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Soliloquy and Figures of Speech in Romeo and Juliet, Part 4 Answers

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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.

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Which of Juliet’s lines best shows that she understands Romeo’s identity?

You kiss by the book.

My only love sprung from my only hate!

It is an honour that I dream not of.

But no more deep will I endart mine eye

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Compare Romeo and Mercutio in these lines from Act I, scene iv of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: Give me a torch: I am not for this ambling;Being but heavy, I will bear the light.Mercutio: Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance.Romeo: Not I, believe me: you have dancing shoesWith nimble soles; I have a soul of lead.

Romeo is being weighed down by his heavy costume.

Mercutio and Romeo are enemies.

Romeo is practical and optimistic.

Mercutio provides a character foil for Romeo.

Which lines from the excerpt support the inference that Romeo is emotionally conflicted? Select 3 options.

Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will.

Yet tell me not, for I have heard it all.

O heavy lightness! serious vanity!

Mis-shapen chaos of well-seeming forms!

Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!

Dost thou not laugh?

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

He is concerned about the cost of the party.

He is an aged and unhealthy gentleman.

He is a man who does not enjoy entertaining.

He is a considerate and generous host.

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Servant: God gi’ good den. I pray, sir, can you read?55Romeo: Ay, mine own fortune in my misery.Servant: Perhaps you have learn’d it without book: but, I pray, can you read any thing you see?Romeo: Ay, if I know the letters and the language. Servant: Ye say honestly; rest you merry! [Offering to go.] Romeo: Stay, fellow; I can read.

The servant needs directions.

The servant cannot see.

The servant needs to pray.

The servant cannot read.

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

Tybalt is Capulet’s son. His solemn character provides a foil to the emotional nature of Lord Capulet.

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

Tybalt is Capulet’s son-in-law. His love for Juliet provides a foil to Lord Capulet’s cold personality.

Tybalt is Capulet’s enemy. His hatred of the Capulet family is a foil to Lord Capulet’s family loyalty.

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

Which pair of characters have a relationship based on caregiving?

Nurse and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

Mercutio and Tybalt

Nurse and Capulet

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.

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

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

And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.

Go, ask his name.—If he be married,

I’ll look to like, if looking liking move;

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.

Shakespeare most often used sonnets to express which emotion between characters?

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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.

Read the lines from Act I, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.Romeo: [To JULIET.] If I profane with my unworthiest handThis holy shrine, the gentle sin is this;My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready standTo 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.

Juliet’s lines make up one couplet, which uses an abab rhyme scheme.

Juliet’s lines make up one stanza, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.

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

Romeo’s lines make up one sonnet, which uses an aabb rhyme scheme.

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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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.

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.

explain the great differences between feuding families.

demonstrate the playful affection of a new relationship.

persuade readers that kissing is sinful behavior.

contrast Romeo’s impulsiveness with Juliet’s calm.

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