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Please help me with the following questions:
1) When a character delivers a soliloquy, he or she-
a. Directs their thoughts to other characters onstage
b. express private thoughts to the audience
c. speak from behind a curtain or somewhere offstage
d. describes an event that is related to but not a part of the dialogue in the play

2) In the balcony scene, Romeo says to the audience, “Shall I hear more, or shall I speak at this.” this form of speech is-
a. a monologue
b. dramatic irony
c. an aside
d. a soliloquy

3) Even though the balcony scene contains some stage directions by Shakespeare, modern directors and actors must-
a. change the props and sets as well as some of the action to match the times
b. change the original dialogue to fit the kind of stage on which the play will be performed
c. research old productions of the play to discover how Shakespeare meant it to be staged
d. interpret the play’s dialogue to decide where people are placed onstage and how they should move

4) Dramatic irony occurs-
a. whenever Shakespeare stages a fight
b. when the audience knows something that the characters in the play do not
c. when the friar believes he can unite the feuding families
d. when Juliet is insecure about Romeo’s true feelings

5) Tybalt sends a letter to lord Montague and tells him-
a. he is angry because of jokes Mercutio makes about him
b. Juliet will marry him with the permission of Lord Capulet
c. he has a feud to settle with Lord Montague’s son, Romeo
d. he will spy for the Montague family if he can marry Rosaline

6) In the balcony scene, Juliet says, “What’s Montague? It is nor hand nor foot, nor arm, nor face. O, be some other name belonging to a man. What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other word would smell so sweet.” She means that-
a. Montague is an unimportant name in Verona
b. Romeo should take her last name when they marry
c. Romeo’s name is an accident of birth, not an essential part of him
d. it is wrong to fall in love with a Montague

7)Mercutio engages Romeo in conversation about fashion in order to-
a. let Romeo speak about Juliet’s beauty
b. convince Romeo to send a letter to the house of the Capulets
c. have Romeo match wits with him
d. prove to Benvolio that Romeo is intelligent

8) Which character speaks the following lines: “O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night, being o’er my head, as is a winged messenger of heaven”
a. Mercutio
b. Benvolio
c. Romeo
d. Juliet

9) in act II, the action focuses on the plans of Romeo and Juliet. When the Nurse brings Juliet the message from Romeo, the Nurse intensifies the moment by-
a. going on about her pains, thus leaving Juliet in suspense
b. refusing to pass on the message until she has been properly tipped
c. betraying Romeo and encouraging Juliet to marry Paris instead
d. giving the message to Juliet’s mother instead of Juliet herself

10) Juliet quickly admits her love to Romeo because-
a. she wants to marry him
b. she is sure his love is true
c. she is not a flirt
d. he has overheard her thinking aloud about her love for him\

11) Friar Laurence scolds Romeo because-
a. Romeo is causing trouble by wooing Juliet
b. Romeo is changeable in love
c. Juliet is too young to marry
d. Romeo has been unfaithful to Rosaline

12) Which character speaks the following lines: “Though his face be better than any man’s, yet his legs excels all men’s; and for a hand and foot, and a body, though they be not to be talked on, yet they are past compare”
a. Tybalt
b. Romeo
c. Friar Laurence
d. Nurse

13) the purpose of the humor rising from the Nurse’s comic character is to-
a. provide relief from the tragedy
b. display Shakespeare’s wit
c. suggest that love has its funny side
d. indicate that Juliet’s servants are foolish

14) “How do I love thee?: relates to act V of Romeo and Juliet in that it-
a. expresses how love exists even after death
b. expresses how young people are blinded by love
c. describes love based on youth and beauty
d. tells of love as an everyday, ordinary event

15) Romeo’s servant-not Friar John- brings Romeo news that-
a. Juliet is dead
b. Juliet needs help
c. Juliet must marry Paris
d. his banishment is canceled

16) At the plays end, both families plan to-
a. go into seclusion
b. punish the Friar for his sins
c. hold combined funeral sevices
d. erect a memorial to the lovers

17) During the course of the play, we see Juliet change as she-
a. falls more and more deeply in love with Romeo
b. becomes extremely confused over what she desires and what others expect
c. clashes with her parents over whom she should marry
d. becomes more and more determined to be with Romeo

18) The prince learns the truth about Romeo and Juliet from-
a. Lord Capulet
b. a farwell letter Juliet has