Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Quiz

1. During the "balcony scene" (Scene 2), what plans do the lovers make for the next
day?
2. Why does Friar Lawrence agree to help Romeo and Juliet marry?
3. What message did Romeo give the Nurse for Juliet?
4. What are Romeo and Juliet about to do at the end of Act II?

Who said it, and what is he/she talking about?

5. "He jests at scars that never felt a wound."

6. "But, soft! What light through yonder window breaks?"
7. "Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."
8. "Jesu, what haste! Can you not stay awhile?
Do you not see that I am out of breath?"
9. "These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and
powder, which as they kiss, consume."

Act 3 Quiz

1. What happened in the fight in Scene 1?

2. What punishment does the Prince impose on Romeo?
3. Why is Scene 1 considered the turning point (climax) in the play?
4. How does Juliet react when she learns about the fight?
5. What promise does Lord Capulet make to Paris?
6. What is Juliet's predicament at the end of Act III?
7. I do protest I never injured thee...And so, good Capulet, whose name I tender as
dearly as mine own, be satisfied."
8. “ A plague a both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me."
9. Let Romeo hence in haste, else, when he is found, that hour is his last."
10. "O God, I have an ill-divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low,
as one dead in the bottom of a tomb."
11. "I'll to the Friar to know his remedy. If all else fail, myself have power to die."