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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 5, the nurse shares Romeo's plan to do what?
(a) Answer Tybalt's challenge.
(b) Bribe the guards to let him in.
(c) Climb into Juliet's room using a rope.
(d) Marry Rosaline.

2. What will be Juliet's excuse for leaving the house to go to church that afternoon?
(a) She will say she is going to meet Paris.
(b) She will say she is going to marry Romeo.
(c) She will say she is going to meet Tybalt.
(d) She will say she is going to confession.

3. How does the word dignity in line 1 of the prologue suggest both houses are alike?
(a) In sadness.
(b) In social standing.
(c) In violence.
(d) In relation to Prince Escalus.

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

5. What ultimately ends the feud between the Capulets and Montagues?
(a) The prince's exile of both families.
(b) The deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
(c) A desperate plea from Romeo and Juliet.
(d) A final, decisive battle.

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

7. What "extremities" do Romeo and Juliet overcome in their love for one another?
(a) The violence and hatred between their families.
(b) Their social classes.
(c) The competition between families for the Prince's favor.
(d) The distance between their homes.

8. In the play's first scene, Benvolio advises Romeo to _________.
(a) Forget Rosaline.
(b) Leave Rosaline.
(c) Propose to Rosaline.
(d) Pursue Juliet.

9. The nurse's long speech in Act 1, Scene 3 reveals she had what?
(a) A son of her own named Jule.
(b) A sister named Susan.
(c) A husband named Romeo.
(d) A daughter of her own named Susan.

10. What does Romeo decide to do at the start of Act 2, Scene 1?
(a) Go home with his friends.
(b) Return to the Capulet's house to find Rosaline.
(c) Return to the Capulet's house to find Juliet.
(d) Leave his friends and go home.

11. 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.

12. Romeo alludes to Cupid because ____________.
(a) Cupid is the god of heartbreak.
(b) Cupid is the god of love.
(c) Cupid is the god of beauty.
(d) Cupid is the god of war.

13. The prologue is supposed to ______________.
(a) Tell the ending of the play.
(b) Give a brief overview of the story.
(c) Reveal the murderers.
(d) Describe the town and the time period.

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

15. Friar Laurence believes the alliance between families might _______________.
(a) Cause greater fighting among them.
(b) Allow more marriages between the families.
(c) Cause the Prince to lift the law against fighting.
(d) End the feud.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 2, Scene 4, what does the nurse warn Romeo against?

2. After reviewing the Capulet servant's list, Benvolio discovers that _________________.

3. When the friar says Romeo's love "could read by rote, that could not spell," what is he suggesting?

4. Juliet's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 2 suggests Romeo's name alone ___________.

5. The Capulet servant tells Romeo and Benvolio they may attend the party if ___________________.

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