ACT II – ROMEO AND JULIET READING QUESTIONS
1. What information does the chorus give at the beginning of this Act?
2. In his soliloquy, to what does Romeo compare Juliet? What poetic element is used?
3. What description of Juliet does he give?
4. How does Juliet express her fears about their relationship?
5. What arrangements do they make for future meetings?
6. What is Friar Laurence doing when Romeo approaches? What is the significance of this?
7. What reference does Romeo make of Rosaline?
8. What does Romeo ask of the Friar?
9. What is the Friar’s motive for agreeing to Romeo’s request?
10. What information does Benvolio give to Mercutio about the events that have unfolded?
11. What does the Nurse tell Romeo about Paris? (3 things)
12. Upon her return home, what of the Nurse’s character is revealed as she dodges Juliet’s
questions?
13. At the beginning of scene 6, what words of Friar Laurence foreshadow what is to come?
14. What warning does Friar Laurence give the young lovers?