Quiz 2

1. What is the purpose of the prologue?

2. Explain what form this prologue takes.
3. The prologue speaks of “two households”
o Name the two households
o Why are they “alike in dignity”?
4. Comment on the meaning of “ancient grudge” and “mutiny”
5. Explain the line “Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.”
6. What is meant by the term “star-cross’d lovers”?
7. How could Romeo and Juliet “with their death bury their parents’ strife”?
8. Explain the line “Tis but thy name that is my enemy.” (Juliet to Romeo)