Question

1.

Which of the following best states a theme of Romeo and Juliet?
• Love paves the way for peace.
• The power of nature overcomes the will of man.
• Love is a gentle force that brings families together.
• Actions in haste can bring about destruction.
2.
In Act IV, Scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet, Paris tells Friar Lawrence, "Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death, / And therefore have I little talked of love." What makes Paris's comment an example of dramatic irony?

• Juliet is saddened by the death of Tybalt.
• Juliet is actually weeping over Romeo's banishment.
• Juliet is pretending to cry in order to avoid seeing Paris.
• Juliet was in love with her cousin Tybalt.
3.
In Romeo and Juliet, which of the following illustrates Shakespeare's use of comic relief?

• A servant explains to Capulet that cooks should lick their own fingers.
• Capulet believes that Juliet is dead when she is really only sleeping.
• "Honest good fellows, ah, put up, put up; For well you know this is a pitiful case."
• A nurse claims to be too tired to give Juliet Romeo's message.
4.
Read the following line from Romeo's monologue in Act II, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet:
But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun!

What is Romeo saying in this passage?
• Romeo has broken the window even though he threw a rock softly.
• Juliet is standing in the east window.
• Juliet's beauty shines like the sun.
• Romeo has never been in love before.
5.
Read the following line from Act IV, Scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet, when Capulet speaks of his daughter’s apparent death:
Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.

How does Shakespeare use a simile to emphasize the tragedy of the apparent death?
• By comparing Juliet to a flower, Capulet emphasizes that she is too young to die.
• By comparing Juliet to a flower, Capulet emphasizes that she is too beautiful to die.
• By comparing Juliet to a flower with frost on it, Capulet emphasizes that Juliet’s body is cold.
• By comparing Juliet to a flower with frost on it, Capulet emphasizes that he has lost the best daughter in the land.

Answer 1

1. Actions in haste can bring about destruction.

Many events in the story happen because of the impulsivity of the characters. Tybalt promises to seek revenge on Romeo because he's quick to anger when Romeo shows up at the Capulet party. Romeo is quick to kill Tybalt after the death of Mercutio. Juliet is quick to kill herself (even though she just pretends at first) when Romeo is banished. Romeo is quick to kill himself when he hears that Juliet is dead. Juliet then actually kills herself immediately after seeing Romeo dead. All this death is destruction.

2. Juliet is actually weeping over Romeo's banishment.

Paris thinks that Juliet is weeping over Tybalt's death, but really it's Romeo's banishment because of Tybalt's death. Paris thinks that Juliet is to distraught to think of love and yet the person she thinks of is her love.

3. A nurse claims to be too tired to give Juliet Romeo's message.

The nurse drags out the message she brings back to Juliet by saying she is so out of breath she can't deliver the message. Juliet tells her if you have enough breath to tell me your out of breath you can give me the message! The nurse keeps delaying because she enjoys the attention she is getting from Juliet.

4. Juliet's beauty shines like the sun.

It's Shakespeare, he wouldn't use this beautiful imagery to simply say that Juliet is standing at the window...there's always more. Also, Romeo is in love with Juliet, his descriptive language is used to show how his world revolves around Juliet, his sun.

5. By comparing Juliet to a flower, Capulet emphasizes that she is too beautiful to die.

In the lines, he describes the flower as sweetest which shows its beauty. The flower is not shown to have any age so this eliminates the second best option.

Answer 2

I've read it a long time ago, but I remember it well. So I think that I've done everything correctly. I hope it will be helpful for you. Have a look:

1. I think this one Actions in haste can bring about destruction. best states a theme of Romeo and Juliet

2. Juliet is actually weeping over Romeo's banishment. - As far as I remember, that makes Paris's comment an example of dramatic irony.

3. I think this option A nurse claims to be too tired to give Juliet Romeo's message. best illustrates Shakespeare's use of comic relief.

4. According to it's monologue, I'm 100% sure that Romeo means that Juliet's beauty shines like the sun.

5. Shakespeare uses a simile to emphasize the tragedy of the apparent death by comparing Juliet to a flower, Capulet emphasizes that she is too beautiful to die.