Romeo and Juliet Act 2 Quiz (Act II)

Romeo and Juliet Act 2 questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. Standing in the Capulet orchard, what does Romeo compare Juliet to when she appears at the window?
   The moon above the orchard · The sun rising in the east · A lamp carried through a hall · A star loosed from its sphere
2. Why does Juliet stop Romeo when he begins to swear his love by the moon?
   The moon is the badge of her father's house · The moonlight might show him to the watch · The moon changes, so the oath would too · Her mother has forbidden her to hear oaths
3. Juliet asks what is in a name and says a rose would smell as sweet by any other word. What is her point?
   Her father will rename her when she weds · A name must be defended above all · Romeo should enter Verona disguised · A name is no real part of the man
4. Gathering herbs at daybreak, what does Friar Laurence observe about the plants in his basket?
   The same plant can cure or kill · They grow best where blood was shed · They fetch more in Mantua than gold · They lose their virtue after sunrise
5. How does the Nurse behave when she comes back with Romeo's answer about the marriage?
   She pretends that Romeo was not to be found · She complains of her aches to delay the news · She gives it at once and then weeps for joy · She will not speak until Lady Capulet goes

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