Romeo and Juliet Act 2, Scene 3 Quiz

What is the “grey-eyed morn” doing in the opening line?

• Hiding from the night

• Smiling on the night as it fades

• Crying over the lost stars

• Blinding the eastern sky

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

The phrase “fleckled darkness, like a drunkard, reels” is an example of what literary device?

• Alliteration

• Personification

• Simile

• Hyperbole

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CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.7.5

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

What does Friar Laurence intend to fill his osier cage (basket) with?

• Morning dew

• Magic potions

• Weeds and flowers

• Food for breakfast

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

According to Friar Laurence, what is true about the Earth?

• It is dying and dry.

• It is both the source of life and a grave.

• It only gives life to animals.

• It rejects all evil things.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What does Friar Laurence mean when he says “Many for many virtues excellent, / None but for some, and yet all different”?

• All plants are poisonous.

• Every plant has many uses, but each is unique.

• Plants are basically the same.

• Only a few plants are useful.

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What main idea about good and evil is expressed in the lines: “Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied; / And vice sometime, by action, dignified”?

• Good and evil are easy to separate.

• Only herbs can change from good to bad.

• Even good things can become harmful if used wrongly.

• Evil actions are always punished.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What contrast does the Friar describe using the flower he holds?

• It looks ugly but smells nice.

• It has both healing and harmful properties.

• It only works during the day.

• It is rare and expensive.

The phrase “Two such opposèd kings encamp them still / In man as well as herbs” refers to:

• The kings of England and France

• The balance of light and dark in nature

• The struggle between good and evil within all things

• The fight between summer and winter

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CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.8.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

According to the Friar, what happens when “the worser is predominant”?

• Plants grow faster

• People live longer

• Death or destruction follows

• Evil becomes weaker

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

What theme does this passage best reflect?

• The power of dreams

• The unpredictability of love

• The duality of nature and morality

• The need for revenge

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2