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Romeo and Juliet Quotes

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

"True, I talk of dreams? Which are the children off an idle brain/ Begot of nothing but vain fantasy"

a)

Romeo

b)

Benvolio

c)

Montague

d)

Mercutio

2.

Come, come away.Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead; And Paris too. Come, I’ll dispose of thee Among a sisterhood of holy nuns.

Who says this to whom?

a)

The Nurse to Juliet

b)

The Friar to Nurse

c)

The Friar to Romeo

d)

The Friar to Juliet

3.

Who says this:
Noting this penury, to myself I said,“An’ if a man did need a poison now,Whose sale is present death in Mantua,

a)

The Friar

b)

Romeo

c)

Lord Montague

d)

The Prince

4.

My poverty, but not my will, consents.
The above quote reveals

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Metaphor

c)

Characterization

d)

Motivation

5.

Who said the following:
Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, The letter was not nice but full of charge, Of dear import, and the neglecting it May do much danger.

a)

Romeo

b)

Friar Laurence

c)

The Prince

d)

Lord Capulet

6.

Who said the following:
Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood,The letter was not nice but full of charge,Of dear import, and the neglecting it May do much danger.

a)

Romeo

b)

Friar Laurence

c)

The Prince

d)

Lord Capulet

7.

Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,Gorg’d with the dearest morsel of the earth, Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open,And in despite I’ll cram thee with more food.
What literary device is employed?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Pun

c)

Verbal irony

d)

Turning Point

8.

Who says:
If thou be merciful, Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet.

a)

Romeo

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Paris

d)

Nurse

9.

A glooming peace this morning with it brings, The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head.
What literary device marks the resolution?

a)

Metaphor

b)

Pun

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Comic Relief

10.

The following quote from the apothecary reveals...
My poverty, but not my will, consents.

a)

Irony

b)

Motivation

c)

Complications

d)

Exposition

11.

Which of the following is a likely theme of the play

a)

Teenage love is silly

b)

People will die

c)

Love can exist in the face of hate

d)

All of the above

12.

The word "dignity" in line 1 of the Prologue suggests both houses are alike - "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona, where we lay our scene" in...

a)

violence

b)

social standing

c)

sadness

d)

relation to the Prince

13.

Who says the following quote in 'Romeo and Juliet': 'But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.'

a)

A) Romeo

b)

B) Juliet

c)

C) Mercutio

d)

D) Benvolio

14.

In 'Romeo and Juliet', what literary device is used in the quote: 'A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life'?

a)

A) Metaphor

b)

B) Foreshadowing

c)

C) Irony

d)

D) Alliteration

15.

What is the meaning of the word 'piteous' in the context of the Prologue of 'Romeo and Juliet': 'The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.'

a)

A) Joyful

b)

B) Sorrowful

c)

C) Angry

d)

D) Excited