The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II William Shakespeare

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1 SELETION TEST Student Edition page 818 The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II William Shakespeare LITERARY RESPONSE AN ANALYSIS OMPREHENSION (60 points; 6 points each) On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items. 1. Which character speaks the following lines? O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art As glorious to this night, being o er my head, As is a wingèd messenger of heaven A Mercutio envolio Romeo Juliet 2. Which character speaks the following lines? Though his face be better than any man s, yet his leg excels all men s; and for a hand and foot, and a body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they are past compare. F G H J Tybalt Romeo Friar Laurence Nurse 3. In the balcony scene, Juliet says, What s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, / Nor arm, nor face. O, be some other name / elonging to a man. / What s in a name? That which we call a rose / y any other word would smell as sweet. She means that A Montague is an unimportant name in Verona Romeo should take her last name when they marry Romeo s name is an accident of birth, not an essential part of him it is wrong to fall in love with a Montague 4. Juliet quickly admits her love to Romeo because F she wants to marry him G she is sure his love is true H she is not a flirt J he has overheard her thinking aloud about her love for him 5. What do Juliet and Romeo decide to do about their love? The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II 261

2 A They plan to have Friar Laurence marry them. The Nurse will lead them out of Verona, away from the Montague and apulet clans. They plan to marry, with their parent s permission, when Juliet turns sixteen. The Montagues will hide Juliet in their home after the couple has married. 6. Tybalt sends a letter to Lord Montague and tells him F he is angry because of jokes Mercutio makes about him G Juliet will marry him with the permission of Lord apulet H he has a feud to settle with Lord Montague s son, Romeo J he will spy for the Montague family if he can marry Rosaline 7. Mercutio engages Romeo in conversation about fashion in order to A let Romeo speak about Juliet s beauty convince Romeo to send a letter to the house of apulet have Romeo match wits with him prove to envolio that Romeo is intelligent 8. The purpose of the humor rising from the nurse s comic character is to F provide relief from the tragedy G display Shakespeare s wit H suggest that love has its funny side J indicate that Juliet s servants are foolish 9. Friar Laurence scolds Romeo because A Romeo is causing trouble by wooing Juliet Romeo is so changeable in love Juliet is too young to marry Romeo has been unfaithful to Rosaline 10. In Act II, the action focuses on the plans of Romeo and Juliet. When the Nurse brings Juliet the message from Romeo, the Nurse intensifies the moment by F going on and on about her pains, thus leaving Juliet in suspense G refusing to pass on the message until she has been properly tipped H betraying Romeo and encouraging Juliet to marry Paris J giving the message to Juliet s mother instead of Juliet herself 262 Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and Vocabulary

3 LITERARY FOUS (20 points; 5 points each) On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items. 11. When a character delivers a soliloquy, he or she A directs his or her thoughts to other characters onstage expresses private thoughts to the audience speaks from behind a curtain or somewhere offstage describes an event that is related to but not a part of the dialogue in the play 12. In the balcony scene, Romeo says to the audience, Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this. This form of speech is F a monologue G dramatic irony H an aside J a soliloquy 13. Even though the balcony scene contains some stage directions by Shakespeare, modern directors and actors must A change the props and sets as well as some of the action to match the times change the original dialogue to fit the kind of stage on which the play will be performed research old productions of the play to discover how Shakespeare really meant it to be staged interpret the play s dialogue to decide where people are placed onstage and how they should move 14. ramatic irony occurs F whenever Shakespeare stages a fight G when the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not H when the friar believes he can unite the feuding families J when Juliet is insecure about Romeo s true feelings The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II 263

4 ONSTRUTE RESPONSE (20 points) 15. Throughout this and other plays by Shakespeare, moments of dramatic irony occur. Identify one of these moments. On a separate sheet of paper, explain why it is an example of dramatic irony. Then, explain how the moment affects the audience as they watch the action and listen to the dialogue. 264 Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and Vocabulary

5 Answer Key The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act II by William Shakespeare Selection Test, page 261 omprehension H 2. J F 4. J A 10. F Literary Focus H 14. G onstructed Response 15. Students responses will vary. A sample response follows: ramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters do not know. One moment of dramatic irony occurs in Scene 6 when Friar Laurence brings Romeo and Juliet together in marriage. He speaks to Romeo (just as Juliet is arriving) about love, but those lines also tell the audience what will happen in the play. Romeo is too involved in his love affair to see himself or his beloved in these words of warning. The friar warns Romeo that love that is too passionate turns destructive. The audience knows that this play is a tragedy and that the love of Romeo and Juliet will come to a bad end. The friar even foreshadows the death of the lovers when he begins his speech, These violent delights have violent ends. The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act III by William Shakespeare Selection Test, page 265 omprehension J 2. G J 4. G A 10. J Literary Focus H 14. G onstructed Response 15. Students responses will vary. A sample response follows: Juliet uses words with double meanings to mourn for her cousin Tybalt and remain true to her love for Romeo, her secret husband. When Lady apulet labels Romeo the villain who killed Tybalt, Juliet says, Villain and he be many miles asunder / God pardon him! I do, with all my heart; / and yet no man like he doth grieve my heart. Juliet seems to agree with her mother s opinion of Romeo, but the audience knows what Juliet is really saying: Romeo is not a villain. True, Romeo does grieve her here, but not for Tybalt s death; she grieves Romeo s absence. Juliet later exclaims about Romeo, To wreak the love I bore my cousin / Upon his body that hath slaughtered him! She means she would transfer the love she had for Tybalt to Romeo, not in blows but in kisses. 350 Holt Assessment: Literature, Reading, and Vocabulary