Act II Review 2 - R&J

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