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Setting the Scene of Romeo and Juliet, Part 2 Answers

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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,50Or manage it to part these men with me.

I am a peacekeeper, so put your sword away and tell your men that they must leave.

I cannot keep the peace, so hold your sword up and help me get these men to stop.

I am not interested in peace, so pull out your sword and fight these men with me.

I want to keep the peace, so put your sword away or use it to help me break up this brawl.

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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: But saying o’er what I have said before:My child is yet a stranger in the world, 10She hath not seen the change of fourteen years;Let two more summers wither in their prideEre we may think her ripe to be a bride.

Juliet will marry you after she has had her fourteenth birthday.

Juliet is old enough to be a wife, and she will be married in the summer.

Juliet is a stranger to you, so you should get to know each other first.

Juliet is too young and not ready to be married for another two years.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: Here were the servants of your adversaryAnd yours close fighting ere I did approach:I drew to part them; in the instant cameThe fiery Tybalt, with his sword prepar’d, 95Which, as he breath’d defiance to my ears,He swung about his head, and cut the winds,Who, nothing hurt withal hiss’d him in scorn.

the servants of both houses

the Capulet servants and Tybalt

the Montagues and Benvolio

the people of Verona

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Tybalt: What! art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?Turn thee, Benvolio, look upon thy death.Benvolio: I do but keep the peace: put up thy sword,50Or manage it to part these men with me.Tybalt: What! drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word,As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.Have at thee, coward! [They fight.]

Benvolio and Tybalt are both worried about disturbing the peace.

Benvolio is more concerned with keeping the peace than Tybalt is.

Benvolio is a much more skilled swordsman than Tybalt is.

Benvolio and Tybalt both want the feud between the families to continue.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Prince: Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—Will they not hear? What ho! you men, you beasts,That quench the fire of your pernicious rage70With purple fountains issuing from your veins,On pain of torture, from those bloody handsThrow your mis-temper’d weapons to the ground,And hear the sentence of your moved prince.

He is a good friend to both the Capulets and the Montagues.

He is an inexperienced ruler who has no control over the citizens.

He is angry with both families for fighting in the streets again.

He is unconcerned about the fighting among his subjects.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Montague: Many a morning hath he there been seen,With tears augmenting the fresh morning’s dew,Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs:But all so soon as the all-cheering sunShould in the furthest east begin to draw120The shady curtains from Aurora’s bed,Away from light steals home my heavy son,And private in his chamber pens himself,Shuts up his windows, locks fair daylight out,And makes himself an artificial night.125Black and portentous must this humour proveUnless good counsel may the cause remove.

He is very concerned about Romeo.

He is annoyed with Romeo’s bad mood.

He is unaware that Romeo is having troubles.

He is the reason Romeo is in such despair.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Benvolio: At this same ancient feast of Capulet’s,70Sups the fair Rosaline, whom thou so lov’st,With all the admired beauties of Verona:Go thither; and, with unattainted eyeCompare her face with some that I shall show,And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.

If you go to the party you will see that Rosaline is, in fact, the most beautiful girl in Verona.

Compare Rosaline with other girls from Verona and then decide whether she is worthy of your love.

There are many girls in Verona who are just as beautiful and desirable as Rosaline.

Once you see other beautiful girls at the party, you will see that Rosaline is not so special.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.So early walking did I see your son:Towards him I made; but he was ware of me,110And stole into the covert of the wood:I, measuring his affections by my own,That most are busied when they’re most alone,Pursu’d my humour not pursuing his,And gladly shunn’d who gladly fled from me.

Romeo told Benvolio to turn away and leave him alone.

Benvolio lost track of Romeo in the busy Verona streets.

Romeo did not recognize Benvolio when he saw him.

Benvolio noticed that Romeo purposely hid from him.

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Read the excerpt from Act I, scene i of Romeo and Juliet.Capulet: What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!Lady Capulet: A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?60Capulet: My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,And flourishes his blade in spite of me.Enter MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE.Montague: Thou villain Capulet! Hold me not; let me go.Lady Montague: Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.65

They are very angry with their husbands for fighting with each other.

They are more concerned with keeping the peace than their husbands are.

They want the young men punished for fighting in the streets of Verona.

They do not like each other and are eager to continue the feud.

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