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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Benvolio warns Mercutio that taunting Romeo will ________.
(a) Cause him to come out from hiding.
(b) Anger him.
(c) Only make him hide longer.
(d) Make him cry.

2. In Act 1, Scene 4, Romeo describes love as ________.
(a) Too gentle.
(b) Too tender.
(c) Too rough.
(d) Too heavy.

3. Benvolio and Mercutio believe Romeo is hiding in Act 2, Scene 1 because __________________.
(a) He knows they will tease him about Juliet.
(b) He is afraid of Tybalt.
(c) He is ashamed of his behavior with Juliet.
(d) He is still pining for Rosaline.

4. Why does Lady Capulet not feel Juliet is too young to get married?
(a) She herself wants to marry Paris.
(b) Juliet is a legal adult.
(c) She herself was a mother at Juliet's age.
(d) She wants Juliet to become a mother soon.

5. The girl Romeo loves "has Dian's wit," which means _______.
(a) She is a disciple of the goddess Diana, and will therefore become a nun.
(b) She is chaste, and therefore not interested in an affair with Romeo.
(c) She is interested in marriage only if it improves her social standing.
(d) She is much smarter than Romeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Finally, the nurse advises Juliet to ____________.

2. The prologue of Act 2 reveals that despite difficulty, __________________.

3. The Capulet servant tells Romeo and Benvolio they may attend the party if ___________________.

4. The chorus promises that anything left out of the prologue will be __________.

5. Romeo's last speech during Act 1, Scene 4 reveals what?

(see the answer key)

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