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Romeo and Juliet Quiz

Total questions: 75

Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a theme of Romeo and Juliet?

a)

Secrets can destroy families

b)

Peace comes only after long periods of conflict

c)

Disregarding parental wishes leads to serious problems

d)

Those who act in haste bring about their own destruction

2.

Who said: "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"?

a)

Tybalt

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Romeo

d)

Paris

3.

Who said: "Deny thy father and refuse thy name! Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet."?

a)

Capulet

b)

Lady Capulet

c)

Tybalt

d)

Juliet

4.

Who said: "Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what - get thee to a church on Thursday or never look me in the face."?

a)

Lady Capulet

b)

Nurse

c)

Capulet

d)

Prince

5.

Who said: "O Happy Dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die."?

a)

Juliet

b)

Paris

c)

Romeo

d)

Tybalt

6.

Who said: "A plague o'both your houses!"?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Romeo

c)

Paris

d)

Tybalt

7.

Who said: "O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife and she comes in no shape bigger than an agate stone on the forefinger of an alderman."?

a)

Friar Lawrence

b)

Nurse

c)

Benvolio

d)

Mercutio

8.

Who said: "These violent delights have violent ends."?

a)

Capulet

b)

Prince

c)

Montague

d)

Friar Lawrence

9.

Who said: "True apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."?

a)

Juliet

b)

Romeo

c)

Lady Capulet

d)

Paris

10.

Who said: "Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."?

a)

Romeo

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Capulet

d)

Nurse

11.

The play takes place in

a)

Paris

b)

Stratford-Upon-Avon

c)

Venice

d)

Verona

12.

At the beginning of the play, Romeo is upset because

a)

he is in love

b)

he has never felt true love

c)

he is in love, but it is not loved back

d)

he was just dumped

13.

Who is related to Mercutio?

a)

Romeo

b)

Paris

c)

Benvolio

d)

Juliet

14.

Benvolio encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet party to

a)

see Juliet

b)

meet other women

c)

have at least one night of happiness

d)

fight Tybalt

15.

At the end of the play, who unintentionally gives Romeo a false report of Juliet's death?

a)

Gregory

b)

Sampson

c)

Benvolio

d)

Balthasar

16.

Friar John was unable to deliver the letter to Romeo because

a)

the town was under siege

b)

he didn't have directions

c)

the town was quarantined

d)

Romeo had already left

17.

After Juliet wakes up in the tomb, Friar Lawrence suggests hiding her

a)

in a nunnery

b)

at the castle

c)

in his cell

d)

in Friar John's cell

18.

In Juliet's speech that begins "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" Juliet is asking:

a)

Where are you Romeo?

b)

Why must you be Romeo?

c)

Why did you leave me, Romeo?

d)

Do you love me, Romeo?

19.

What is dramatically ironic about Romeo’s encounter with Tybalt before Mercutio and Tybalt are killed in Act III?

a)

Tybalt does not want to fight at the time

b)

Benvolio is the one starting the fight

c)

Romeo knows that Tybalt is now family

d)

Tybalt knows Romeo doesn’t want to fight

20.

When Romeo learns of his banishment, he states it is

a)

better than being put to death

b)

unfair and unjust

c)

unfortunate, but a fair punishment

d)

worse than death

21.

How does Juliet feel about the Nurse when the Nurse tells her to marry Paris at the end of Act III?

a)

comforted

b)

reassured

c)

betrayed

d)

angry

22.

Juliet’s “back-up plan” if the potion doesn’t work is to

a)

shoot herself

b)

run away

c)

marry Paris

d)

stab herself

23.

In Act V, Paris attacks Romeo in the Capulet tomb because he believes Romeo is there to

a)

deface and defile Juliet and the Capulet tomb

b)

steal from the Capulet tomb

c)

steal Juliet’s body from the Capulet tomb

d)

kill himself to be with Juliet in the Capulet tomb

24.

How old is Juliet at the beginning of the play?

a)

12

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

25.

Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

a)

He wants to be promoted

b)

He wants the reward money

c)

He wants the fighting to end

d)

He is a hopeless romantic

26.

The apothecary agrees to give Romeo the potion because he

a)

is afraid of Romeo’s threats

b)

wants to help Romeo out

c)

is poor and needs the money

d)

knows the potion won’t work

27.

How are Romeo and Benvolio related?

a)

They are brothers

b)

They are cousins

c)

Benvolio is Romeo's uncle

d)

They are not related

28.

What does Lady Capulet suggest to Juliet after she finds out Romeo killed Tybalt?

a)

She suggests poisoning Romeo

b)

She suggests pressing charges against Romeo

c)

She suggests tricking him into coming over, then ambushing him

d)

She suggests that Capulet kill him

29.

What is Paris' last request?

a)

He asks for his life to be spared

b)

He asks that he be left alone to pray and ask for forgiveness

c)

He asks to be buried next to Juliet

d)

He asks if Juliet ever loved him

30.

The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets is over

a)

food

b)

land

c)

power

d)

no one knows

31.

Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a potion that is supposed to last

a)

28 hours

b)

48 hours

c)

24 hours

d)

42 hours

32.

Who is related to the Prince?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Benvolio

c)

Balthasar

d)

Peter

33.

To where was Romeo banished?

a)

Verona

b)

Mantua

c)

Paris

d)

Venice

34.

What day of the week does Capulet set for the FINAL date of Paris and Juliet's wedding?

a)

Monday

b)

Tuesday

c)

Wednesday

d)

Thursday

35.

Who fails to deliver the letter to Romeo?

a)

Benvolio

b)

Balthasar

c)

Peter

d)

Friar John

36.

What do the feuding families do to honor each other's child at the end of the play?

a)

Give them a proper burial

b)

Write poems in their honor

c)

Raise a statue of each

d)

Donate to their favorite charity

37.

“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man” is an example of

a)

drama

b)

pun

c)

an aside

d)

hyperbole

38.

The climax of the play is when:

a)

Juliet is found “dead” from drinking the potion

b)

Romeo kills Tybalt, and both Tybalt as well as Mercutio are dead

c)

Romeo thinks that Juliet is truly dead

d)

Romeo and Juliet lie in the tomb, both dead from their own hands

39.

After their wedding night when Romeo is leaving, Juliet sees Romeo and states: “Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low,/ As one dead in the bottom of a tomb” is an example of:

a)

metaphor

b)

aside

c)

foreshadowing

d)

person versus person

40.

In Act IV, although she plans to take the potion Friar Lawrence gave her, Juliet begs for her father's forgiveness and tells him that she is happy to marry Paris. This is an example of

a)

foreshadowing

b)

metaphor

c)

man versus fate

d)

dramatic irony

41.

Which of the following is not a theme in Romeo and Juliet?

a)

The inevitability of fate

b)

Violence and hatred are to be respected

c)

The folly of youth

d)

Passion can cause one to ignore common sense

42.

By definition, what must a tragic hero possess?

a)

Tragic injustice

b)

Tragic heroism

c)

Hamartia

d)

Honesty

43.

What is the best term that matches this definition: A person or group who act as a narrator and commentator.

a)

Act

b)

Chorus

c)

Scene

d)

Prose

44.

What is the best term that matches this definition: A word or phrase with more than one meaning, usually risque.

a)

Pun

b)

Double entendre

c)

Euphemism

d)

Allusion

45.

Which is an example of Romeo's tragic flaw?

a)

Hostility

b)

Unfaithfulness

c)

Rashness

d)

Eagerness

46.

What event does the Prologue foreshadow?

a)

The deaths of Romeo and Juliet

b)

The marriage of Romeo and Juliet

c)

The death of Mercutio and Tybalt

d)

The marriage of Paris and Juliet

47.

Romeo agrees with Benvolio's plan to go to Capulet's party because he hopes to

a)

forget his love for Rosaline

b)

challenge Tybalt to a fight

c)

catch a glimpse of Rosaline

d)

Make peace with the Capulets

48.

What makes Romeo reluctant to go to the party?

a)

He is afraid of angering Capulet

b)

He has a premonition of his death

c)

He is afraid of upsetting his father

d)

Mercutio has warned him against going

49.

What obstacles to Romeo and Juliet's relationship are already apparent in Act I?

a)

The families' rivalry and Lady Capulet's refusal to allow Juliet to marry so young

b)

The families’ rivalry and Capulet's desire for Juliet to marry Paris

c)

Montague's refusal to allow the relationship and Benvolio's own affection for Juliet

d)

The Prince's refusal to allow the families to mix and Romeo's affection for Rosaline

50.

Act I of Romeo and Juliet is mainly about the Capulet-Montague feud and

a)

Romeo and Juliet's first meeting

b)

Romeo’s unrequited love for Rosaline

c)

Paris’s desire to marry Juliet

d)

Juliet’s interest in marriage

51.

What point is Juliet making when she speaks these lines? "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 Romeo had a different name

c)

She loves Romeo’s name

d)

The love she feels for Romeo reminds her of a rose

52.

Which of the following pairs of lines is a rhymed couplet?

a)

By whose direction found'st thou this place? By love, that first did prompt me to inquire

b)

But passion lends them power, time means to meet, Temp'ring extremities with extreme sweet.

c)

I'll tell thee ere thou ask it me again I have been feasting with mine enemy

d)

I would thou hadst my bones, and I thy news. Nay, come, I pray thee speak. Good, good nurse, speak.

53.

Act II is mainly about

a)

Benvolio and Mercutio's impatience with Romeo

b)

Friar Lawrence's hesitation concerning Romeo’s marriage

c)

Romeo and Juliet's decision to get married

d)

Juliet's growing impatience with her nurse

54.

Why is Capulet so upset by Juliet's refusal to marry Paris?

a)

He considers Paris to be a good match for her

b)

He is uncomfortable with her tears

c)

He does not want her to marry Romeo

d)

He will need to find someone else for her to marry

55.

Why does Juliet go to Friar Lawrence’s cell at the end of Act III?

a)

To cancel her marriage to Romeo

b)

To hide from her family

c)

To seek his advice

d)

To grieve for Tybalt

56.

Choose the statement that best describes an example of a soliloquy:

a)

Benvolio gives a long explanation to the Prince of the “bloody fray”

b)

Juliet, alone in her room, expresses her fear over drinking the contents of the vial

c)

The Friar and Romeo are alone when the Friar tells Romeo of his banishment

d)

The conversation between Lady Capulet and Juliet is full of double meanings

57.

Choose the statement that best describes an example of a monologue:

a)

prior to the fight, the characters banter quickly back and forth

b)

Nurse seems to withhold information as Juliet asks questions

c)

Prince Escalus speaks sternly to the Montagues and the Capulets for fighting openly in the street

d)

Juliet dismisses her nurse, then states her resolve to visit Friar Lawrence

58.

In an aside, a character

a)

speaks to one other character directly, but others hear

b)

speaks thoughts to himself while in the presence of other characters

c)

speaks their thoughts in a long speech, when no one else is on stage

d)

makes a short remark that others are not meant to hear

59.

Paris responds to Friar Lawrence by saying, “Immediately she weeps for Tybalt's death, / And therefore have I little talked of love.” What makes Paris’s comment an example of dramatic irony?

a)

Juliet is saddened by the death of Tybalt

b)

Juliet actually weeps for Romeo’s banishment

c)

Juliet is pretending to cry in order to avoid seeing Paris

d)

Juliet was in love with her cousin

60.

Act IV is mainly about

a)

Capulet's plans for Juliet's wedding

b)

Capulet's plans for Juliet's funeral

c)

Juliet's plan to avoid marrying Paris

d)

Paris' concern that Juliet does not love him

61.

What is the best term that matches this definition: A break in the seriousness for a moment of comedy.

a)

Comedy

b)

Pun

c)

Double Entendre

d)

Comic Relief

62.

What is the best term that matches this definition: A 10-syllable line divided into stressed and unstressed syllables.

a)

Prose

b)

Blank Verse

c)

Iambic Pentameter

d)

Soliloquy

63.

What is the best term that matches this definition: A substitution of a more pleasant expression for one whose meaning may come across as offensive.

a)

Euphemism

b)

Double Entendre

c)

Pun

d)

Comedy

64.

What is the best term that matches this definition: A play on words, especially those that sound alike.

a)

Euphemism

b)

Double Entendre

c)

Pun

d)

Comedy

65.

What is the best term that matches this definition: A literary reference to a well-known work of art, music, history, or literature.

a)

Act

b)

Allusion

c)

Aside

d)

Prose

66.

What is the best term that matches this definition: Italicized comments that give direction or provide information to actors.

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Monologue

c)

Dialogue

d)

Stage Directions

67.

What is the best term that matches this definition: A work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience.

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

c)

Drama

d)

Scene

68.

What is the best term that matches this definition: Conversation between two or more characters.

a)

Soliloquy

b)

Monologue

c)

Dialogue

d)

Stage Direction

69.

How does Capulet respond when Juliet tells him she will marry Paris?

a)

He is pleased and eager to move ahead

b)

He is suspicious and questions her motives

c)

He requests time to think the manner over

d)

He wants to speak about her change of heart with the Friar

70.

Which of the following in NOT one of Juliet's anxieties about taking the potion?

a)

Her parents will find out about the hoax

b)

The mixture may not work at all

c)

Friar Lawrence might use this as an opportunity to conceal his role in her marriage

d)

She may suffocate in the foul air of the tomb

71.

Which of the following quotations from Juliet's speeches is an example of dramatic irony?

a)

“Nurse, will you go with me to my closet / To help me sort such needful ornaments / As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?”

b)

“How if, when I am laid into the tomb, / I wake before the time that Romeo / Come to redeem me?”

c)

“O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught, / Environed with all these hideous fears, / And madly play with my forefathers' joints…”

d)

“God joined my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands…”

72.

What does Romeo notice when he gazes upon Juliet in the tomb?

a)

That she has taken poison

b)

That flowers are strewn all about her body

c)

That her cheeks are rosy and that she is still fair

d)

That she is so changed since the last time he had seen her

73.

How would the Capulets and Montagues describe the theme of Romeo and Juliet?

a)

The hatred between two families can rob people of what they hold dearest

b)

Young people are foolish and irresponsible when they are in love

c)

Love is fleeting and must be pursued at all costs

d)

Misunderstandings can happen at any age and must be forgiven

74.

What is the correct rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

a)

ABABCDCDEFEFGG

b)

ABCABCABCABCDD

c)

AABBCCDDEEFFGG

d)

AABBAABBCCDDDEE

75.

What knowledge or revelation springs from the suffering of the characters?

a)

The fathers agree that when people fall in love too young, it always ends badly

b)

Capulet realizes that forcing Juliet to marry someone she didn't love caused her death

c)

The fathers realize that the freedom they had given their children allowed them to get into trouble

d)

The families are responsible for these deaths because they allowed the feud to continue