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Romeo and Juliet

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?

a)

Padua

b)

Rome

c)

Venice

d)

Mantua

2.

Why is Romeo exiled?

a)

For killing Tybalt

b)

For marrying Juliet against her father's will

c)

For killing Mercutio

d)

For publicly admitting his atheism

3.

Who performs Romeo and Juliet's marriage?

a)

Friar John

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Father Vincentio

d)

Mercutio

4.

Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in dreams?

a)

Puck

b)

Queen Mab

c)

Beelzebub

d)

Jack the ripper

5.

What does the Nurse advide Juliet to do after Romeo is exiled?

a)

Follow her husband to Nantua

b)

Wait for Romeo in Verona

c)

Act as if Romeo is dead and marry Paris

d)

Commit suicide

6.

Where do Romeo and Juliet meet?

a)

At Capulet's feast

b)

At Friar Lawrence's cell

c)

At Montague's feast

d)

At the pier from which Malvolio is departing for Spain

7.

Why does Tybalt first challenge Romeo to a duel?

a)

He is offended that Romeo loves his cousin.

b)

He is offended that Romeo shows up at the Capulet ball.

c)

He does not challenge Romeo, he challenges Mercutio.

8.

What term does the Chorus use to describe the lovers?

a)

ill-fated

b)

seath-doom'd

c)

demon-haunted

d)

star-crossed

9.

Whom does Mercutio curse as he lies dying after a duel?

a)

The Montagues and the Capulets

b)

Romeo

c)

Tybalt

d)

Romeo and Tybalt

10.

With whom is Romeo madly in love for the first two scenes of the play?

a)

himself

b)

Mercutio

c)

Juliet

d)

Rosaline

11.

On what day do Romeo and Juliet meet?

a)

Saturday

b)

Tuesday

c)

Sunday

d)

Wednesday

12.

Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo poison?

a)

He is poor and needs the money.

b)

He can see that Romeo is passionate.

c)

He is afraid that Romeo will hurt him if he refuses.

d)

He is a friend of Friar Lawrence.

13.

Why is Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's message to Romeo in Mantua?

a)

He is killed by a Capulet servant.

b)

He is attacked by bandits on the road.

c)

He is held inside a quarantined house, and is unable to leave.

d)

Romeo is stopped in Padua an never makes it to Mantua.

14.

Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabes herself dead?

a)

Paris

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Tybalt

d)

Romeo

15.

How and where does Romeo commit suicide?

a)

with a dagger in the orchard

b)

with a rope in the public square

c)

with a sword in Juliet's bedchamber

d)

with poison in Juliet's tomb

16.

To which powerful figure is Paris related?

a)

Capulet

b)

Montague

c)

Prince Escalus

d)

King Vardamo

17.

Who proposes that a gold statue of Juliet be erected?

a)

Montague

b)

Lady Capulet

c)

Paris

d)

Romeo

18.

Who discovers Juliet after she takes Friar Lawrence's potion?

a)

Lady Capulet

b)

Capulet

c)

Paris

d)

The nurse

19.

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

a)

the moon

b)

the stars

c)

a summer's day

d)

the morning sun

20.

What, at first, does Juliet claim Romeo hears the monring after their wedding night?

a)

the owl

b)

the dove

c)

the nightingale

d)

the lark

21.

Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the feast?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Benvolio

c)

Lady Montague

d)

Juliet

22.

Who kills Mercutio?

a)

Benvolio

b)

Sampson

c)

Romeo

d)

Tybalt