Question 2 • CMS 2025-2026 English I CREDIT RECOVERY
Read the excerpt from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet . Juliet : If they do see thee, they will murder thee. Romeo : Alack, there lies more peril in thine eye Than twenty of their swords: look thou but sweet, And I am proof against their enmity. Juliet : I would not for the world they saw thee here. Romeo : I have night's cloak to hide me from their sight; And but thou love me, let them find me here: My life were better ended by their hate, Than death prorogued, wanting of thy love How are the themes of Romeo and Juliet and Ovid’s "Pyramus and Thisbe" similar?
Answer
A
Both discuss life after death.
B
Both address the cruelty of war.
C
Both show sibling rivalries.
D
Both present forbidden love.
Explanation
Both stories portray lovers whose relationship is opposed by others. In the excerpt, Juliet fears Romeo will be killed if her family finds him, while Romeo says he would rather face that danger than live without her love. In Ovid’s “Pyramus and Thisbe,” the lovers also face family opposition, so both works present forbidden love.
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