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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Romeo claims he is in love as the play opens, but is unhappy because ______________.
(a) The girl he loves does not love him.
(b) His parents oppose the match.
(c) He has no intention of getting married.
(d) He is already engaged to Juliet.

2. Why does the friar tell Romeo his "tears are womanish"?
(a) Romeo is only crying because his heart is broken.
(b) Romeo cries like a girl.
(c) Romeo is overwrought with grief and refuses to be comforted.
(d) Romeo is grieving because Juliet will not see him again.

3. When the nurse finally arrives at Juliet's room in Act 2, Scene 5, she claims ___________.
(a) She is too hungry to talk.
(b) She has only bad news.
(c) She could not find Romeo.
(d) She is too tired to talk.

4. What will be Juliet's excuse for leaving the house to go to church that afternoon?
(a) She will say she is going to meet Paris.
(b) She will say she is going to confession.
(c) She will say she is going to meet Tybalt.
(d) She will say she is going to marry Romeo.

5. What is Juliet waiting for at the start of Act 2, Scene 5?
(a) For Peter to arrive with news of Romeo.
(b) For Romeo to arrive.
(c) For Mercutio to arrive with news of Romeo.
(d) For the nurse to arrive with news of Romeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Juliet considers herself wealthy in Act 2, Scene 6 because __________.

2. Mercutio attempts to "conjure" Romeo by in Act 2, Scene 1 by doing what?

3. In Act 2, Scene 5, the nurse shares Romeo's plan to do what?

4. When Romeo arrives in Act 2, Scene 4, he apologizes for ___________.

5. What irony faces Capulet's servant in Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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