Romeo and Juliet Act I & II Test Part 2

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1. In the balcony scene, Juliet says, “What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot/Nor arm, nor face. . . What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet.” What does she mean? *

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 himself.

d. It is wrong to fall in love with a Montague.

2. Friar Laurence rebukes Romeo because *

a. Romeo is causing trouble by wooing Juliet.

b. Romeo is so changeable in love.

c. Juliet is too young to marry.

d. Romeo is unfaithful to Rosaline.

3. A character foil is best defined as *

a. a character that hates another character.

b. a character with a different last name from a character he or she loves.

c. a character with contrasting characteristics from another character. The term "opposites attract" might apply to these characters who are foils to one another.

d. none of the above.

4. When Friar Laurence agrees to marry the couple, his chief motive is to *

a. please the lovers.

b. prove that Romeo is sincere.

c. prevent an elopement.

d. end the feud between the families.

5. Benvolio is primarily motivated to *

a. protect the Montague name at all costs.

b. keep peace between friends and enemies.

c. see that the Prince gets his way.

d. make sure that Romeo gets a girlfriend.

6. Shakespeare creates a sense of foreboding in the following passage. What event does this quotation predict? [Romeo] . . . . my mind misgives/Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/Shall bitterly begin his fearful date/With this night’s revels and expire the term/Of a despisèd life, closed in my breast,/By some vile forfeit of untimely death. (Act 1, Scene 4, lines 106–111) *

a. A renewal of an old feud.

b. Romeo’s death.

c. The beginning of a new love for Romeo.

d. An accident at the ball.

7. Shakespeare uses a prologue to inform the audience that *

a. Juliet is a widow.

b. Romeo is a fugitive.

c. the lovers from the long-feuding families will die.

d. Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet.

8. T or F: Romeo was an invited guest to the Capulet feast. *

True

False

9. T or F: Benvolio recognizes Romeo’s voice at the feast and wants to fight him. *

True

False

10. T or F: The Capulets are cousins to the Montagues. *

True

False

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