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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Romeo and Juliet are ______________.
(a) From feuding kingdoms.
(b) From different towns.
(c) From feuding families.
(d) From different countries.

2. What does the nurse say about the man who is lucky enough to marry Juliet?
(a) He will have to compete with Paris.
(b) He will gain her money with the marriage.
(c) He will have to fight Tybalt first.
(d) He will have to gain her father's approval.

3. When Tybalt discovers Romeo's presence at the Capulet party, he does what?
(a) Tells Capulet, who advises Tybalt to ignore Romeo.
(b) Tells Mercution, who advises Romeo to leave.
(c) Tells Capulet, who advises Tybalt to challenge Romeo.
(d) Tells Juliet, who refuses to speak to Romeo.

4. At the end of Act 2, Scene 5, the nurse finally reveals that Romeo will __________________.
(a) Ask Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage.
(b) Meet Juliet in the city square.
(c) Marry Juliet at the friar's cell that afternoon.
(d) Leave for Mantua immediately.

5. What irony faces Capulet's servant in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He cannot speak, but has been instructed to invite guests to the party.
(b) He cannot understand Italian, and does not get Capulet's instructions.
(c) He cannot read the list of invited guests, and therefore invites no one.
(d) He cannot read the list of invited guests, and asks a Montague's help.

Short Answer Questions

1. The nurse's attitude toward Paris could be described as what?

2. At the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1, Benvolio asks Mercutio to do what?

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

4. In Act 2, Scene 5, the nurse says that Juliet's choice in Romeo is ___________.

5. Capulet allows that his consent is one part of the courtship agreement, but the other part is ___________.

(see the answer key)

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