WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet
Total questions: 30
Worksheet time: 17mins
Which character decrees that the next time the Montagues or Capulets are caught fighting, they will be put to death.
Mercutio
Prince Escalus
Friar Lawrence
Nurse
Which character asked Lord Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage?
Romeo
Benvolio
Paris
Mercutio
Which character worries about his son crying and locking himself up in his room all day?
Lord Montague
Lord Capulet
Prince Escalas
Tybalt
Which character encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet party and look at the beautiful girls there?
Mercutio
Friar Lawrence
Lord Montague
Benvolio
Which character sends a letter to Romeo challenging him to a duel?
Paris
Friar Lawrence
Mercutio
Tybalt
Which character delivered the news to Romeo that Juliet was dead?
Benvolio
Balthazar
Mercutio
Friar Lawrence
Which character tells Romeo "these sudden joys have sudden endings."
Mercutio
Nurse
Friar Lawrence
Prince Escalas
Which character tells Romeo the story of Queen Mab?
Benvolio
Mercutio
Juliet
Friar Lawrence
Which character says, "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks. It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
Paris
Romeo
Friar Lawrence
Mercutio
Which character says, "What is in a name? The thing we call a rose would smell just as sweet if we called it by another name."
Friar Lawrence
Romeo
Juliet
Lady Capulet
Which character says, "There is no trust, no faith, no honesty in men. All of them lie. All of them cheat."
Nurse
Lady Capulet
Juliet
Rosaline
How old is Juliet?
14
13
16
12
Where does Romeo go when he is banished?
Verona
Rome
Paris
Mantua
How does Lady Montague die?
illness
killed by Prince Escalas
dies of grief when Romeo is banished
killed in a fight between the Capulets and Montagues
This literary device is when the audience or reader knows more than the characters within the work.
metaphor
irony
exposition
antagonist
What literary device is this an example of?
"Darkness is stumbling out of the sun's path like a drunk man."
metaphor
personification
simile
irony
What literary device is this an example of?
"The smiling morning is replacing the frowning night."
metaphor
simile
personification
climax
What literary device is this an example of?
"She's dead, a beautiful flower, killed by an unseasonable frost."
simile
theme
symbol
metaphor
What literary device does Shakespeare use when he allows the audience to be aware of Juliet's fake death, but doesn't inform his characters like Romeo?
setting
theme
irony
climax
What kind of conflict is this an example of?
Friar Lawrence struggles to decide whether or not to marry Romeo and Juliet.
man vs. man
man vs. self
man vs. nature
man vs. society
What plot element occurs when Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished?
Resolution
Exposition
Climax
Antagonist
What plot element occurs when the Capulets and Montagues get into a fight in the town square in Act I?
Climax
Exposition
Resolution
Setting
What plot element occurs when Lord Capulet and Lord Montague decide to put statues of Romeo and Juliet in the town square?
Resolution
Climax
Exposition
Protagonist
Which of the following could NOT be an example of a theme from Romeo and Juliet?
The innocence and inexperience of youth
Hatred can have deathly consequences
Love at first sight is true love
Love is blind
Which of the following might be the deeper meaning of the symbol of stars in the play?
Stars represent true love forever
Stars represent fate and destiny
Stars represent light and happiness
Stars represent greed and cruelty
Which character says the following:
"Did my heart love until now? I swear, my eyes never saw true beauty until tonight."
Paris
Romeo
Mercutio
Friar Lawrence
Which character said the following:
"There was never a story of more woe, than that of Juliet and her Romeo."
Friar Lawrence
Paris
Prince Escalas
Lord Capulet
Which character said the following:
"If love is rough with you, be rough with love."
Paris
Mercutio
Friar Lawrence
Samson
Which character says the following:
"I rebel against you, stars."
Mercutio
Juliet
Romeo
Nurse
Which character said the following:
"I dreamed a dream last night....that dreamers often lie."
Paris
Mercutio
Romeo
Friar Lawrence
