Question

Choose the best answer.

Which of these events is part of the rising action?

Romeo and Juliet are secretly married.

Romeo flees to Mantua.

Romeo is banished.

Answer 1

The best answer is: **Romeo and Juliet are secretly married.**

This event is part of the rising action as it builds the central conflict and themes of the play, setting in motion the subsequent events that lead to the climax. The other events are consequences of the rising actions and implications of their secret marriage.