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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 4, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In Romeo's opening speech in Act 2, Scene 2, he refers to Juliet as __________.
(a) The moon.
(b) The sun.
(c) An Ethiopian princess.
(d) The goddess Diana.

3. At the end of Act 1, Scene 2, Romeo agrees to do what?
(a) Attend the party to anger the Capulets.
(b) Attend the party to make his parents happy.
(c) Attend the party to admire Rosaline.
(d) Attend the party to meet Juliet.

4. At the Capulet party, Romeo takes Juliet's hand, then offers to do what?
(a) Ask her to dance to excuse his forwardness.
(b) Kiss her on the lips to distract her from his touch.
(c) Kiss her hand to make up for his rough touch.
(d) Ask her father for her hand in marriage.

5. In lines 186-196, Romeo compares love to all of the following EXCEPT what?
(a) A preserving sweet.
(b) A sea nourished with tears.
(c) A smoke made with the fume of sighs.
(d) A clenching pain in the heart.

Short Answer Questions

1. The friar suggests Juliet consent to the marriage with Paris in order to ________________.

2. Romeo dares death to ________________.

3. Why is there more "peril" in Juliet's eye than in her kinsmen's swords?

4. In the play's first scene, Benvolio advises Romeo to _________.

5. Romeo and Juliet are ______________.

(see the answer key)

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