Question Bank for Grade 9 English

Who does Friar Laurence accuse of falling in and out of love so quickly?

• Romeo

• Benvolio

• Mercutio

• Juliet

Who does Lord Capulet want Juliet to marry?

• Prince Escalus

• Romeo

• Paris

• Benvolio

Who is unable to deliver a letter to Romeo in Mantua because of the plague?

• Benvolio

• Mercutio

• Tybalt

• Friar John

Which character dies from grieving for her son?

• Lady Montague

• Lady Capulet

• Nurse

• Rosaline

Who is Juliet's cousin, who killed Mercutio and then is slain by Romeo?

• Benvolio

• Paris

• Tybalt

• Prince

Romeo and Juliet are at times childish and impulsive. Their childishness and impulsivity that bring about their downfalls/deaths can be considered these.

• comic relief

• tragic flaws

• dramatic irony

• foils

When Juliet is about to drink the poison in Act 4, the lines read: “No, no. This shall forbid it. [She lays down her knife.]. What is [She lays down her knife.]?

• foreshadowing

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• stage direction

When the audience (or one character) knows something that the other characters do not know. (Shakespeare uses this literary element to create suspense.) Example: Romeo believes Juliet is dead, but the audience knows that she is alive.

• verbal irony

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• foreshadowing

A character who contrasts with a central character in order to highlight each other’s strengths/weaknesses.

• foil

• comic relief

• tragic hero

• antagonist

Which of the events below happens last?

• Romeo kills himself.
• Romeo kills Tybalt
• Juliet kills herself.
• Romeo kills himself.