Q.1
Look again at the lines Paris and Juliet speak to one another. What effect does repetition have in these lines?
  • The repetition does not have any effect other than to sound poetic
  • Paris's eagerness to marry makes him slow with words, so that he must repeat Juliet's phrases
  • Juliet's sorrow makes her slow with words, so that she must repeat Paris's phrases
  • Juliet counteracts Paris's intentions by borrowing and then changing the meaning of his words
Q.2
How do Juliet and Paris use the word "confession" in this passage?
  • Formally, to refer to the confession of sins to a priest
  • Informally, to refer to confessing a crime to anyone
  • Both to refer to confessing sins to a priest and to admit to something otherwise secret
  • Both to refer to confessing sins to a priest and to admit to having committed a crime
Q.3
"Are you at leisure, holy father, now." - What is the function of this line?
  • Juliet is ready to give up on her plans, even though she must submit to her parents' will
  • Juliet brings the conversation with Paris to a close
  • Juliet uses this line to continue with the verbal parrying
  • All of the above
Q.4
In threatening to kill herself, Juliet explains that she will slay her own hand. Why?
  • She believes that she has done wrong in being married to Romeo
  • She wishes to prevent the hand from legally ratifying a marriage to Paris
  • She wishes to end the life of the hand which first touched Romeo's
  • She wishes to begin anew
Q.5
Which line or lines tell the audience that Juliet fears she might fall in love with Paris?
  • "I will confess to you that I love him"
  • "It may be so, for it is not mine own"
  • "And with this knife I’ll help it presently. / God joined my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands"
  • "Or my true heart with treacherous revolt / Turn to another"
Q.6
What is Juliet's "resolution"?
  • To take poison
  • To use a knife to kill herself
  • To ask Friar Laurence's advice
  • To follow her parents' commands
Q.7
What does Paris want Juliet to do?
  • Look cheerful
  • Not attend confession
  • Not spend time with Friar Laurence
  • Grieve properly for her cousin Tybalt
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