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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet asks the nurse to leave her alone _______________.
(a) So she can take the poison on her own.
(b) So she can escape to the friar's cell.
(c) So she can think about her upcoming wedding.
(d) So she can let Romeo in.

2. What is Juliet's reaction to her mother's news that the wedding has been planned for Thursday?
(a) She refuses to get married until Saturday.
(b) She pretends that she cannot hear her mother.
(c) She pretends to be overjoyed.
(d) She refuses to go through with the wedding.

3. In Act 1, Scene 3, Lady Capulet has summons Juliet to discuss what?
(a) Her potential marriage to Romeo.
(b) Her potential meeting with Romeo at the party.
(c) Her potential marriage to Paris.
(d) Ger permission to attend confession with the nurse.

4. Juliet will not speak badly about Romeo even after he kills Tybalt because _________________.
(a) He is her husband.
(b) She knows Tybalt probably instigated the violence.
(c) She does not believe the nurse.
(d) He would be angry if he found out.

5. Civil blood has made civil hands unclean because ____________.
(a) Members of both families have killed one another.
(b) Members of both families have joined the prince's war.
(c) All of the town's civilians are killing one another.
(d) The families' actions have made murder an acceptable act.

Short Answer Questions

1. The friar claims he is uneasy about Paris' wedding to Juliet because _________________.

2. What irony faces Capulet's servant in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Romeo finds relief from his anguish in Act 3, Scene 3 when _____________.

4. The Prince reveals that there have already been ____________.

5. The nurse arrives in Act 3, Scene 5 to tell Juliet what?

(see the answer key)

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