After he is wounded in Act III, Scene 1, Mercutio says to Romeo, "Why the devil came you between us? I / was hurt under your arm." Which of the following is the best paraphrase of Mercutio's words?(1 point) Responses I am so badly wounded that I feel I will die. I am so badly wounded that I feel I will die. Why did you interfere? Your arm allowed him to stab me. Why did you interfere? Your arm allowed him to stab me. Why has the devil caused me bad fortune? Why has the devil caused me bad fortune? Your arm could not save me, Romeo.
Why did you come between us? I was hurt because you allowed him to stab me under your arm.
What can readers infer from the following quote from Act V, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet? Romeo: O, be gone! By heaven, I love thee better than myself; For I come hither arm’d against myself: Stay not, be gone;--live, and hereafter say, A madman’s mercy bid thee run away. (1 point) Responses Romeo plans to kill Paris. Romeo plans to kill Paris. Romeo attempts to confuse Paris. Romeo attempts to confuse Paris. Romeo tells Paris that he loves Juliet. Romeo tells Paris that he loves Juliet. Romeo does not plan to fight with Paris.
Romeo does not plan to fight with Paris.
Which of the following quotes spoken by Friar Lawrence shows the strongest example of how he advances the plot over the course of Romeo and Juliet?(1 point) Responses “God pardon sin! wast thou with Rosaline?” “God pardon sin! wast thou with Rosaline?” “Hence from Verona art thou banished: / Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.” “Hence from Verona art thou banished: / Be patient, for the world is broad and wide.” “Ah, Juliet, I already know thy grief; / It strains me past the compass of my wits: / I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it, / On Thursday next be married to this county.” “Ah, Juliet, I already know thy grief; / It strains me past the compass of my wits: / I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it, / On Thursday next be married to this county.” “Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor drink thou off:
“Ah, Juliet, I already know thy grief; / It strains me past the compass of my wits: / I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it, / On Thursday next be married to this county.”
Which event in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet does the Prologue foreshadow?(1 point) Responses the deaths of Romeo and Juliet the deaths of Romeo and Juliet the marriage of Romeo and Juliet the marriage of Romeo and Juliet the deaths of Paris and Romeo the deaths of Paris and Romeo the marriage of Paris and Juliet
the deaths of Romeo and Juliet
What does loathsome mean as it is used in the following lines from Act IV, Scene 3 of Romeo and Juliet? Juliet: Or, if I live, is it not very like The horrible conceit of death and night, Together with the terror of this place,-- As in a vault, an ancient receptacle, Where, for this many hundred years, the bones Of all my buried ancestors are pack’d; Where bloody Tybalt, yet but green in earth Lies festering in his shroud; where, as they say, At some hours in the night spirits resort;-- Alack, alack, it is not like that I, So early waking,--what with loathsome smells, And shrieks like mandrakes torn out of the earth, That living mortals, hearing them, run mad; (1 point) Responses horrible horrible different different sharp sharp aromatic
disgusting
What does pestilence mean as it is used in the following lines from Act V, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet? Friar John: Going to find a barefoot brother out, One of our order, to associate me, Here in this city visiting the sick, And finding him, the searchers of the town, Suspecting that we both were in a house Where the infectious pestilence did reign, Seal’d up the doors, and would not let us forth; So that my speed to Mantua there was stay’d. (1 point) Responses danger danger enemy enemy plague plague thoughts
