Act 2
Why does Romeo sneak into the Capulet’s orchard in Act 2
He wants to see Juliet again
Why does Romeo think banishment is the same as death?
He has to leave Juliet
Who says: “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art though Romeo”
Juliet
Who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
What point in the plot is Romeo’s banishment considered?
The Climax
What happens to the nurse when she goes into town to find Romeo in Act 2
She is harassed by Mercutio and friends
What threat does Lord Capulet make to Juliet when she refuses to marry Paris?
He will disown her
Who says: “A plague o’ both your houses”
Mercutio
Why does Romeo try to avoid a fight with Tybalt in Scene 1?
He knows they are related by marriage
Which birds represent Morning & Night
The lark and the nightingale
In Act 2, why does Tybalt send a letter to Romeo’s house
To challenge him to a duel because he came to the Capulet ball
Which of the following emotions does Juliet use oxymorons such as “dove-feathered raven” to describe in Act 3 Scene 2?
Confusion
Who says" “These violent delights have violent ends”
Friar Laurence
Where does Romeo go first after his fight with Tybalt to seek refuge?
Friar Laurence’s Cell
Juliet uses which literary device to express her conflicting feelings?
Oxymoron
What does Romeo tell Friar Laurence about Rosaline in Act 2
He has forgotten about her
Why does Lord Capulet move up the date for Juliet and Paris’s wedding?
He is trying to distract himself and others with a happy event
Who says: “I am fortune’s fool”
Romeo
How does Romeo react when Tybalt and Mercutio draw their swords?
He tries to make them stop fighting
What message does Romeo ask the nurse to deliver?
He will marry Juliet that day
Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He thinks it will help end the feud
Why does Mercutio curse the houses by calling them a Plague?
He recognizes that the feud is stupid, and has spread to the civilians
Who says: “I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo must not live.”
Lady Capulet
Why does Romeo beg Mercutio and Tybalt not to fight?
He is scared of the Prince’s consequences
Why does Juliet say the following line regarding marrying Paris; “It shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris”
She is pretending to hate Romeo since no one know that they are married