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Suspense in Romeo and Juliet, Part 7

Question 23 • NC-English Language Arts 9 CR

Read the excerpt from Act I, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet. Nurse: Faith, I can tell her age unto an hour. Lady Capulet: She’s not fourteen. Nurse: I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth— And yet to my teen be it spoken I have but four— She is not fourteen. How long is it now 20To Lammas-tide? Lady Capulet: A fortnight and odd days. Nurse: Even or odd, of all days in the year, Come Lammas-eve at night shall she be fourteen.

Answer
A
careless housekeeping.
B
willingness to serve.
C
roundabout answer.
D
firm religious beliefs.

Explanation

The Nurse takes a winding route to answer how old Juliet is: she jokes that she would stake fourteen teeth on Juliet’s age, then interrupts herself to say she has only four, before explaining that Juliet will turn fourteen on Lammas Eve. This makes her response a roundabout answer, rather than evidence of housekeeping or religious beliefs.

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