6
QuizMultiple Choice

Suspense in Romeo and Juliet, Part 7

Question 6 • 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.
Previous
Next