WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Quiz
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Worksheet time: 2hrs 53mins
What is a theme of Romeo and Juliet?
Secrets can destroy families
Peace comes only after long periods of conflict
Disregarding parental wishes leads to serious problems
Those who act in haste bring about their own destruction
Who said: "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"?
Tybalt
Friar Lawrence
Romeo
Paris
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."?
Capulet
Lady Capulet
Tybalt
Juliet
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."?
Lady Capulet
Nurse
Capulet
Prince
Who said: "O Happy Dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die."?
Juliet
Paris
Romeo
Tybalt
Who said: "A plague o'both your houses!"?
Mercutio
Romeo
Paris
Tybalt
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."?
Friar Lawrence
Nurse
Benvolio
Mercutio
Who said: "These violent delights have violent ends."?
Capulet
Prince
Montague
Friar Lawrence
Who said: "True apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."?
Juliet
Romeo
Lady Capulet
Paris
Who said: "Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."?
Romeo
Friar Lawrence
Capulet
Nurse
The play takes place in
Paris
Stratford-Upon-Avon
Venice
Verona
At the beginning of the play, Romeo is upset because
he is in love
he has never felt true love
he is in love, but it is not loved back
he was just dumped
Who is related to Mercutio?
Romeo
Paris
Benvolio
Juliet
Benvolio encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet party to
see Juliet
meet other women
have at least one night of happiness
fight Tybalt
At the end of the play, who unintentionally gives Romeo a false report of Juliet's death?
Gregory
Sampson
Benvolio
Balthasar
Friar John was unable to deliver the letter to Romeo because
the town was under siege
he didn't have directions
the town was quarantined
Romeo had already left
After Juliet wakes up in the tomb, Friar Lawrence suggests hiding her
in a nunnery
at the castle
in his cell
in Friar John's cell
In Juliet's speech that begins "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" Juliet is asking:
Where are you Romeo?
Why must you be Romeo?
Why did you leave me, Romeo?
Do you love me, Romeo?
What is dramatically ironic about Romeo’s encounter with Tybalt before Mercutio and Tybalt are killed in Act III?
Tybalt does not want to fight at the time
Benvolio is the one starting the fight
Romeo knows that Tybalt is now family
Tybalt knows Romeo doesn’t want to fight
When Romeo learns of his banishment, he states it is
better than being put to death
unfair and unjust
unfortunate, but a fair punishment
worse than death
How does Juliet feel about the Nurse when the Nurse tells her to marry Paris at the end of Act III?
comforted
reassured
betrayed
angry
Juliet’s “back-up plan” if the potion doesn’t work is to
shoot herself
run away
marry Paris
stab herself
In Act V, Paris attacks Romeo in the Capulet tomb because he believes Romeo is there to
deface and defile Juliet and the Capulet tomb
steal from the Capulet tomb
steal Juliet’s body from the Capulet tomb
kill himself to be with Juliet in the Capulet tomb
How old is Juliet at the beginning of the play?
12
13
14
15
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He wants to be promoted
He wants the reward money
He wants the fighting to end
He is a hopeless romantic
The apothecary agrees to give Romeo the potion because he
is afraid of Romeo’s threats
wants to help Romeo out
is poor and needs the money
knows the potion won’t work
How are Romeo and Benvolio related?
They are brothers
They are cousins
Benvolio is Romeo's uncle
They are not related
What does Lady Capulet suggest to Juliet after she finds out Romeo killed Tybalt?
She suggests poisoning Romeo
She suggests pressing charges against Romeo
She suggests tricking him into coming over, then ambushing him
She suggests that Capulet kill him
What is Paris' last request?
He asks for his life to be spared
He asks that he be left alone to pray and ask for forgiveness
He asks to be buried next to Juliet
He asks if Juliet ever loved him
The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets is over
food
land
power
no one knows
Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a potion that is supposed to last
28 hours
48 hours
24 hours
42 hours
Who is related to the Prince?
Mercutio
Benvolio
Balthasar
Peter
To where was Romeo banished?
Verona
Mantua
Paris
Venice
What day of the week does Capulet set for the FINAL date of Paris and Juliet's wedding?
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Who fails to deliver the letter to Romeo?
Benvolio
Balthasar
Peter
Friar John
What do the feuding families do to honor each other's child at the end of the play?
Give them a proper burial
Write poems in their honor
Raise a statue of each
Donate to their favorite charity
“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man” is an example of
drama
pun
an aside
hyperbole
The climax of the play is when:
Juliet is found “dead” from drinking the potion
Romeo kills Tybalt, and both Tybalt as well as Mercutio are dead
Romeo thinks that Juliet is truly dead
Romeo and Juliet lie in the tomb, both dead from their own hands
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:
metaphor
aside
foreshadowing
person versus person
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
foreshadowing
metaphor
man versus fate
dramatic irony
Which of the following is not a theme in Romeo and Juliet?
The inevitability of fate
Violence and hatred are to be respected
The folly of youth
Passion can cause one to ignore common sense
By definition, what must a tragic hero possess?
Tragic injustice
Tragic heroism
Hamartia
Honesty
What is the best term that matches this definition: A person or group who act as a narrator and commentator.
Act
Chorus
Scene
Prose
What is the best term that matches this definition: A word or phrase with more than one meaning, usually risque.
Pun
Double entendre
Euphemism
Allusion
Which is an example of Romeo's tragic flaw?
Hostility
Unfaithfulness
Rashness
Eagerness
What event does the Prologue foreshadow?
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet
The marriage of Romeo and Juliet
The death of Mercutio and Tybalt
The marriage of Paris and Juliet
Romeo agrees with Benvolio's plan to go to Capulet's party because he hopes to
forget his love for Rosaline
challenge Tybalt to a fight
catch a glimpse of Rosaline
Make peace with the Capulets
What makes Romeo reluctant to go to the party?
He is afraid of angering Capulet
He has a premonition of his death
He is afraid of upsetting his father
Mercutio has warned him against going
What obstacles to Romeo and Juliet's relationship are already apparent in Act I?
The families' rivalry and Lady Capulet's refusal to allow Juliet to marry so young
The families’ rivalry and Capulet's desire for Juliet to marry Paris
Montague's refusal to allow the relationship and Benvolio's own affection for Juliet
The Prince's refusal to allow the families to mix and Romeo's affection for Rosaline
Act I of Romeo and Juliet is mainly about the Capulet-Montague feud and
Romeo and Juliet's first meeting
Romeo’s unrequited love for Rosaline
Paris’s desire to marry Juliet
Juliet’s interest in marriage
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."
She thinks Romeo has a sweet-sounding name
She wishes Romeo had a different name
She loves Romeo’s name
The love she feels for Romeo reminds her of a rose
Which of the following pairs of lines is a rhymed couplet?
By whose direction found'st thou this place? By love, that first did prompt me to inquire
But passion lends them power, time means to meet, Temp'ring extremities with extreme sweet.
I'll tell thee ere thou ask it me again I have been feasting with mine enemy
I would thou hadst my bones, and I thy news. Nay, come, I pray thee speak. Good, good nurse, speak.
Act II is mainly about
Benvolio and Mercutio's impatience with Romeo
Friar Lawrence's hesitation concerning Romeo’s marriage
Romeo and Juliet's decision to get married
Juliet's growing impatience with her nurse
Why is Capulet so upset by Juliet's refusal to marry Paris?
He considers Paris to be a good match for her
He is uncomfortable with her tears
He does not want her to marry Romeo
He will need to find someone else for her to marry
Why does Juliet go to Friar Lawrence’s cell at the end of Act III?
To cancel her marriage to Romeo
To hide from her family
To seek his advice
To grieve for Tybalt
Choose the statement that best describes an example of a soliloquy:
Benvolio gives a long explanation to the Prince of the “bloody fray”
Juliet, alone in her room, expresses her fear over drinking the contents of the vial
The Friar and Romeo are alone when the Friar tells Romeo of his banishment
The conversation between Lady Capulet and Juliet is full of double meanings
Choose the statement that best describes an example of a monologue:
prior to the fight, the characters banter quickly back and forth
Nurse seems to withhold information as Juliet asks questions
Prince Escalus speaks sternly to the Montagues and the Capulets for fighting openly in the street
Juliet dismisses her nurse, then states her resolve to visit Friar Lawrence
In an aside, a character
speaks to one other character directly, but others hear
speaks thoughts to himself while in the presence of other characters
speaks their thoughts in a long speech, when no one else is on stage
makes a short remark that others are not meant to hear
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?
Juliet is saddened by the death of Tybalt
Juliet actually weeps for Romeo’s banishment
Juliet is pretending to cry in order to avoid seeing Paris
Juliet was in love with her cousin
Act IV is mainly about
Capulet's plans for Juliet's wedding
Capulet's plans for Juliet's funeral
Juliet's plan to avoid marrying Paris
Paris' concern that Juliet does not love him
What is the best term that matches this definition: A break in the seriousness for a moment of comedy.
Comedy
Pun
Double Entendre
Comic Relief
What is the best term that matches this definition: A 10-syllable line divided into stressed and unstressed syllables.
Prose
Blank Verse
Iambic Pentameter
Soliloquy
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.
Euphemism
Double Entendre
Pun
Comedy
What is the best term that matches this definition: A play on words, especially those that sound alike.
Euphemism
Double Entendre
Pun
Comedy
What is the best term that matches this definition: A literary reference to a well-known work of art, music, history, or literature.
Act
Allusion
Aside
Prose
What is the best term that matches this definition: Italicized comments that give direction or provide information to actors.
Soliloquy
Monologue
Dialogue
Stage Directions
What is the best term that matches this definition: A work of literature designed to be performed in front of an audience.
Comedy
Tragedy
Drama
Scene
What is the best term that matches this definition: Conversation between two or more characters.
Soliloquy
Monologue
Dialogue
Stage Direction
How does Capulet respond when Juliet tells him she will marry Paris?
He is pleased and eager to move ahead
He is suspicious and questions her motives
He requests time to think the manner over
He wants to speak about her change of heart with the Friar
Which of the following in NOT one of Juliet's anxieties about taking the potion?
Her parents will find out about the hoax
The mixture may not work at all
Friar Lawrence might use this as an opportunity to conceal his role in her marriage
She may suffocate in the foul air of the tomb
Which of the following quotations from Juliet's speeches is an example of dramatic irony?
“Nurse, will you go with me to my closet / To help me sort such needful ornaments / As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?”
“How if, when I am laid into the tomb, / I wake before the time that Romeo / Come to redeem me?”
“O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught, / Environed with all these hideous fears, / And madly play with my forefathers' joints…”
“God joined my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands…”
What does Romeo notice when he gazes upon Juliet in the tomb?
That she has taken poison
That flowers are strewn all about her body
That her cheeks are rosy and that she is still fair
That she is so changed since the last time he had seen her
How would the Capulets and Montagues describe the theme of Romeo and Juliet?
The hatred between two families can rob people of what they hold dearest
Young people are foolish and irresponsible when they are in love
Love is fleeting and must be pursued at all costs
Misunderstandings can happen at any age and must be forgiven
What is the correct rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
ABABCDCDEFEFGG
ABCABCABCABCDD
AABBCCDDEEFFGG
AABBAABBCCDDDEE
What knowledge or revelation springs from the suffering of the characters?
The fathers agree that when people fall in love too young, it always ends badly
Capulet realizes that forcing Juliet to marry someone she didn't love caused her death
The fathers realize that the freedom they had given their children allowed them to get into trouble
The families are responsible for these deaths because they allowed the feud to continue
