Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet

by

William Shakespeare

Romeo and Juliet: Act 3, Scene 2 Quiz 3 questions

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Why does Juliet scorn the day and sun as she waits for Romeo to come to her after their wedding ceremony?
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It is in the privacy of night that Romeo can come to her
It is too hot in the daytime to do anything but wait
She has always preferred the nighttime to the daytime
The daytime is when Romeo killed Tybalt
How does Juliet react when she learns from the nurse that Romeo has killed Tybalt?
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She faints onto her bed
She weeps for Tybalt and then weeps even more for Romeo
She instantly chides the nurse for criticizing Romeo
She initially criticizes Romeo but then defends him
How might Juliet's deliberations about how to think about and respond to the aftermath of Romeo and Tybalt's fight be best described?
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She is undergoing an intellectual and moral shift about her place in the world and her allegiances
She is learning what it means to be a wife in the complicated political world of Verona
She is deceiving the nurse because she has come to realize that nurse prefers Tybalt to Romeo
She is discovering that, as a woman, society places limits on what she can do or say