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Romeo and Juliet Act 2-5 and Vocab (Pre-AP)

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To beg

a)

Lamentation

b)

Beseech

c)

Conjure

d)

Enamored

2.

The art of speaking well

a)

Eloquence

b)

Solace

c)

Garish

d)

Martial

3.

Offensively or distressingly bright; gaudy

a)

Martial

b)

Solace

c)

Jocund

d)

Garish

4.

Loud wailing or grieving

a)

Solace

b)

Eloquence

c)

Lamentations

d)

Perjuries

5.

Violation of oath; lying

a)

Eloquence

b)

Lamentations

c)

Beseech

d)

Perjuries

6.

Make something appear by magic

a)

Beseech

b)

Conjure

c)

Lamentations

d)

Solace

7.

Warlike

a)

Conjure

b)

Jocund

c)

Rancor

d)

Martial

8.

Comfort through suffering

a)

Lamentations

b)

Solace

c)

Beseech

d)

Conjure

9.

Secret

a)

Solace

b)

Conjure

c)

Covert

d)

Martial

10.

To be inspired with or by love

a)

Enamored

b)

Beseech

c)

Solace

d)

Martial

11.

Evil

a)

Enamored

b)

Pestilence

c)

Baleful

d)

Pernicious

12.

Wicked

a)

Enamored

b)

Pestilence

c)

Baleful

d)

Pernicious

13.

Lighthearted and happy

a)

Enamored

b)

Jocund

c)

Baleful

d)

Rancor

14.

A fatal disease

a)

Solace

b)

Beseech

c)

Penury

d)

Pestilence

15.

Bitter, deep-seated ill-will or hatred

a)

Pestilence

b)

Rancor

c)

Jocund

d)

Beseech

16.

Huge and Monsterous

a)

Penury

b)

Jocund

c)

Enamored

d)

Prodigious

17.

Extreme poverty

a)

Prodigious

b)

Penury

c)

Inauspicious

d)

Lamentations

18.

Tell the future

a)

Prodigious

b)

Penury

c)

Pestilence

d)

Presage

19.

Confession

a)

Penury

b)

Shrift

c)

Rancor

d)

Jocund

20.

A bad omen; not favorable

a)

Inauspicious

b)

Jocund

c)

Penury

d)

Presage

21.

To what does Romeo first compare Juliet during the balcony scene?

a)

The moon

b)

The stars

c)

A summer’s day

d)

The sun

22.

How many days pass between Romeo meeting Juliet and the Friar agreeing to marry them?

a)

None. Romeo agrees to marry Juliet after the party and stays up till morning to talk to the Friar.

b)

One. Romeo goes home to sleep on his decision.

c)

Two. Romeo and Juliet go on a few dates before they make the super important decision to get married.

d)

One. Romeo killed Tybalt, so the wedding is delayed.

23.

Frair Laurence consents to marry Romeo and Juliet because

a)

Romeo convinces him that it is true love.

b)

The last thing he wants is for Romeo to become depressed again.

c)

He wants to prevent any immoral activity from taking place between them.

d)

He thinks the alliance might end the feud.

24.

We can infer from Scene III that outside of performing his priestly duties, Friar Laurence pursues an interest in:

a)

hymnody , the composition of hymns

b)

mythology , the study of myths

c)

botany , the study of plants

d)

philanthropy , or acts of charity

25.

Juliet becomes annoyed with the Nurse when she returns from seeing Romeo because

a)

She refuses to tell Juliet the news right away.

b)

She talks too loudly and Juliet is afraid her mother overheard them.

c)

She makes vulgar and inappropriate jokes about Romeo.

d)

She is overly critical of Romeo's appearance.

26.

Mercutio and Benvolio ridicule the Nurse for each of the following reasons EXCEPT

a)

Her employment with the Capulets.

b)

Her oversized garments.

c)

Her age.

d)

Her appearance.

27.

What helps establish a foreboding mood at the beginning of the scene?

a)

Benvolio notices that a storm is a approaching from the east, and everyone is clearing out.

b)

Benvolio asks Mercutio to leave because of the heat, and the Capulets are nearby.

c)

Mercutio is in a bad mood and wants to find Tybalt so he can kill him.

d)

Romeo hasn't shown up yet and Benvolio predicts a bad ending to the duel between Romeo and Tybalt.

28.

Why does Tybalt approach Mercutio and Benvolio?

a)

To fight them

b)

He has to settle a score with Mercutio

c)

He wants to fight Benvolio

d)

He wants to fight Romeo

29.

Why won't Romeo fight Tybalt?

a)

He is afraid

b)

That is his cousin

c)

He is too heartbroken

d)

He had a dream that he would lose

30.

What happens when Romeo jumps in between Tybalt and Mercutio?

a)

Romeo gets stabbed

b)

They quit fighting

c)

Mercutio gets stabbed

d)

Tybalt gets stabbed

31.

Why does the Prince ban Romeo

a)

For secretly marrying Juliet

b)

For killing Tybalt

c)

For killing Mercutio

d)

For high treason

32.

What is Juliet's initial reaction to the news that Romeo has killed Tybalt?

a)

She feels loyalty to her husband

b)

She is so grief stricken

c)

She says harsh words against her husband

d)

She decides to marry Paris

33.

As a minor character, Benvolio serves each of these purposes except

a)

Delivering news to Romeo.

b)

Providing the voice of reason.

c)

Comforting and guiding Romeo.

d)

Being a foil of Tybalt.

34.

What reaction does Lord Capulet have to Juliet's refusal of Paris?

a)

Relief

b)

He wants to kill her

c)

He feels pity for her

d)

He gives her an ultimatum

35.

Why does Juliet lose loyalty to the Nurse?

a)

The nurse wants her to marry Paris

b)

The nurse helped get Romeo Banished

c)

The nurse will not allow Juliet to see Romeo again.

d)

The nurse said harsh words against her

36.

Why does Juliet set out to go to Friar Laurence's cell?

a)

To hear news from him about Romeo's arrival.

b)

To request her marriage to Romeo be annulled.

c)

To get the friars hope to run away with Romeo.

d)

To ask for advice or if unsuccessful, kill herself.

37.

What literary device is used in this statement? "Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field"

a)

Metaphor

b)

Personification

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Simile

38.

Romeo's reaction to the news of Juliet's death reveals that he is what by nature

a)

angry and uncaring.

b)

gloomy and indecisive.

c)

passionate and impulsive.

d)

selfless and hopeful.

39.

What two reasons does Romeo give Balthasar for why he will visit Juliet's tomb?

a)

To say goodbye to Juliet and ask forgiveness from Tybalt.

b)

To waken Juliet and rescue her from the grave.

c)

To know for sure that Juliet is dead and grieve her.

d)

To see Juliet's face and take her ring.

40.

Romeo can be considered a tragic hero for which of the following reasons?

a)

Someone could have prevented his death from occurring.

b)

He attempted to do what was right, but only his death could end the feud.

c)

His impulsive nature contributed to his downfall.

d)

Though unfortunate, his death was honorable.

41.

Queen of England during Shakespeare's time

a)

Mary

b)

Helen

c)

Elizabeth

d)

Juliet

42.

Sends Romeo a ring as a reassuring message

a)

Nurse

b)

Juliet

c)

Mercutio

d)

Benvolio

43.

Accompanies Paris to Juliet’s tomb

a)

Mercutio

b)

Prince

c)

Page

d)

Balthasar

44.

Offers to poison Romeo

a)

Friar Laurence

b)

Juliet

c)

Lady Capulet

d)

Apothecary

45.

Quarantined due to plague exposure

a)

Balthasar

b)

Friar John

c)

Friar Laurence

d)

Peter

46.

Romeo’s mouthy best friend

a)

Mercutio

b)

Benvolio

c)

Tybalt

d)

Balthasar

47.

Romeo hides with this character after Tybalt’s death.

a)

Benvolio

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Laurence

d)

Nurse

48.

Law and order in the play

a)

Page

b)

Balthasar

c)

Prince Escalus

d)

Friar Laurence

49.

Girl Romeo “loved” before Juliet

a)

Rosaline

b)

Rapunzel

c)

Rosalane

d)

Rachel

50.

Romeo bought poison from:

a)

Friar Laurence

b)

Lady Capulet

c)

Balthasar

d)

Apothecary

51.

Dies of broken heart

a)

Romeo

b)

Lady Montague

c)

Lady Capulet

d)

Rosaline

52.

Romeo kills him at the tomb.

a)

Page

b)

Paris

c)

Balthasar

d)

Friar Laurence

53.

Nurse’s servant

a)

Balthasar

b)

Sampson

c)

Gregory

d)

Peter

54.

Sends Romeo a challenge letter to a duel.

a)

Mercutio

b)

Tybalt

c)

Benvolio

d)

Paris

55.

Decides to cure Juliet’s mourning with marriage

a)

Lord Montague

b)

Paris

c)

Page

d)

Lord Capulet

56.

Lived in the late 1500s

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Shakespeare

d)

Friar Laurence

57.

Described as “a sail, a sail”

a)

Nurse

b)

Romeo

c)

Mercutio

d)

Juliet

58.

Romeo’s suicide letter is addressed to him.

a)

Friar Laurence

b)

Prince Escalus

c)

Lord Montague

d)

Lord Capulet

59.

Romeo’s servant

a)

Peter

b)

Sampson

c)

Gregory

d)

Balthasar

60.

The police

a)

Mercutio and Benvolio

b)

The Capulets

c)

The Watchmen

d)

The Montagues