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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. At the end of Act 4, Scene 2, Capulet plans to do what?
(a) Visit Paris and tell him the wedding is off.
(b) Visit the friar to thank him for helping Juliet.
(c) Stay up to watch over Juliet.
(d) Stay up and plan for the wedding the next day.

2. Why does the apothecary finally take Romeo's money?
(a) He wants to kill Romeo.
(b) He wants revenge.
(c) He is poor.
(d) He is corrupt.

3. After Act 4, Scene 2, Juliet asks the nurse to do what?
(a) Help her choose what she will wear to the wedding.
(b) Leave her alone to make her own decisions.
(c) Help her take the potion and hide the evidence.
(d) Pretend to go along with the wedding.

4. What is the Prince's judgment for Romeo at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) The Prince exiles Romeo.
(b) The Prince forgives Romeo.
(c) The Prince sentences Romeo to live in prison.
(d) The Prince sentences Romeo to death.

5. Ironically, in Act 5, Scene 1, Romeo's dreams have hinted at _____________.
(a) Juliet's death.
(b) Juliet's arrival.
(c) Joyful news.
(d) His own suicide

Short Answer Questions

1. When Capulet hears of Juliet's refusal to marry Paris, he does what?

2. Who dies during Act 3, Scene 1?

3. At the end of her speech in Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet drinks to who/what?

4. What is Paris' response to the scheduled wedding date?

5. How does Juliet react to the nurse's suggestion that she marry Paris?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt instead of Romeo?

2. What is Friar Laurence's plan for Juliet now that the letter has failed to reach Romeo?

3. How do Juliet's verbalized fears in Act 4, Scene 3 foreshadow upcoming events?

4. What is ironic about Capulet's statement that the city is "bound" to the Friar?

5. What consolation does the friar offer the Capulet family when Juliet is found dead?

6. What is Juliet's first speech about in Act 3, Scene 2?

7. How has Romeo's name "murdered" Juliet?

8. What does Juliet plan to do if the potion does not work?

9. Why does Juliet threaten to kill herself in Act 4, Scene 1?

10. Why is Juliet so upset that Romeo is banished?

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