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R&J Acts I - IV

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What family does Juliet belong to?

a)

Capulet

b)

Montague

c)

Hatfield

d)

McCoy

2.

What family does Romeo belong to?

a)

Capulet

b)

Montague

c)

Hatfield

d)

McCoy

3.
Who is Romeo in love with at the beginning? 
a)
Juliet
b)
Mary
c)
Caroline 
d)
Rosaline 
4.
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
a)
Homer
b)
Dante Allegheri
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Christopher Marlowe
5.
What insulting gesture is made at the beginning of the play? 
a)
Flip off with the middle finger
b)
A crude gesture pointed at someone's mother
c)
The gesture of cutting the throat. 
d)
The gesture of biting the thumb. 
6.
Where is the play set?
a)
Bologne
b)
Verona
c)
Rome
d)
Venice
7.
The rhythm that Shakespeare uses in his plays and sonnets
a)
allusion
b)
foil
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
couplet
8.

___________ is Romeo's father.

a)

Lord Montague

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Friar Laurence

d)

Prince Escalus

9.
Why are the two families feuding?
a)
One family stole from the other
b)
No one remembers
c)
They own rival businesses
d)
Their children fall in love
10.

Who says: "O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night"

a)

Romeo

b)

Benvolio

c)

Tybalt

d)

Mercutio

11.

Who says: "What drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!"

a)

Romeo

b)

Tybalt

c)

Prince

d)

Benvolio

12.
Who does Romeo meet at the party?
a)
Rosaline
b)
Lord Capulet
c)
Juliet
d)
Paris 
13.

What does Benvolio suggest to Romeo to take care of his lovesick problem?

a)

Look at other women

b)

Ask her to marry him

c)

Become a priest

d)

Go to university

14.

What makes Romeo decide to go to the party?

a)

Because his friends pressure him to go

b)

Because Rosaline will be there

c)

Because he wants to fight the Capulets

d)

Because Juliet will be there

15.

How old is Juliet?

a)

Not quite 14

b)

14

c)

Almost 15

d)

16

16.
How does Juliet find out Romeo is a Montague?
a)
Her Nurse tells her
b)
A servant tells her.
c)
Her father tells her.
d)
Tybalt tells her
17.

Who first recognizes that Romeo is at the party?

a)

Capulet

b)

Tybalt

c)

Peter

d)

Petruchio

18.
Who kills Mercutio?
a)
Benvolio
b)
Balthazar
c)
Romeo
d)
Tybalt
19.
Who performs Romeo and Juliet's marriage? 
a)
Friar John
b)
Mercutio
c)
Friar Lawrence
d)
Nurse
20.
What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?
a)
death
b)
jail
c)
banished from Verona
d)
banished from Mantua 
21.
What is Juliet most upset over after hearing about Tybalt's death?
a)
Tybalt's death
b)
Romeo killing him 
c)
Romeo being banished
d)
The Nurse not telling her sooner
22.
Who threatens to throw Juliet in the street?
a)
Romeo
b)
Paris
c)
Lady Capulet
d)
Lord Capulet
23.

When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, her parents are

a)

worried

b)

suspicious

c)

sad

d)

angry

24.

Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

a)

He doesn't like their parents

b)

He wants Romeo to stop being a player

c)

He's trying to end the feud

d)

He thinks the teens are making a wise decision.

25.
How does Romeo find out about the Capulet's feast?
a)
Benvolio tells him about it
b)
Mercutio tells him about it
c)
Juliet invites him
d)
a servant of Capulet asks Romeo to read the invitation 
26.
When Romeo says the following quote, what future action is he foreshadowing?
"For my mind misgives
Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars.
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With this night's revels, and expire the term
Of a despised life closed in my breast.
By some vile forfeit of untimely death."
a)
a dream of star-crossed lovers
b)
an untimely death
c)
falling in love
d)
a feud between the families
27.
Why does Juliet go to meet Romeo the day after the feast?
a)
to tell him that they can't be together
b)
to get married
c)
to tell him that she is marrying Paris
d)
to ask him to change his name
28.

Who does Mercutio blame for his death?

a)

both houses (Montagues and Capulets)

b)

Benvolio

c)

Romeo

d)

Tybalt

29.
What happens after Tybalt kills Mercutio?
a)
Benvolio kills Tybalt
b)
Benvolio kills Romeo
c)
Romeo kills Tybalt
d)
The Prince charges Tybalt with death
30.
How does Romeo react to his punishment?
a)
he feels that it is worse than death
b)
he is happy that he gets to live
c)
he is grateful to the Prince
d)
he thinks it is for the best
31.

What does Lord Capulet do after Tybalt's death?

a)

hunts down Romeo

b)

puts out a reward on Romeo's life

c)

arranges Juliet's marriage to Paris

d)

arranges for Juliet to go into a convent

32.

What does the Nurse tell Juliet to do after Romeo's banishment?

a)

go find Romeo

b)

go to Friar Lawrence for advice

c)

talk to her mother

d)

forget Romeo and marry Paris

33.

Why does Juliet go to Friar Lawrence after Romeo's banishment?

a)

to find out information about Romeo

b)

to ask for his advice or help

c)

to ask him to kill her

d)

to ask him to perform a divorce so she can marry Paris

34.

Friar Lawrence comes up with a plan. Which is NOT a part of the plan?

a)

to kill Paris and run off with Romeo

b)

to agree to marry Paris

c)

to drink a potion on the night before the wedding so that she will appear dead

d)

to run off with Romeo after she has been "buried" and everyone thinks she is dead

35.

Who says: "But now, my lord, what do you say about My request to marry your daughter Juliet?"

a)

Romeo

b)

Paris

c)

Mercutio

d)

Benvolio

36.
In Friar Lawrence's cell, Paris believes that Juliet's air of sadness has to do with
a)
her upcoming marriage to him.
b)
her reactions to Tybalt's death.
c)
her strained relationship with her father.
d)
a secret sin she has come to confess to the friar.
37.
What reason does Paris give the Friar for the hasty marriage?
a)
His desire to marry her
b)
It's Juliet's idea - she's excited
c)
Capulet wants to stop Juliet's mourning
d)
He might change his mind
38.
Juliet states that if the Friar doesn't stop the marriage that she will ... 
a)
go ahead and marry him
b)
kill herself
c)
runaway to Romeo
d)
hide in the Friar's cell
39.
Where is Juliet to be buried?
a)
the Montague tomb
b)
the Capulet tomb
c)
under the church
d)
in the back yard
40.
Who will be waiting in the tomb when Juliet awakens from the sleeping potion?
a)
Lady Capulet
b)
The Nurse
c)
Capulet
d)
Romeo
41.
How will Romeo understand the Friar's plan?
a)
by letters sent to him 
b)
e-mail
c)
text message
d)
The Friar will find him personally
42.
Who first finds Juliet after she has taken the potion
a)
Lady Capulet
b)
Lord Capulet
c)
The Nurse
d)
Romeo
43.
Before she drinks the potion, Juliet fears all of the following EXCEPT that
a)
it will not work at all
b)
it will actually kill her
c)
She will wake up early and go insane
d)
that her parents will stop loving her
44.
Mercutio is stabbed because _____ got in the way
a)
Paris
b)
Benvolio 
c)
Tybalt's servant 
d)
Romeo
45.
Who said it?
"A plague on both of your houses!" 
a)
Montague
b)
Capulet
c)
Mercutio 
d)
Tybalt
46.
What does Romeo mean when he says, "I am Fortune's fool"?
a)
He is an idiot.
b)
He is unlucky.
c)
He is evil.
d)
He is addicted to gambling.
47.
Friar Lawrence convinces Romeo to flee to what city?
a)
Rome
b)
Florence
c)
Mantua
d)
Venince
48.
Juliet loses trust in the nurse at the end of Act III because the nurse _____________________________
a)
advises her to marry Paris
b)
believes Romeo is dead
c)
brings too much drama
d)
recommends she run away
49.

Who says: "My only love sprung from my only hate!"

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Tybalt

50.

Who says: "Part, fools! Put up your swords; you know not what you do."

a)

Prince

b)

Balthasar

c)

Tybalt

d)

Benvolio

51.

Who says:

"Well, do not swear. Although I joy in thee,

I have no joy of this contract tonight.

It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden,

Too like the lightning, which doth cease to be

Ere one can say 'It lightens.' Sweet, good night."

a)

Romeo

b)

Nurse

c)

Mercutio

d)

Juliet

52.

Who says:

"Three civil brawls bred of an airy word

By thee, old Capulet, and Montague,

Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets"

a)

Prince

b)

Lord Montague

c)

Paris

d)

Lord Capulet

53.

Who says:

"Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford

No better term than this: thou art a villain."

a)

Benvolio

b)

Mercutio

c)

Tybalt

d)

Paris

54.

Who says:

"O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.

She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes

In shape no bigger than an agate stone

On the fore-finger of an alderman"

a)

Romeo

b)

Mercutio

c)

Benvolio

d)

Paris

55.

Who says: "Ay, ay, a scratch, a scratch; marry, 'tis enough"

a)

Mercutio

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Prince Escalus

d)

Tybalt

56.

Who says:

"...get the to church 'o Thursday

Or else never after look me in the face."

a)

Lord Montague

b)

Lady Montague

c)

Lord Capulet

d)

Lady Capulet

57.

Who says: "If you ever disturb our streets again/ your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

a)

Lord Montague

b)

Tybalt

c)

Lord Capulet

d)

Prince Escalus

58.

Who says: "That which we call a rose/ By any other word would smell as sweet."

a)

Romeo

b)

Nurse

c)

Mercutio

d)

Juliet

59.

Who says: "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."

a)

Romeo

b)

Nurse

c)

Mercutio

d)

Friar Lawrence

60.
Who says, "Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think thy swan a crow"?
a)
Benvolio
b)
Romeo
c)
Friar Laurence
d)
Rosaline

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