Read the excerpt from Act IV, scene v of Romeo and Juliet.First Musician: Faith, we may put up our pipes, and be gone.105Nurse: Honest good fellows, ah! put up, put up, for, well you know, this is a pitiful case. [Exit.]First Musician: Ay, by my troth, the case may be amended.[Enter PETER.]Peter: Musicians! O! musicians, ‘Heart’s ease, Heart’s ease:’ O! an ye will have me live, play ‘Heart’s ease.’First Musician: Why ‘Heart’s ease?’Peter: O! musicians, because my heart itself plays ‘My heart is full of woe;’ O! play me some merry dump, to comfort me.110Second Musician: Not a dump we; ’tis no time to play now.Peter: You will not then?Musicians: No.Peter: I will then give it you soundly.First Musician: What will you give us?115Peter: No money, on my faith! but the gleek: I will give you the minstrel.
Answer
A
by describing the unlikely instruments at the wedding
B
by showing how unaware Peter is to others’ grief
C
by explaining the cost of wedding musicians
D
by mocking the popular music of Shakespeare’s day
Explanation
The scene takes place after Juliet has been found apparently dead, so the household is grieving. Peter’s request for a merry tune and his joke about giving the musicians “the gleek” create comic contrast with the sadness around him. This shows him behaving as if his own request matters more than the others’ grief, making B the best choice.
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