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Romeo and Juliet after Acts 1 &2

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
To what does Juliet not want Romeo to swear his love?
a)
a light in the dark
b)
the sun
c)
the moon
d)
a rose
2.
Who is the first to mention marriage?
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
3.

How does Mercutio treat Nurse?

a)

He makes rude jokes about her.

b)

He mistakenly thinks that she is Rosaline.

c)

He adores her and wants her to be his mom.

d)

He mistakes her for Juliet's mom.

4.

Where are Romeo and Juliet when they meet for the second time?

a)

She is leaving the feast, and he is passing by in the street.

b)

She is at her window, and he is in the garden below.

c)

They are both in Friar Lawrence's cell.

d)

They are both in the Capulet family orchard.

5.

Romeo says to Juliet 'It is the east, and Juliet is the sun'. What technique does Shakespeare use to compare Juliet.

a)

Simile

b)

Metaphor

c)

Personification

d)

Alliteration

6.

'You are as glorious as an angel tonight. You shine above me, like a winged messenger from heaven who makes mortal men fall on their backs. What technique is Romeo using to describe Juliet' beauty?

a)

Personification

b)

Simile

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Repetition

7.

Where does the secret wedding take place?

a)

Capulet's house

b)

Montague's house

c)

The chapel

d)

Friar Lawrence's cell

8.

Who challenges Romeo to a duel?

a)

Capulet

b)

Tybalt

c)

Benevolio

d)

Samson

9.

Why does the Friar finally agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

a)

He is about to quit being a priest anyway

b)

He can see how much Romeo truly loves Juliet

c)

He believes it will bring the families together again

d)

He does not agree to marry them

10.

What advice does the Friar give Romeo about love ?

a)

Love violently.

b)

Love calmly.

c)

Love moderately.

d)

Love passionately.

11.

Read the quote: "Plants have great power. There’s some

good in everything. But good can be

abused. Good becomes bad if misused.

This plant can both help and harm.

Smelling it will make you well. Tasting

it will kill you. There’s good and evil in

everything." Who said this?

a)

Friar Lawrence

b)

Friar Tuck

c)

Lord Montague

d)

Prince Escalus

12.

Who does Juliet send as her messanger to Romeo?

a)

Peter

b)

Nurse

c)

Benvolio

d)

Tybalt

13.

What does The Prince say he will do to anyone who fights in the future?

a)

Put them in jail.

b)

Make them live together.

c)

Punish them with death.

14.

Romeo and Juliet takes place in

a)

Stratford upon Avon, England

b)

Verona, Italy

c)

Santa Clarita, California

d)

Rome, Italy

15.

About how long have Romeo and Juliet known each other?

a)

Forever

b)

A year

c)

almost a day

d)

3 weeks

16.
What does Benvolio suggest to Romeo to take care of his lovesick problem?
a)
Look at other women
b)
Ask Rosaline to marry him
c)
Force Rosaline to be with him
d)
Become a priest
17.
What happens during the well-known balcony scene in Scene 2?
a)
Juliet finds out that Paris wants to marry her.
b)
Romeo tells Mercutio about an ominous dream.
c)
Romeo and Juliet get married by Friar Laurence.
d)
Romeo and Juliet declare their love for each other.
18.

What point does Juliet make when she says, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet."

a)

She thinks Romeo has a sweet sounding name.

b)

She wishes that Romeo would change his name to Capulet

c)

She loves Romeo even though he is a Montague.

d)

The blossoming love she feels for Romeo is like a blooming rose.

19.

What does Juliet want Romeo to do if he doesn't love her?

a)

help her meet with Paris in secret

b)

kill her so she doesn't have to suffer life without him

c)

try to love her

d)

leave and never return

20.

How does Juliet feel about Romeo sneaking into her garden?

a)

She is frightened that he found out where she lived and angry he is stalking her.

b)

She is annoyed that he has come there intoxicated.

c)

She is excited but worried that he'll get caught.

d)

She is confused about why he is there and thinks that it is to see Rosaline.

21.
Rosaline, whom you love so much, Will be at the Capulet's feast. Go there, Romeo. Compare her face to others you will see. I'll make you think your swan is but a crow. (1.2.p.14)
a)
Paris
b)
Mercutio
c)
Benvolio
d)
Lord Montague
22.

Why makes Tybalt angry at the party?

a)

The food is bad

b)

His girlfriend just broke up with him

c)

He had a bad day

d)

He saw Romeo there

23.

Select all of the characters who are either family members or servants of the Capulet family.

a)

Juliet

b)

Nurse

c)

Benvolio

d)

Tybalt

e)

Lord and Lady Capulet

24.

Select all characters who are members of the Montague family.

a)

Romeo

b)

Lord and Lady Montague

c)

Benvolio

d)

Mercutio

e)

Juliet

25.

A play that deals with tragic events and has an unhappy ending is called a

a)

comedy

b)

tragedy

c)

oxymoron

d)

pun

26.

Mercutio's Queen Mab speech is a

a)

oxymoron

b)

foreshaow

c)

siloloquy

d)

monologue

27.

Romeo's last name is

a)

Capulet

b)

Montague

28.

Juliet's last name is

a)

Capulet

b)

Montague

29.

Who is the author of "Romeo and Juliet"?

a)

William Harper Lee

b)

William Shakespeare

c)

Homer

d)

Stephen King

30.

The Prologue calls Romeo and Juliet "star-crossed lovers."

What does "star-crossed" mean?

a)

unlucky, doomed

b)

lucky, blessed

c)

hopeful, happy

d)

shaped like a star

31.

Out of the options below, which TWO are the most accurate reasons why Romeo decides to go to the Capulet party?

a)

His friends pressure him to go

b)

Rosaline will be there

c)

He wants to fight the Tybalt

d)

He has to spy on the Capulets for his father

32.
When Tybalt tells Lord Capulet that Romeo is at the party, Lord Capulet tells him to _____.
a)
leave Romeo alone
b)
go kill Romeo
c)
throw Romeo out of the party
d)
Call for the Prince
33.
"My only love sprung from my only hate" is a line said by whom?
a)
Juliet
b)
The Nurse
c)
Romeo
d)
Count Paris
34.

According to Friar Lawrence, how are humans like plants, metaphorically?

a)

They both need sunlight and water to grow.

b)

Humans need to eat plants to survive.

c)

They both have medicine and poison.

d)

They both can heal the sick and curse the evil.

35.
Identify the speaker: "My child is yet a stranger to the world./ She hath not seen the change of fourteen years" (1.2.8-9).
a)
Capulet
b)
Juliet
c)
Montague
d)
Lady Capulet
36.

"Young men's love then lies

Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes."

Said by_____ to _______

a)

Romeo to Benvolio

b)

The Friar to Romeo

c)

Benvolio to Romeo

d)

Romeo to the Friar

37.

Who is described as the Prince of Cats and the butcher of a silk button; a duelist?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Romeo

c)

Tybalt

d)

Sampson

38.

"Why is not this better now than groaning for love? Now art

thou sociable, now art thou Romeo, now art thou what thou

art, by art as well as by nature..."

a)

The Friar to Romeo about marriage. Marriage will limit your social nature and you will be forced to look at art.

b)

Mercutio to Romeo about being bawdy and goofy, unlike the lovesick man Romeo, has been lately.

c)

Benvolio to Romeo about dating

39.

Who warns Romeo that Paris wants to marry Juliet?

a)

Lord Capulet

b)

Paris

c)

Tybalt

d)

Nurse

e)

The servant who can't read

40.

"Therefore love moderately, long love doth so

Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow."

a)

A blessing

b)

A curse

c)

A suggestion for a happy marriage

d)

A suggestion for Romeo's duel with Tybalt

e)

A suggestion for Romeo's duel with Mercutio