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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. What is Romeo doing at the start of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Hiding in the Capulet orchard.
(b) Hiding at the burial vault.
(c) Hiding in the friar's cell.
(d) Hiding at his father's home.

2. When the nurse finally arrives at Juliet's room in Act 2, Scene 5, she claims ___________.
(a) She is too tired to talk.
(b) She could not find Romeo.
(c) She has only bad news.
(d) She is too hungry to talk.

3. In lines 11 and 12, Romeo says, "Give me a torch, I am not for this ambling./Being but heavy, I will bear the light." This is an example of what?
(a) A simile.
(b) A pun.
(c) Personification.
(d) An allegory.

4. According to the Prologue of Act 2, what lends the couple power?
(a) Love.
(b) Time.
(c) Passion.
(d) Support from friends.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Juliet asks the nurse to give Romeo in Act 3, Scene 2?

2. In Act 4, Scene 5, the friar claims that Juliet is ___________.

3. Juliet threatens to do what in Act 4, Scene 1?

4. What advice does the friar give Romeo about love at the start of Act 2, Scene 6?

5. What does Romeo decide to do at the start of Act 2, Scene 1?

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