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Romeo and Juliet

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which character decrees that the next time the Montagues or Capulets are caught fighting, they will be put to death.

a)

Mercutio

b)

Prince Escalus

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Nurse

2.

Which character asked Lord Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage?

a)

Romeo

b)

Benvolio

c)

Paris

d)

Mercutio

3.

Which character worries about his son crying and locking himself up in his room all day?

a)

Lord Montague

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Prince Escalas

d)

Tybalt

4.

Which character encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet party and look at the beautiful girls there?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Lord Montague

d)

Benvolio

5.

Which character sends a letter to Romeo challenging him to a duel?

a)

Paris

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Mercutio

d)

Tybalt

6.

Which character delivered the news to Romeo that Juliet was dead?

a)

Benvolio

b)

Balthazar

c)

Mercutio

d)

Friar Lawrence

7.

Which character tells Romeo "these sudden joys have sudden endings."

a)

Mercutio

b)

Nurse

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Prince Escalas

8.

Which character tells Romeo the story of Queen Mab?

a)

Benvolio

b)

Mercutio

c)

Juliet

d)

Friar Lawrence

9.

Which character says, "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks. It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."

a)

Paris

b)

Romeo

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Mercutio

10.

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."

a)

Friar Lawrence

b)

Romeo

c)

Juliet

d)

Lady Capulet

11.

Which character says, "There is no trust, no faith, no honesty in men. All of them lie. All of them cheat."

a)

Nurse

b)

Lady Capulet

c)

Juliet

d)

Rosaline

12.

How old is Juliet?

a)

14

b)

13

c)

16

d)

12

13.

Where does Romeo go when he is banished?

a)

Verona

b)

Rome

c)

Paris

d)

Mantua

14.

How does Lady Montague die?

a)

illness

b)

killed by Prince Escalas

c)

dies of grief when Romeo is banished

d)

killed in a fight between the Capulets and Montagues

15.

This literary device is when the audience or reader knows more than the characters within the work.

a)

metaphor

b)

irony

c)

exposition

d)

antagonist

16.

What literary device is this an example of?

"Darkness is stumbling out of the sun's path like a drunk man."

a)

metaphor

b)

personification

c)

simile

d)

irony

17.

What literary device is this an example of?

"The smiling morning is replacing the frowning night."

a)

metaphor

b)

simile

c)

personification

d)

climax

18.

What literary device is this an example of?

"She's dead, a beautiful flower, killed by an unseasonable frost."

a)

simile

b)

theme

c)

symbol

d)

metaphor

19.

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?

a)

setting

b)

theme

c)

irony

d)

climax

20.

What kind of conflict is this an example of?

Friar Lawrence struggles to decide whether or not to marry Romeo and Juliet.

a)

man vs. man

b)

man vs. self

c)

man vs. nature

d)

man vs. society

21.

What plot element occurs when Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished?

a)

Resolution

b)

Exposition

c)

Climax

d)

Antagonist

22.

What plot element occurs when the Capulets and Montagues get into a fight in the town square in Act I?

a)

Climax

b)

Exposition

c)

Resolution

d)

Setting

23.

What plot element occurs when Lord Capulet and Lord Montague decide to put statues of Romeo and Juliet in the town square?

a)

Resolution

b)

Climax

c)

Exposition

d)

Protagonist

24.

Which of the following could NOT be an example of a theme from Romeo and Juliet?

a)

The innocence and inexperience of youth

b)

Hatred can have deathly consequences

c)

Love at first sight is true love

d)

Love is blind

25.

Which of the following might be the deeper meaning of the symbol of stars in the play?

a)

Stars represent true love forever

b)

Stars represent fate and destiny

c)

Stars represent light and happiness

d)

Stars represent greed and cruelty

26.

Which character says the following:

"Did my heart love until now? I swear, my eyes never saw true beauty until tonight."

a)

Paris

b)

Romeo

c)

Mercutio

d)

Friar Lawrence

27.

Which character said the following:

"There was never a story of more woe, than that of Juliet and her Romeo."

a)

Friar Lawrence

b)

Paris

c)

Prince Escalas

d)

Lord Capulet

28.

Which character said the following:

"If love is rough with you, be rough with love."

a)

Paris

b)

Mercutio

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Samson

29.

Which character says the following:

"I rebel against you, stars."

a)

Mercutio

b)

Juliet

c)

Romeo

d)

Nurse

30.

Which character said the following:

"I dreamed a dream last night....that dreamers often lie."

a)

Paris

b)

Mercutio

c)

Romeo

d)

Friar Lawrence