Read the excerpt from Act I, scene ii of Romeo and Juliet.Servant: God gi’ good den. I pray, sir, can you read?55Romeo: Ay, mine own fortune in my misery.Servant: Perhaps you have learn’d it without book: but, I pray, can you read any thing you see?Romeo: Ay, if I know the letters and the language. Servant: Ye say honestly; rest you merry! [Offering to go.] Romeo: Stay, fellow; I can read.
Answer
A
The servant needs directions.
B
The servant cannot see.
C
The servant needs to pray.
D
The servant cannot read.
Explanation
The servant asks Romeo whether he can read because the servant has a written list he needs help understanding. Romeo first jokes that he can read his own unhappy fate, then clarifies that he can read the letters and language. This shows the servant cannot read, so the correct choice is “The servant cannot read.”
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