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WorksheetsAct II Review 2 - R&J
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 12mins
Mercutio's teasing of Romeo in Act II, Scene 1 is an example of...
dramatic irony
situational irony
verbal irony
personification
When Mercutio says, "Nay, I'll conjure too" conjure means...
remember
summon (with a magical incantation)
antagonize
implore
Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?
"what a man art thou, thus bescreened in night?
"Oh, swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon"
"I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright lips"
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun"
What does Juliet say about names?
She wishes Romeo had a different name.
She will not marry Romeo because he is a Montague.
She says names are not important; the thing being named is what matters.
She says names are more important than the things being named.
When Juliet first appears on her balcony, Romeo compares her to three things. What are those three things in order?
the sun, the stars, an angel
the moon, the stars, an angel
an angel, the sun, the stars
a glove, a doe, the sun
How does Romeo explain his ability to climb the orchard wall?
he fought his way in
he flew over the wall with love's light wings
Mercutio hooked him up to a pulley and lifted him up
he used a ladder
Why is Juliet embarrassed that Romeo overheard her talking on the balcony?
She had been thinking about Paris instead of Romeo.
She was speaking ill of the Montagues and Romeo.
She feels "sick and pale with grief: in comparison to the moon.
She had just confessed her feelings for Romeo.
Who says, "that I were a glove upon that hand?"
Romeo
Juliet
Tybalt
Mercutio
What are Romeo and Juliet planning to do after Romeo departs from her balcony in Act II, Scene 2?
suppress their feelings for one another
run away together to Mantua
ask for their parents permission to be married
talk again tomorrow though a messenger that Juliet will send to Romeo
What is Friar Laurence doing at the beginning of Act II, Scene 3?
praying
baptizing children
gathering flowers, herbs, and medicine
ringing the church bells
"Fleckled darkness like a drunkard reels
from forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels" is an example of...
couplet/personification
imagery/allusion
simile/irony
metaphor/oxymoron
Friar Laurence rebukes Romeo because...
he is fickle in love
he no longer loves Rosaline
he never goes to church
he wants to abandon his family
Why does Friar Laurence agree to perform the marriage of Romeo and Juliet?
he hopes it will end their families' feud
he is sympathetic to Romeo
he wants to spite the Capulets
he wants Romeo to stop asking him for things
"Romeo will answer it
Any man that can write may answer a letter" is an example of...
verbal irony
situational irony
metaphor
a pun
What does Mercutio think of Tybalt?
considers him agreeable
think him even-tempered
believes him a formidable adversary
dislikes him altogether
Who acts as the intermediary between Romeo and Juliet?
Benvolio
Mercutio
the Nurse
Tybalt
What about the Nurse's behavior frustrates Juliet in Act II, Scene 5?
she arrives late
she withholds information to keep Juliet in suspense
she tells Juliet that she would be better off without Romeo
she delivers bad news
What is the message the Nurse delivers to Juliet in Act II, Scene 5?
She should go to Friar Laurence's cell to be married.
Romeo is no longer interested in her.
Romeo will return to her balcony.
Romeo wants to elope with her.
We might say that one of the Nurse's primary character functions is to...
make the play more serious
introduce the theme of love
provide comic relief
contrast with Juliet's optimism
What are Romeo and Juliet doing at the end of Act II?
eloping
walking through Verona
looking for Friar Laurence
getting married
In the line, "lest thy love prove likewise variable" variable means...
inconstant
unchanging
faithful
a numerical value
"The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night" is an example of...
alliteration
simile
personification
metaphor
