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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 5.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Romeo and Juliet's love is described as star-crossed, which means ____________.
(a) Ill-fated.
(b) Lost.
(c) Famous.
(d) Planned by God.

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

4. The marriage of Paris and Juliet has been planned for what day?
(a) Wednesday.
(b) Thursday.
(c) Saturday.
(d) Tomorrow.

5. The grudge between feuding families is described as _______.
(a) Recent.
(b) Minor.
(c) Ancient.
(d) Major.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the friar says Romeo's love "could read by rote, that could not spell," what is he suggesting?

2. The nurse's dialogue reveals Juliet's age to be how old?

3. Juliet calls Romeo "beautiful tyrant" and "fiend angelical," which are examples of ____________.

4. Romeo claims he is in love as the play opens, but is unhappy because ______________.

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

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