Read the excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Then, answer the question that follows.

Question

CHORUS
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,
And the continuance of their parents' rage,
Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,
Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;
The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.

In the first few lines of Romeo and Juliet, the chorus summarizes the plot of the play for the audience. Based on context clues, what does the chorus suggest when they say, "with patient ears attend?"

To attend the play more than once to understand
To ignore what someone tells you
To listen to the play with your full attention
To take notes and ask questions about the plot at the end

Answer 1

To listen to the play with your full attention