Chapters 2 and 3

Question 1

What does Romeo ask Juliet to do in Act 2 scene 2 (the balcony scene)?

Answer 1

To marry him

Question 2

How does Friar Lawrence react to Romeo’s request in Act 2 scene 3?

Answer 2

He doesn’t believe that Romeo is truly in love but agrees to marry them anyway in the hope that it will bring the two houses together.

Question 3

What happens to Mercutio, Tybalt, and Romeo in Act three scene one?

Answer 3

Mercutio is killed by Tybalt, Tybalt is killed by Romeo, and Romeo is banished for murder

Question 4

Why does Mercutio say, “A plague o’(on) both your houses!” just before he dies?

Answer 4

He is upset that their feud, which doesn’t concern him, has ended his life.

Question 5

What dreadful news does Juliet receive from her mother in Act 3 scene 5?

Answer 5

She is going to marry paris on Thursday

Question 6

How would you characterize Lord Capulet for the majority of Act 3 scene 5?

Answer 6

He seemed very upset and mad at Juliet, more than he should.

Question 7

How does Juliet feel about the Nurse by the end of Act 3?

Answer 7

She is mad at the nurse.

Question 8

Unwieldy

Answer 8

cumbersome; hard to carry or manage

Question 9

Rash

Answer 9

done without much thought; hasty

Question 10

Procure

Answer 10

get; obtain

Question 11

Eloquence

Answer 11

persuasive and graceful speech

Question 12

Garish

Answer 12

showy and gaudy; attention-getting

Question 13

Lamentable

Answer 13

sad; distressing

Question 14

Sallow

Answer 14

sickly yellowish complexion

Question 15

Waverer

Answer 15

one who is unsteady in decision making

Question 16

Fickle

Answer 16

changeable; indecisive

Question 17

Vile

Answer 17

extremely unpleasant

Question 18

Agile

Answer 18

quick and easy of movement

Question 19

Tedious

Answer 19

tiresome; boring

Question 20

Abhor

Answer 20

intensely dislike

Question 21

Provide an example (in your own words) of dramatic irony in the play.

Answer 21

One part of dramatic irony in my opinion is that Juliet’s father was hesitant about the marriage to Paris before Juliet got married, but is determined to marry her after.

Question 22

22. Which character delivers a soliloquy in Act 3?

Answer 22

Juliet

Question 23

What is a couplet?

Answer 23

two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme, that form a unit.

“I beg for justice which thou, prince, must give.
Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live.”

Question 24

What is a iambic pentameter?

Answer 24

a rhythmic pattern that consists of ten syllables per line, with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.

“Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona where we lay our scene,
From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.”

Question 25

Why does Friar Lawrence call Romeo, “a young waverer”?

Answer 25

He means Romeo is fickle and wavers from one love to another.

Question 26

How does Mercutio think Romeo will do in a sword fight with Tybalt, and why?

Answer 26

He thinks Romeo will do badly because Tybalt is good at fighting.

Question 27

Why does the Nurse look for Romeo in Act 2, scene 4? What does she find out from him?

Answer 27

She comes to make sure that he won’t break Juliet's heart. She finds out that he plans to marry.

Question 28

What does Juliet mean when she says to the Nurse, “How are you out of breath when you have breath to say to me that you are out of breath”

Answer 28

She means that the nurse cannot be out of breath if she uses breath to tell that to her. She is in a hurry to hear the news the nurse brings.

Question 29

Which of the following describe Juliet in Act 2, scene 5? 1. Friendly and accepting 2. Shy and cautious 3. Impatient and eager 4. Pre-occupied and indifferent

Answer 29

Impatient and eager

Question 30

What happens in the last scene of Act 2?

Answer 30

Romeo and Juliet marry.