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Romeo and Juliet Act 2

Total questions: 37

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

But passion lends them power, time means, to meet, tempering extremities with extreme sweet.

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Chorus

d)

Friar Lawrence

2.

He jests at scars that never felt a wound.

a)

Romeo

b)

Mercutio

c)

Benvolio

d)

Tybalt

3.

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.

a)

Paris

b)

Romeo

c)

Benvolio

d)

Friar Lawrence

4.

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet.

a)

Romeo

b)

Benvolio

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Juliet

5.

My life was better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love.

a)

Nurse

b)

Juliet

c)

Romeo

d)

Mercutio

6.

O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, that monthly changes in her circle orb...

a)

Juliet

b)

Nurse

c)

Romeo

d)

Paris

7.

Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow that I shall say good night till it be morrow.

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Nurse

8.

And badest me bury love.

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Tybalt

9.

Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Nurse

d)

Friar Lawrence

10.

O single-soled jest, solely singular for the singleness.

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Tybalt

d)

Lord Capulet

11.

Two may keep counsel, putting one away?

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Nurse

12.

Do thou but close our hands with holy words, then love-devouring death do what he dare; it is enough I may but call her mine.

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Paris

13.

These violent delights have violent ends...

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Nurse

14.

What day do Romeo and Juliet MEET?

a)

Saturday

b)

Sunday

c)

Monday

d)

Tuesday

15.

What day do Romeo and Juliet MARRY?

a)

Saturday

b)

Sunday

c)

Monday

d)

Tuesday

16.

Mercutio and Benvolio know that Romeo is in love with...

a)

Juliet

b)

Rosaline

c)

Somebody they do not know

d)

Nobody

17.

After they leave the party, Romeo hears Mercutio making fun of him. He understands that Mercutio makes fun because...

a)

he is not truly his friend.

b)

he doesn't understand love because he has never felt it.

c)

Mercutio is an idiot.

d)

Mercutio is just showing off for Benvolio.

18.

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

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

19.

"My life were better ended by their hate than death prorogued, wanting of thy love."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

dramatic irony

d)

foreshadowing

20.

Why does Juliet not want Romeo to swear his love by the moon? Remember that this is a short answer question on the test!!!!

a)

The moon changes, and she doesn't want his love for her to change.

b)

She is a Catholic, and to swear is a sin.

c)

The moon is a symbol of evil; she wants him to swear by the sun instead.

d)

All of the above are correct.

21.

"My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep."

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

hyperbole

d)

anachronism

22.

Who interrupts the balcony scene?

a)

Lady Capulet

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Nurse

d)

Both Lady and Lord Capulet

23.

"A thousand times goodnight!"

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

alliteration

d)

hyperbole

24.

What time is Nurse supposed to meet Romeo?

a)

9 AM

b)

Noon

c)

3 PM

d)

There was no set time

25.

Why does Friar Lawrence question Romeo's love for Juliet?

a)

Romeo has lied before.

b)

Romeo was in love with Rosaline yesterday.

c)

Friar does not understand how love works.

d)

Friar is on the Capulet side of the feud.

26.

Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

a)

He is tired of hearing Romeo whining about love.

b)

He realizes that Romeo and Juliet are truly in love.

c)

Romeo threatens to kill himself if Friar does not marry them.

d)

He hopes their marriage will end the feud.

27.

"Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."

a)

Friar says this, and it is dramatic irony.

b)

Romeo says this, and it is dramatic irony.

c)

Nurse says this, and it is foreshadowing.

d)

Friar says this, and it is foreshadowing.

28.

What news do Benvolio and Mercutio know that involves Tybalt?

a)

Tybalt sent a letter to the Montague house that challenges Romeo to a duel.

b)

Tybalt knows that Romeo has kissed Juliet and has turned Romeo in to the Prince to be put to death.

c)

Tybalt is making a citizen's arrest of Romeo for being at a party to which he was not invited.

d)

Tybalt will fight Romeo to protect his cousin, Juliet.

29.

Why do Benvolio and Mercutio worry about Romeo's response to Tybalt's challenge?

a)

Romeo is too heartsick over Rosaline to fight.

b)

Romeo can't fight because he is marrying Juliet later.

c)

Romeo is terrible at sword-fighting.

d)

Romeo might ask one of them to fight for him, and neither want to fight Tybalt.

30.

Who is the "Prince of Cats?"

a)

Romeo

b)

Prince of Verona

c)

Tybalt

d)

Lord Capulet

31.

...Cleopatra a gypsy, Helen and Hero holdings...Thisbe a grey eye or so...

a)

simile

b)

allusion

c)

anachronism

d)

hyperbole

32.

O single-soled jest, solely singular for the singleness

a)

allusion

b)

alliteration

c)

anachronism

d)

metaphor

33.

What time do Nurse and Romeo meet?

a)

9 AM

b)

Noon

c)

Nobody knows

d)

6 AM

34.

Which of the following is NOT a part of Romeo's plan for Nurse and Juliet. Remember that this is a short answer for the test.

a)

Juliet will find a way to go to confession at Friar Lawrence's cell.

b)

Romeo's trusted servant will bring a rope ladder to Nurse.

c)

Nurse will pack a wedding dress into a bag and hide it in the alley so that Juliet can pick it up on the way to Friar Lawrence's

d)

All of the above are part of the plan.

35.

And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume...

a)

alliteration

b)

metaphor

c)

anachronism

d)

personification

36.

What is an anachronism?

a)

figurative language in which the consonant is repeated throughout the line.

b)

figurative language that uses "like" or "as" to make a comparison

c)

figurative language that means something is out of its proper time period

d)

figurative language that allows Shakespearean English to be translated into plain English

37.

Which of the following characters does NOT know about Romeo and Juliet's marriage?

a)

Nurse

b)

Romeo's servant

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Peter

e)

All of the answers are correct.