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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Review
Total questions: 56
Worksheet time: 51mins
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.
Shakespeare uses the prologue to inform the audience that _____________.
a)
Romeo is a Montague & Juliet is a Caplet
b)
Juliet is a widow
c)
Romeo is a fugitive
d)
The lovers from two feuding families will die
6.
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.
7.
Where is the play set?
a)
Bologne
b)
Verona
c)
Rome
d)
Venice
8.
How does Lady Capulet feel about Paris' proposal?
a)
She is excited for Juliet and wants her to consider marriage to Paris.
b)
She thinks Juliet is too young and should wait two more years.
c)
She would prefer that Juliet marry Prince Escalus or his cousin Mercutio.
d)
She is surprised because Juliet is beyond marrying age and is considered to be an old maid.
9.
The rhythm that Shakespeare uses in his plays and sonnets
a)
allusion
b)
foil
c)
iambic pentameter
d)
couplet
10.
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
11.
In his conversation with Benvolio in Scene 1, Romeo appears _____________.
a)
happy and pleasant
b)
sad and moody
c)
rough and angry
d)
sarcastic and rude
12.
What, according to the chorus, are Romeo and Juliet?
a)
Young children
b)
Fatal enemies
c)
Star crossed lovers
d)
Beasts
13.
Who does Romeo meet at the party?
a)
Rosaline
b)
Lord Capulet
c)
Juliet
d)
Paris
14.
Killed Mercutio
a)
Romeo
b)
Benvolio
c)
Tybalt
d)
Paris
15.
Juliet's cousin
a)
Mercutio
b)
Tybalt
c)
Paris
d)
Romeo
16.
Romeo's cousin and good friend
a)
Benvolio
b)
Mercutio
c)
Tybalt
d)
Friar Lawrence
17.
Romeo's mentor
a)
Benvolio
b)
Friar Lawrence
c)
The Nurse
d)
Prince Escalus
18.
Performed Romeo and Juliet's wedding
a)
Lord Capulet
b)
Prince Escalus
c)
Lord Montague
d)
Friar Lawrence
19.
Juliet's companion and advisor
a)
Friar Lawrence
b)
Rosaline
c)
Lady Capulet
d)
the Nurse
20.
The man Lord Capulet wants Juliet to marry
a)
Mercutio
b)
Prince Escalus
c)
Romeo
d)
Paris
21.
Person who sets the death penalty for fighting
a)
Friar Lawrence
b)
Mercutio
c)
Lord Montague
d)
Prince Escalus
22.
Romeo doesn't want to fight with Tybalt because
a)
Tybalt has a reputation for never losing a fight
b)
he is so happy about Juliet be bears no ill will to anyone
c)
his marriage to Juliet makes Tybalt his relative
d)
he is afraid Prince Escalus will find out and kill both of them
23.
Juliet is terribly distressed because
a)
Tybalt is dead
b)
Romeo is banished
c)
Romeo killed Tybalt
d)
all of these
24.
After the duel with Tybalt, Romeo hides
a)
in the Capulet orchard
b)
in his own house
c)
at Friar Laurence's
d)
in a dark tavern
25.
Romeo feels comforted when Nurse brings
a)
news that Tybalt didn't suffer long
b)
Juliet's ring
c)
Juliet's letter
d)
b and c
26.
The Capulets believe Juliet is crying for
a)
Romeo
b)
Benvolio
c)
Tybalt
d)
Mercutio
27.
Because of Juliet's grief, her wedding date with Paris has been
a)
cancelled
b)
delayed
c)
hastened
d)
forgotten
28.
Capulet tells Juliet if she does not obey him, he will
a)
put her in a convent
b)
disown her
c)
kill her
d)
beat her
29.
The change in the wedding date affects Friar Laurence’s plan because
a)
Juliet must take even more of the potion.
b)
he will have to share his secret with the Nurse.
c)
he has another important event scheduled for that day.
d)
he will have less time to contact Romeo.
30.
To ensure that she will never marry Paris, Juliet
a)
asks Friar Laurence to poison him.
b)
plans to hide in the forest until Romeo comes.
c)
intends to stab herself if the potion fails.
d)
decides to tell her parents that she is already married.
31.
The Nurse is in a good mood on Juliet’s wedding day because she
a)
believes that Juliet wants to marry Paris.
b)
has been joking with Lord Capulet.
c)
knows all about Friar Laurence’s foolish plan.
d)
enjoys the songs of the First and Second Musicians.
32.
Who finds Juliet on the morning of her wedding?
a)
Paris
b)
Nurse
c)
Lady Capulet
d)
Lord Capulet
33.
Why does Lord Capulet say, “Death is my son-in-law” (Scene 5, line 38)?
a)
He has just learned that Romeo, his mortal enemy, is married to Juliet.
b)
Death is like a “son-in-law” because it visits his family so frequently.
c)
He is describing a dream in which Paris dies soon after marrying Juliet.
d)
Juliet appears dead on her wedding day, as if she has “married” Death.
34.
Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead because
a)
Balthasar brings him news of her funeral.
b)
he receives a letter from the Nurse.
c)
he has dreamed about her death.
d)
Paris tells him in the graveyard.
35.
Why is Paris at the cemetery?
a)
He hopes to prevent the Capulets from killing the Montagues.
b)
He wants to place flowers on Juliet’s grave.
c)
He plans to attack Romeo when he arrives.
d)
He has discovered Friar Laurence’s plot and wants to confront him.
36.
When Romeo enters the tomb, he notices that Juliet
a)
is still beautiful.
b)
has been poisoned.
c)
is not actually dead.
d)
has vanished.
37.
Juliet kisses Romeo in the tomb because she
a)
wants to prove to everyone that she will always love only Romeo.
b)
believes that kissing Romeo might bring him back to life.
c)
hopes to drain all the poison out of Romeo.
d)
thinks that Romeo has poison on his lips and the kiss will kill her.
38.
Why do Capulet and Montague stop their feud at the end of the play?
a)
They realize that their hatred has destroyed their own children.
b)
No one in either family is left to continue fighting for them.
c)
They have finally heeded Friar Laurence’s sound advice.
d)
The Prince will punish them severely if they do not end their feud.
39.
The play ends with the following lines: “For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Shakespeare probably ends the play with a rhyme because he wants to
a)
mock the Prince’s pomposity.
b)
demonstrate his formidable literary talents.
c)
make the ending more memorable.
d)
provide the audience with a little comic relief.
40.
Whose deaths were Romeo responsible for?
a)
Tybalt, Juliet, and himself
b)
Tybalt, Paris, and himself
c)
Juliet and himself
d)
Tybalt, Paris, Lord Montague
41.
Where does Romeo get the poison?
a)
some random man on the street
b)
an apothecary in Verona
c)
an apothecary in Mantua
d)
he made it himself
42.
The friar’s messenger couldn’t deliver his message to Romeo because he was quarantined by health authorities.
a)
True
b)
False
43.
Who tells Romeo that Juliet has dies?
a)
The Friar
b)
Friar John
c)
Balthasar
d)
The Prince
44.
How does Juliet commit suicide?
a)
poison
b)
potion
c)
Romeo kills her
d)
stabs herself
45.
What does Friar Lawrence find when he enters the tomb?
a)
Romeo and Juliet dead
b)
Juliet and Paris dead
c)
Romeo and Paris dead
d)
Romeo, Juliet, and Paris dead
46.
At the end of the play, Lord Montague and Lord Capulet reach a truce, and each promises to build a statue in honor of the other’s dead child.
a)
True
b)
False
47.
What two reasons does Romeo give Balthasar for entereing the Capulet tomb?
a)
to see her face one last time and remove the ring from her hand
b)
to die
c)
to kill Paris
d)
to steal her away and take her to Mantua
48.
Lady Montague died from...
a)
Heartbreak from Romeo's banishment
b)
Heartbreak from Romeo's death
c)
Suicide - A dagger
d)
Suicide - poison
49.
Who reveals Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage?
a)
Juliet's nurse
b)
Friar Lawrence
c)
Friar John
d)
Papa John
50.
What happens to Paris?
a)
Romeo kills him at Juliet's grave
b)
He kills himself with a poison
c)
The Prince punishes him
d)
Friar yells at him
51.
According to the Prince at the end, who is NOT partially responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
a)
The nurse
b)
Himself
c)
Montague
d)
Capulet
52.
Who says, "Thy drugs are quick, and thus with a kiss I die"
a)
Juliet
b)
Romeo
c)
Paris
d)
Friar
53.
What is ironic about the inference Romeo draws in theses lines, said as he looks at Juliet? “Thou are not conquered; beauty’s ensign yet/Is crimson in thy lips and thy cheeks?”
a)
In the word ensign Romeo compares Juliet to a flag that is still fluttering.
b)
Romeo thinks that Juliet has died violently and still has blood on her.
c)
Romeo thinks that Juliet still has some signs of life in her; he fails to realize she is actually returning to consciousness.
d)
Romeo thinks death should be black, not crimson.
54.
Once Juliet awakens, Friar Lawrence plans for her to
a)
kill her himself.
b)
return to her parents.
c)
marry someone else.
d)
become a nun.
55.
The Prince’s speech at the end of the play tells the audience that
a)
everyone got what he or she deserved.
b)
there was never a sadder story than this.
c)
the feud is now at an end so the deaths were worthwhile.
d)
no one knows why or how everything got so messed up.
56.
"crimson in thine lips and in thy cheeks" means what?
a)
she appeared dead
b)
there was the color red in her cheeks and lips
c)
she had poison in her body
d)
she was not in her right mind
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