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Guided Practice 5.2 A 2: Making Sure You've Got It

Respond to the following questions.

1. What do you notice about the stage directions given to Sampson and Gregory that hints at what is to come?

2. With which family do Sampson and Gregory side?

3. Why do Sampson and Gregory not want to be the first to begin the quarrel?

**Answer**
They want to claim self-defense if anything happens.

4. Does Benvolio want to fight?

5. What phrase of Tybalt's reveals how he feels about Benvolio and the Montague family?

**Answer**
"I hate the word [peace] / As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee" - Act I.i.68,69.

6. The word "sentence" in line 86 is a pun. Explain the meaning.

**Answer**
"Sentence" refers to both the words the Prince speaks, as well as the decree or punishment he makes concerning the brawl.

7. Quote the line that shows Romeo prefers night to day.

**Answer**
"And makes himself an artificial night" - Act I.i.137.

8. Quote a line from Montague's speech on page 21 that shows Romeo is a secretive person.

**Answer**
"But to himself so secret and so close" - Act I.i.146.

9. Quote two of the six metaphors about love from Romeo's lines in the middle of page 23.

**Answer**
"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs" - Act I.i.187 "a fire sparking in lovers' eyes" - Act I.i.188.