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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. How long does the prologue predict the play will be?
(a) One hour.
(b) Three hours.
(c) Four hours.
(d) Two hours.

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

3. The feud between the Capulets and Montagues has caused ______________.
(a) Political exile for both families.
(b) Bankruptcy in both families.
(c) Violence and death in both families.
(d) Social ostracization for both families.

4. In Act 2, Scene 4, what does the nurse warn Romeo against?
(a) Running into Tybalt.
(b) Losing Capulet's blessing.
(c) Falsely leading Juliet on.
(d) Marrying Juliet for her money.

5. Romeo claims he does not know what name he should identify himself by because _______________.
(a) His name is an enemy to Juliet, and therefore hateful to him.
(b) His name is an enemy to Juliet, and he is afraid to identify himself at her home.
(c) His name is hard to pronounce in Italian.
(d) He cannot remember his name.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 1, Prologue, the chorus asks the audience to be what?

2. At the end of Act 2, Scene 1, what do Benvolio and Mercutio decide to do>

3. What will be Juliet's excuse for leaving the house to go to church that afternoon?

4. Juliet claims the nightingale is still singing because ________________.

5. Who arrives to speak to Romeo and the friar in Act 3, Scene 3?

(see the answer key)

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