12 questions
The rivalry in Romeo and Juliet "makes _________ hands unclean," which means common people are responsible for the death of others.
civil
prodigious
countervail
confound
conceit
If you believe our lives are ruled by fate, you may believe people are _________________ or doomed by the powers of the universe.
conduit
carrion
assail
arbitrate
star-crossed
There is a time to be silly and a time for ___________________.
countervail
confound
solemnity
assail
conceit
If Juliet says she has a "prodigious birth of love," we know that her love is
small
questionable
unattainable
to a great extent
Friar Lawrence will explain that the sweetest honey "confounds the appetite." He means that sweetness ______________ the tastebuds.
gets up on the back of
confuses
haunts
hurts
Romeo says that nothing can work against the joy he feels when he sees Juliet. He means nothing can ____________ the joy.
prodigious
confound
countervail
privy
arbitrate
When Juliet is crying, Capulet calls her a __________ because she is channel for water.
carrion
conduit
conceit
privy
civil
Friar Lawrence says that Juliet's nurse knows their secret plans, so he says that she is _________________.
solemn
conduit
arbitrate
privy
conceited
Romeo talks about flies, but also foreshadows his impending death. He calls them _____________ flies, creating an image of the flies swarming around a dead animal.
conduit
prodigious
solemntiy
carrion
conceit
Juliet says that her knife will be an umpire, making the ultimate judgement about what happens to her. She says the knife will __________________ what she does next.
arbitrate
assail
carrion
conduit
civil
Romeo describes eyes that try to attack a person. He calls them ______________ eyes.
arbitrating
privy
assailing
conduits
In literature, a conceit is
when two opposite things are compared
one has excessive pride
a channel is used for fluid
someone shares secret knowledge