| After the Capulets’ ball, why does Romeo run away from his friends? | He is tired of Mercutio and his friends making fun of him about his love life and to go find Juliet. |
| Who overhears Juliet speaking aloud her loving thoughts of Romeo? | Romeo |
| Why does Juliet say she does not want Romeo to swear his love by the moon? | she doesn’t want his love for her to change like an inconsistent moon that changes |
| Before parting, what do the young lovers decide to do? | get married |
| Who agrees to perform the wedding ceremony of Romeo and Juliet? | Friar Laurence |
| Why is Mercutio worried about Tybalt’s challenge to Romeo? | He is worried that Romeo will get killed because Tybalt is a great swordsman. |
| What excuse does Juliet use for going to Friar Laurence’s cell? | confession |
| Who carries the message about wedding arrangements from Romeo to Juliet? | Nurse |
| What day(s) of the week is/are covered in Act Two? | late Sunday night to Monday |
| On what day of the week do Romeo and Juliet marry? | Monday |
| “He jests at scars that never felt a wound./But soft!What light from yonder window breaks?/It is the East, and Juliet is the sun” | He is worried that Romeo will get killed because Tybalt is a great swordsman. |
| “Oh Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?/Denythy father and refuse thy name;/Or if thou wilt not . . .” | Juliet — Because his name is the only thing separating her from him. She wants him to deny his name, but if he won’t, then she’ll deny her own. |
| “Oh swear not by the moon, th’inconstant moon,/That monthly changes in her circled orb . . .” | Juliet-she doesn’t want his love for her to change like the moon changes |
| “Love goes towards love as schoolboys from theirbooks/But love from love, toward school with heavy looks.” | Romeo — He doesn’t want to leave Juliet |
| “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be./For this alliancemay so happy prove,/To turn your households’ rancour to pure love.” | Friar Lawrence — He agrees to help Romeo and Juliet get married |
| “Why is this not better now than groaning for love?Now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo . . .” | Mercutio — He doesn’t understand why Romeo doesn’t like the joking because it makes him more sociable |
| “Hie you to church. I must another way,/To fetch aladder, by the which your love/Must climb a bird’s nest soon . . .” | Nurse — She wants Juliet to go to the church so she can get the rope ladder so Romeo can get to Juliet’s bedroom that night after they are married |
| “These violent delights have violent ends,/And intheir triumph die, like fire and powder/Which as they kiss consume.” | Friar Lawrence — He’s foreshadowing what’s to come |
| perjuries | broken promises/lies |
| variable | ever-changing |
| intercession | a petition or request |
| wanton | uncontrolled |
| chide | to scold, to show disapproval |
| rancor | hatred, bitterness |
| feign | to pretend, to fake |
| brine | salty water |
| intercession | a petition (asking)-like a prayer |
Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Test Review
July 21, 2019