Read this excerpt from Act III, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet. Paris: These times of woe afford no time to woo.10Madam, good-night: commend me to your daughter. Lady Capulet: I will, and know her mind early to-morrow; To-night she’s mew’d up to her heaviness. Therefore farewell; I see thou know’st me not. Capulet: Sir Paris, I will make a desperate tender Of my child’s love: I think she will be rul’d15In all respects by me; nay, more, I doubt it not.
Answer
A
When Paris shows interest in Juliet, Juliet questions her devotion to Romeo.
B
When Paris shows interest in Juliet, Romeo challenges Paris to a duel.
C
When the Capulets fail to consult Juliet, tension begins to build in her family.
D
When the Capulets fail to consult Juliet, old rivals fight for her hand in marriage.