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Act II Review 2 - R&J

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 12mins

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1.

Mercutio's teasing of Romeo in Act II, Scene 1 is an example of...

a)

dramatic irony

b)

situational irony

c)

verbal irony

d)

personification

2.

When Mercutio says, "Nay, I'll conjure too" conjure means...

a)

remember

b)

summon (with a magical incantation)

c)

antagonize

d)

implore

3.

Which of the following is an example of a metaphor?

a)

"what a man art thou, thus bescreened in night?

b)

"Oh, swear not by the moon, th'inconstant moon"

c)

"I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright lips"

d)

"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun"

4.

What does Juliet say about names?

a)

She wishes Romeo had a different name.

b)

She will not marry Romeo because he is a Montague.

c)

She says names are not important; the thing being named is what matters.

d)

She says names are more important than the things being named.

5.

When Juliet first appears on her balcony, Romeo compares her to three things. What are those three things in order?

a)

the sun, the stars, an angel

b)

the moon, the stars, an angel

c)

an angel, the sun, the stars

d)

a glove, a doe, the sun

6.

How does Romeo explain his ability to climb the orchard wall?

a)

he fought his way in

b)

he flew over the wall with love's light wings

c)

Mercutio hooked him up to a pulley and lifted him up

d)

he used a ladder

7.

Why is Juliet embarrassed that Romeo overheard her talking on the balcony?

a)

She had been thinking about Paris instead of Romeo.

b)

She was speaking ill of the Montagues and Romeo.

c)

She feels "sick and pale with grief: in comparison to the moon.

d)

She had just confessed her feelings for Romeo.

8.

Who says, "that I were a glove upon that hand?"

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Tybalt

d)

Mercutio

9.

What are Romeo and Juliet planning to do after Romeo departs from her balcony in Act II, Scene 2?

a)

suppress their feelings for one another

b)

run away together to Mantua

c)

ask for their parents permission to be married

d)

talk again tomorrow though a messenger that Juliet will send to Romeo

10.

What is Friar Laurence doing at the beginning of Act II, Scene 3?

a)

praying

b)

baptizing children

c)

gathering flowers, herbs, and medicine

d)

ringing the church bells

11.

"Fleckled darkness like a drunkard reels

from forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels" is an example of...

a)

couplet/personification

b)

imagery/allusion

c)

simile/irony

d)

metaphor/oxymoron

12.

Friar Laurence rebukes Romeo because...

a)

he is fickle in love

b)

he no longer loves Rosaline

c)

he never goes to church

d)

he wants to abandon his family

13.

Why does Friar Laurence agree to perform the marriage of Romeo and Juliet?

a)

he hopes it will end their families' feud

b)

he is sympathetic to Romeo

c)

he wants to spite the Capulets

d)

he wants Romeo to stop asking him for things

14.

"Romeo will answer it

Any man that can write may answer a letter" is an example of...

a)

verbal irony

b)

situational irony

c)

metaphor

d)

a pun

15.

What does Mercutio think of Tybalt?

a)

considers him agreeable

b)

think him even-tempered

c)

believes him a formidable adversary

d)

dislikes him altogether

16.

Who acts as the intermediary between Romeo and Juliet?

a)

Benvolio

b)

Mercutio

c)

the Nurse

d)

Tybalt

17.

What about the Nurse's behavior frustrates Juliet in Act II, Scene 5?

a)

she arrives late

b)

she withholds information to keep Juliet in suspense

c)

she tells Juliet that she would be better off without Romeo

d)

she delivers bad news

18.

What is the message the Nurse delivers to Juliet in Act II, Scene 5?

a)

She should go to Friar Laurence's cell to be married.

b)

Romeo is no longer interested in her.

c)

Romeo will return to her balcony.

d)

Romeo wants to elope with her.

19.

We might say that one of the Nurse's primary character functions is to...

a)

make the play more serious

b)

introduce the theme of love

c)

provide comic relief

d)

contrast with Juliet's optimism

20.

What are Romeo and Juliet doing at the end of Act II?

a)

eloping

b)

walking through Verona

c)

looking for Friar Laurence

d)

getting married

21.

In the line, "lest thy love prove likewise variable" variable means...

a)

inconstant

b)

unchanging

c)

faithful

d)

a numerical value

22.

"The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night" is an example of...

a)

alliteration

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

metaphor