning highlights her worry that
Their love has too much passion
Their love for each other will end quickly
Romeo is actually in love with someone else
Once she knows Romeo she will not love him anymore
In Act I, when Romeo is in anguish because Rosalind does not love he says, "O loving hate..O heavy lightness...serious vanity, feather of lead..." These are all examples of
Antitheses
Similies
Oxymorons
Personifications
What is a metaphor?
A word that makes the sound it represents
A comparison of two unrelated things
An exaggerated statement
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun" (2.2.3).
simile
personification
hyperbole
metaphor
For thou art as glorious to this night, being o'er my head, as a winged messenger of heaven..." (2.2.28-30).
metaphor
personification
simile
allusion
"...'tis twenty years til then" (2.2.182).
metaphor
hyperbole
personification
simile
"With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit,
And, in strong proof of chastity well armed,"
simile
allusion
personification
paradox
