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

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

3. Why is there more "peril" in Juliet's eye than in her kinsmen's swords?
(a) Because Romeo cannot fight a female.
(b) Because the risk of loving Juliet puts him in danger.
(c) Because Juliet is deceitful and may kill him.
(d) Because Juliet's love is unhealthy.

4. In Act 2, Scene 3, the friar believes Romeo never went to bed because ___________.
(a) He was fighting with Tybalt.
(b) He was hiding from his father.
(c) He was carousing drunkenly with his friends.
(d) He was with Rosaline.

5. The chorus promises that anything left out of the prologue will be __________.
(a) Made clear in the prologues to other Acts.
(b) Covered during the events of the play.
(c) Obvious to the audience.
(d) Unimportant.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the end of Act 3, Scene 3, Romeo leaves the friar to do what?

2. Mercutio asks Romeo to leave the nurse and do what?

3. Capulet's initial objection to Paris courting his daughter is due to what?

4. Romeo arranges to send a man to the nurse with _______________.

5. In Act 1, Scene 2, Romeo compares his thwarted love for Rosaline to ______________.

(see the answer key)

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