Romeo and Juliet Act 2
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
Comprehension
The questions below refer to the selection “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II.”
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1.
(5 points) Which
character speaks the following lines?
“O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art
As glorious to this night, being o’er my head,
As is a wingèd messenger of heaven”
a. Mercutio
b. Benvolio
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2.
(5 points) Which
c. Romeo
d. Juliet
character speaks the following lines?
“Though
his face be better than any man’s, yet his leg excels all
men’s; and for a hand and foot, and a body, though
they be not to be talked on, yet they are past compare.”
a. Tybalt
c. Friar Laurence
b. Romeo
d. Nurse
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3.
(5 points) In
the balcony scene, Juliet says, “What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, / Nor arm, nor face. O,
be some other name / Belonging to a man. / What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other word
would smell as sweet.”
She means that —
a. Montague is an unimportant name in Verona
b. Romeo should take her last name when they marry
c. Romeo’s name is an accident of birth, not an essential part of him
d. it is wrong to fall in love with a Montague
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d.
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(5 points) What
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b.
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d.
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6.
quickly admits her love to Romeo because —
she wants to marry him
she is sure his love is true
she is not a flirt
he has overheard her thinking aloud about her love for him
(5 points) Juliet
do Juliet and Romeo decide to do about their love?
They plan to have Friar Laurence marry them.
The Nurse will lead them out of Verona, away from the Montague and Capulet clans.
They plan to marry, with their parent’s permission, when Juliet turns sixteen.
The Montagues will hide Juliet in their home after the couple has married.
sends a letter to Lord Montague and tells him —
a. he is angry because of jokes Mercutio makes about him
b. Juliet will marry him with the permission of Lord Capulet
c. he has a feud to settle with Lord Montague’s son, Romeo
(5 points) Tybalt
d. he will spy for the Montague family if he can marry Rosaline
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engages Romeo in conversation about fashion in order to —
let Romeo speak about Juliet’s beauty
convince Romeo to send a letter to the house of Capulet
have Romeo match wits with him
prove to Benvolio that Romeo is intelligent
(5 points) Mercutio
a.
b.
c.
d.
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(5 points) The
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(5 points) Friar
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purpose of the humor rising from the nurse’s comic character is to —
a. provide relief from the tragedy
c. suggest that love has its funny side
b. display Shakespeare’s wit
d. indicate that Juliet’s servants are foolish
Laurence scolds Romeo because —
a. Romeo is causing trouble by wooing Juliet c. Juliet is too young to marry
b. Romeo is so changeable in love
d. Romeo has been unfaithful to Rosaline
(5 points) In
Act II, the action focuses on the plans of Romeo and Juliet. When the Nurse brings Juliet the
message from Romeo, the Nurse intensifies the moment by —
a. going on and on about her pains, thus leaving Juliet in suspense
b. refusing to pass on the message until she has been properly tipped
c. betraying Romeo and encouraging Juliet to marry Paris
d. giving the message to Juliet’s mother instead of Juliet herself
Literary Focus
The questions below refer to the selection “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II.”
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a character delivers a soliloquy, he or she —
directs his or her thoughts to other characters onstage
expresses private thoughts to the audience
speaks from behind a curtain or somewhere offstage
describes an event that is related to but not a part of the dialogue in the play
(5 points) When
a.
b.
c.
d.
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(5 points) In
the balcony scene, Romeo says to the audience, “Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this.” This
form of speech is —
a. a monologue
c. an aside
b. dramatic irony
d. a soliloquy
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(5 points) Even
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(5 points) Dramatic
though the balcony scene contains some stage directions by Shakespeare, modern directors and
actors must —
a. change the props and sets as well as some of the action to match the times
b. change the original dialogue to fit the kind of stage on which the play will be performed
c. research old productions of the play to discover how Shakespeare really meant it to be
staged
d. interpret the play’s dialogue to decide where people are placed onstage and how they
should move
a.
b.
c.
d.
irony occurs —
whenever Shakespeare stages a fight
when the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not
when the friar believes he can unite the feuding families
when Juliet is insecure about Romeo’s true feelings
Short Answer
Constructed Response
The question below refers to the selection “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II.”
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(20 points) Throughout
this and other plays by Shakespeare, moments of dramatic irony occur. Identify one of
these moments. On a separate sheet of paper, explain why it is an example of dramatic irony. Then, explain
how the moment affects the audience as they watch the action and listen to the dialogue.
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Romeo and Juliet Act 2
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9.2.1.13 (monitoring your reading or comprehension)
9.2.1.13 (monitoring your reading or comprehension)
9.2.1.12 (identifying the main idea)
9.1.4.2 (character interactions)
9.1.10.3 (plot structure)
9.1.10.3 (plot structure)
9.1.4.2 (character interactions)
9.1.10.1 (comedy and farce)
9.1.4.2 (character interactions)
9.1.4.2 (character interactions)
9.1.10.4 (speech)
9.1.10.4 (speech)
9.1.10.5 (scene design and staging a play)
9.1.7.9 (irony)
SHORT ANSWER
15. ANS:
Students’ responses will vary. A sample response follows:
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not know. One moment
of dramatic irony occurs in Scene 6 when Friar Laurence brings Romeo and Juliet together in marriage. He
speaks to Romeo (just as Juliet is arriving) about love, but those lines also tell the audience what will happen
in the play. Romeo is too involved in his love affair to see himself or his beloved in these words of warning.
The friar warns Romeo that love that is too passionate turns destructive. The audience knows that this play is
a tragedy and that the love of Romeo and Juliet will come to a bad end. The friar even foreshadows the death
of the lovers when he begins his speech, “These violent delights have violent ends.”
PTS: 20
OBJ: 9.1.7.9 (irony)