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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In lines 11 and 12, Romeo says, "Give me a torch, I am not for this ambling./Being but heavy, I will bear the light." This is an example of what?
(a) A simile.
(b) A pun.
(c) Personification.
(d) An allegory.

2. The chorus promises that anything left out of the prologue will be __________.
(a) Covered during the events of the play.
(b) Obvious to the audience.
(c) Made clear in the prologues to other Acts.
(d) Unimportant.

3. In Act 1, Scene 3, Lady Capulet first asks the nurse to do what?
(a) Stay, then asks her to leave.
(b) Call Juliet, then changes her mind.
(c) Leave the room, then asks her to stay.
(d) Summon Capulet, then changes her mind.

4. What does Romeo decide to do at the start of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Leave his friends and go home.
(b) Return to the Capulet's house to find Juliet.
(c) Return to the Capulet's house to find Rosaline.
(d) Go home with his friends.

5. Capulet allows that his consent is one part of the courtship agreement, but the other part is ___________.
(a) The Prince's permission.
(b) Lady Capulet's permission.
(c) Juliet's dowry.
(d) Juliet's consent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Romeo's last speech during Act 1, Scene 4 reveals what?

2. Romeo claims he is in love as the play opens, but is unhappy because ______________.

3. The grudge between feuding families is described as _______.

4. Why does Juliet tells Romeo not to swear his love by the moon?

5. What will be Juliet's excuse for leaving the house to go to church that afternoon?

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