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Romeo & Juliet Final Quiz

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 1hrs 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How does Romeo feel about Rosaline at the start of Act 1?

a)

He hates her

b)

He doesn't know her

c)

He loves her

d)

He wishes they weren't related.

2.

How is the relationship between Juliet and Lord Capulet?

a)

He doesn't love her

b)

He wants to protect her

c)

He hates her

d)

He wants her to leave town

3.

Who does Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Romeo

c)

Tybalt

d)

Paris

4.

Where does the play take place?

a)

Vancouver

b)

Hollywood

c)

France

d)

Verona

5.

What kind of character is Tybalt?

a)

a nice guy

b)

a funny guy

c)

an aggressive fighter

d)

a calm thinker

6.

What relationship do Benvolio and Mercutio have to Romeo?

a)

They are his enemies

b)

They are his servants

c)

They are his close friends

d)

They are his priests

7.

How do Romeo and Juliet react when they find out their true identities?

a)

They are happy

b)

They are in shock and upset

c)

They find it funny

d)

They realize they are related

8.

How does Romeo's feelings for Juliet differ from his feelings for Rosaline?

a)

His love for Juliet is stronger

b)

His love for Rosaline is stronger

c)

He loves them both the same

d)

He doesn't love either one of them

9.

What does Lord Capulet think of Romeo's reputation?

a)

He thinks he is a bad guy

b)

He thinks he is a clown

c)

He thinks he is a gentleman

d)

He thinks he is a lier and a manipulator

10.

How would you describe the relationship between the house of Capulets and Montagues

a)

They are best friends

b)

They are good friends

c)

They hate each other

d)

They defend each other

11.
In the famous balcony scene, when Juliet says, "Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" what is she asking?
a)
Where is Romeo?
b)
Where is the night?
c)
Why don't you love me?
d)
Why are you Romeo, a Montague?
12.
When Juliet says, “That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet”, she is
a)
A.  Giving an example to prove that names are important
b)
A.  Explaining why she is so upset that Romeo is a Capulet
c)
A.  Proving that Romeo’s last name does not affect his character
d)
A.  Commenting on the origin of the word rose
13.
Why does Juliet tell Romeo not to swear his love by the moon?
a)
because swearing by the moon is bad luck
b)
because the moon is small and weak
c)
because the moon is inconstant and variable
d)
because the moon is a heavenly body
14.
What does Juliet want Romeo to do as she speaks from her balcony?
a)
Give up his friends
b)
change his name to Capulet
c)
fall in love with someone else
d)
deny his father and refuse his name
15.
Who does Romeo visit right after he leaves Juliet's balcony?
a)
Mercutio
b)
Friar Laurence
c)
Lady Montague
d)
Benvolio
16.
Friar Laurence is working with flowers and herbs. He tells us they can be both...
a)
poisonous and deadly
b)
poisonous and helpful
c)
medicinal and helpful
d)
addictive and poisonous
17.
How many days pass between Romeo meeting Juliet and the Friar agreeing to marry them?
a)
0. Romeo agrees to marry Juliet after the party and stays up till morning to talk to the Friar.
b)
1. Romeo goes home to sleep on his decision.
c)
7. Romeo and Juliet go on a few dates before they make the super important decision to get married.
d)

4.Juliet wants time to get the perfect dress

18.
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
a)
They are in love.
b)
Juliet is pregnant.
c)
Romeo is going to war.
d)
The families will stop fighting.
19.
What happens at the end of Act 2, scene 6?
a)
Romeo and Juliet kiss
b)
Romeo and Juliet get married
c)
Romeo and Juliet argue
d)
Romeo and Juliet pray
20.
Whom does Juliet send to Romeo as a messenger?
a)
Mercutio
b)
Peter
c)
The Nurse
d)
Friar Lawrence
21.
At the beginning of Act 3, Tybalt wants to fight Romeo. Why doesn't Romeo want to fight Tybalt?
a)
Romeo is afraid of Tybalt.
b)
Romeo has married Juliet and now wants to form a bond with Tybalt.
c)
Tybalt is too strong for Romeo to fight.
22.
Romeo gets in between Mercutio and Tybalt when they are fighting. Who kills Mercutio?
a)
Tybalt kills Mercutio
b)
Mercutio kills Tybalt
c)
Romeo kills Mercutio
23.
Romeo is angry at himself and thinks that loving Juliet has made him weak. Romeo and Tybalt start fighting. What happens?
a)
Tybalt runs away.
b)
Tybalt kills Romeo.
c)
Romeo kills Tybalt.
24.
What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?
a)
Romeo is banished from Verona.
b)
Romeo will be put to death.
c)
Romeo will live in Friar Lawrence's cell. 
25.
When Juliet finds out that Romeo has killed Tybalt and been banished from Verona, what is she REALLY sad about?
a)
She is sad that her mother and father want her to marry Romeo.
b)
She is sad that Tybalt was killed and she wants Romeo punished.
c)
She is sad that Romeo will be banished and that she will never see him again.
26.
What is Friar Lawrence's plan?
a)
Friar Lawrence is going to tell Lord and Lady Capulet that Romeo and Juliet are married so that Romeo can stay in Verona.
b)
Romeo will go see Juliet and leave for Mantua in the morning. He will wait in Mantua until everyone knows that Romeo and Juliet are married.
c)
Friar Lawrence thinks that Juliet should marry Paris and that Romeo should make a new life in Mantua.
27.
What is going to happen on Thursday?
a)
Juliet is supposed to marry Paris.
b)
Romeo will be coming back to Verona.
c)
The Nurse is going to sneak Juliet out of Verona so that she can be with Romeo.
28.
Why is Lord Capulet furious with Juliet?
a)
Juliet is married to Romeo.
b)
She does not want to marry Paris and is disobeying Lord Capulet.
c)
Juliet is mean to the Nurse.
29.
What does the Nurse think Juliet should do?
a)
The Nurse thinks Juliet should go to Mantua and be with Romeo.
b)
The Nurse thinks that Juliet should marry Paris.
c)
The Nurse thinks that Juliet should tell her parents the truth about Romeo.
30.

Does Juliet agree with the Nurse's solution?

a)

Yes

b)

No

31.
The point of Friar Lawrence's plan is to
a)
Fake Juliet's death
b)
help Juliet kill herself
c)
make Capulet change his mind
d)
end the feud
32.
Before she drinks the potion, Juliet has all of the following fears EXCEPT
a)
it will not work
b)
it will actually kill her
c)
She will wake up early
d)
Romeo will not come for her
33.
The potion is supposed to make Juliet sleep for
a)
a few hours
b)
42 hours
c)
a week
d)
one night
34.
Juliet asks her parent's forgiveness and agrees to marry Paris because
a)
she has no choice
b)
she can't bear their anger
c)
she is truly repentant
d)
it's part of Friar's plan
35.
Who first discovers Juliet dead
a)
Capulet
b)
Paris
c)
Friar Lawrence
d)
the nurse
36.

At the beginning of Act 4, Paris goes to Friar Laurence’s cell to

a)

search for Romeo.

b)

go to confession.

c)

make wedding plans.

d)

discuss Lord Capulet.

37.
Juliet threatens to kill herself if Friar Laurence cannot help her.
a)
True
b)
False
38.
What day were Paris and Juliet supposed to get married?
a)
Wednesday
b)
Thursday
c)
Friday
d)
Saturday
39.
What day does Lord Capulet change the wedding to?
a)
Wednesday
b)
Thursday
c)
Friday
d)
Saturday
40.

The most likely reason Capulet moved the wedding date is because he believes

a)

Juliet may change her mind about the wedding.

b)

Juliet is plotting something and it must be prevented.

c)

Paris will not wait until Thursday and he needs Juliet to marry him.

d)

The Nurse may help Juliet run away before the wedding.

41.
What does the potion make Juliet do? 
a)
Appear dead.
b)
Get drunk. 
c)
Actually die.
42.
Who is supposed to get Juliet from her families tomb?
a)
Friar Lawrence
b)
Nurse
c)
Tybalt
d)
Romeo
43.

Scene 1- How will Romeo learn the Friar's plan?

a)

The Friar will ride to Mantua to tell Romeo the plan

b)

The Friar will send another Friar with a letter explaining the plan

c)

The Friar will send a carrier pigeon to Romeo with the plan

44.

Scene 1- What SHOULD happen when Juliet wakes up after taking the potion?

a)

Romeo and the Friar will both be there, and Romeo and Juliet will escape to Mantua together

b)

Her parents will discover she is alive, and celebrate

c)

The Friar will be there, and they will decide what to do next afterwards

45.

Friar Lawrence helps Juliet plan to fake her death with a potion, and writes to Romeo to come take her away to Mantua.

What goes wrong with his plan?

a)

Friar Lawrence forgot he's out of paper.

b)

The potion doesn't work and Juliet has to marry Paris.

c)

The potion poisons Juliet instead of putting her to sleep.

d)

Friar John gets quarantined and cannot deliver the letter to Romeo.

46.

How does the Apothecary affect the end of the play?

a)

He tells Paris that Romeo is coming.

b)

He sells Romeo the poison he uses to kill himself.

c)

He sells Friar Lawrence the sleeping potion for Juliet.

d)

There is no Apothecary in this play.

47.

Dramatic Irony is when...

a)

The audience knows something that the characters don't.

b)

The opposite of what expected happens.

c)

Someone says something they don't mean.

d)

Everyone dies at the end of the play.

48.

Friar Lawrence plans to get Juliet to the tomb and write to Romeo to come get her. How is this an example of dramatic irony?

a)

He doesn't know that Juliet is already awake but we do.

b)

He expects Juliet to be alive when he gets there, but she will be dead.

c)

He doesn't know Romeo is already on his way to Verona, but we do.

d)

He doesn't mean it and plans to stay at home.

49.

Why does Paris show up at Juliet's tomb?

a)

He is there to scatter flowers and grieve.

b)

He is there because he and Romeo planned a duel there.

c)

Friar Lawrence invited him to marry Juliet.

d)

He was walking by and heard Romeo breaking into the tomb.

50.

Why does Paris think Romeo is there?

a)

He thinks Romeo is there to kill himself because he was in love with Juliet.

b)

He thinks Romeo is there because he is secretly a Capulet.

c)

He thinks Romeo is there to vandalize the tomb in some way.

d)

He thinks Romeo has been following him because he's related to the Prince.

51.

How does Romeo react when he sees Paris?

a)

He gets jealous because he thinks Juliet was cheating on him.

b)

He makes sarcastic jokes about the flowers Paris chose.

c)

He feels sorry for him because he really hoped Paris would marry Juliet.

d)

He gets frustrated and challenges him to a fight.

52.

When Romeo sees Juliet in the tomb, he comments on how alive and beautiful she looks. This is an example of:

a)

Dramatic irony because we know she's really alive.

b)

Allusion because he references Greek mythology.

c)

Theme because Shakespeare is expressing a message about love and beauty.

d)

Hyperbole because he's exaggerating her beauty.

53.

How does the Prince react to the deaths that occur in Act 5?

a)

He doesn't care because the Montagues and Capulets deserved it.

b)

He is brokenhearted because Paris was his favorite cousin.

c)

He blames the Montagues and Capulets for the tragedy.

d)

He doesn't show up in Act 5 because it all happens late at night when he's asleep.

54.

How do Capulet and Montague react to the events of Act V?

a)

Their feud grows more heated and they kill each other.

b)

They shake hands and offer to build statues as a sign of peace.

c)

They don't have time to react because the play ends too quickly.

d)

They blame the Prince for banishing Romeo and recommending that Paris marry Juliet.

55.

What is a theme?

a)

A message sent by the characters of the story to each other.

b)

A message or universal statement expressed by a piece of literature.

c)

The main conflict of the story.

d)

The song you play when your teacher begins class.

56.

Romeo and Juliet ends in:

a)

comedy

b)

tragedy

c)

a sonnet

d)

music

57.

What would be one stated theme of this tragic play?

a)

Great evil/tragedies result from laws

b)

Great evil/tragedies result from random events

c)

Great evil/tragedies results from love

d)

Great evil/tragedies result from hate

58.

When the prince asks for the men under suspicion for the murders/deaths to brought to him, who is the first man to speak.

a)

A Page

b)

Balthasar

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

the Apothocary

59.

In the end, what did the prince state was settled?

a)

a bright agreement

b)

a dark peace

c)

a dark compromise

d)

a bright solution

60.

Who is the author of Romeo & Juliet?

a)

John Green

b)

F. Scott Fitzgerald

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

Ernest Hemingway