Characters and Conflict in Romeo and Juliet, Part 3 - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet . Romeo: [To JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest hand This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this; My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss. Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss. Which statement about the structure of these lines is true?

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D: Romeo’s lines make up one quatrain, which uses an  abab  rhyme scheme.

Question 2

Read the dialogue from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet . Capulet: Why, how now, kinsman! wherefore storm you so? Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; A villain that is hither come in spite, To scorn at our solemnity this night. Capulet: Young Romeo, is it? Tybalt: ’Tis he, that villain Romeo. Capulet: Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone: Based on these lines, which statement is true?

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D: Tybalt is ready to fight, and Lord Capulet is less impulsive.

Question 3

Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet . Juliet: Then have my lips the sin that they have took. Romeo: Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urg’d! Give me my sin again. Juliet: You kiss by the book. Shakespeare uses the structure of these lines to

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A: demonstrate the playful affection of a new relationship.

Question 4

When Romeo and Juliet first meet in Act I, scene v, a sonnet structure is used because

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D: the sonnet shows their romantic connection.

Question 5

Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet . Romeo: Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too? Juliet: Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer. Romeo: O! then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair. Shakespeare uses the structure of these lines to develop

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C: Romeo’s character as he persuades Juliet to kiss him.

Question 6

Read this dialogue spoken by Lord Capulet in Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet . You are welcome, gentlemen! Come, musicians, play. A hall! a hall! give room, and foot it, girls. [Music plays, and they dance.] More light, ye knaves! and turn the tables up, And quench the fire, the room has grown too hot Based on these lines, which conclusion can be drawn about Lord Capulet?

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B: He is a considerate and generous host.

Question 7

Read the dialogue from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet . Capulet: Why, how now, kinsman! wherefore storm you so? Tybalt: Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe; A villain that is hither come in spite, To scorn at our solemnity this night. Capulet: Young Romeo, is it? Tybalt: ’Tis he, that villain Romeo. Capulet: Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone: He bears him like a portly gentleman Which best describes the relationship between Tybalt and Capulet?

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C: Tybalt is Capulet’s nephew. His short-tempered personality provides a foil to the calmer Lord Capulet.

Question 8

This question has two parts. First, answer Part 1. Then, answer Part 2. Part 1 What conclusion can be drawn about Tybalt from Act 1, scene v of Romeo and Juliet ?

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C: He will pursue revenge on Romeo and his friends for crashing the party.

Question 9

Part 2 Which lines from the scene best support the correct answer to Part 1?

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A: “I will withdraw, but this intrusion shall,  
Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall.”

Question 10

Which of Juliet’s lines best shows her respect for her mother?

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C: And stint thou too, I pray thee, nurse, say I.

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