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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Capulet believes Juliet will cooperate with the wedding plans fully because __________________.
(a) He knows she secretly loves Parie.
(b) She has always planned to marry Paris.
(c) She has always been obedient to him.
(d) She has always wanted a big wedding.

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

3. Why does Juliet refuse to go to her grieving parents?
(a) She says she will be too busy making arrangements for her wedding night.
(b) She suggests she is already angry with her parents.
(c) She says she will go find Romeo and give him a message.
(d) She suggests she will go to her room and kill herself out of grief for Romeo.

4. Juliet first believes that who is dead in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Romeo.
(b) Mercutio.
(c) Paris.
(d) Tybalt.

5. After Juliet takes the potion, the friar will do what?
(a) Send a letter to Capulet telling him Juliet is not really dead.
(b) Send a letter to Romeo telling him to come home and confess.
(c) Send a letter to Romeo telling him Juliet is dead.
(d) Send a letter to Romeo telling him to come get Juliet.

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

7. In Act 4, Scene 5, Capulet compares Juliet to what?
(a) A flower covered by an untimely frost.
(b) A flower plucked too soon.
(c) A frost on the windows.
(d) A living corpse.

8. What does Lady Capulet plan to speak to Juliet about in the morning?
(a) Juliet's love for Paris.
(b) Juliet's love for Romeo.
(c) Juliet's upcoming marriage to Paris.
(d) Juliet's divorce from Romeo.

9. How does Lady Capulet respond to Juliet's plea for help regarding the impending marriage to Paris?
(a) She says she wants Juliet to go confess her sins.
(b) She says she will speak to Capulet.
(c) She says she is done with Juliet.
(d) She says Juliet should ask the nurse for help instead.

10. Who arrives to speak to Romeo and the friar in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Lady Capulet.
(b) Benvolio.
(c) The nurse.
(d) Montague.

11. Why is the apothecary hesitant to sell Romeo poison?
(a) It is against the law.
(b) It is against his morals.
(c) He does not have what Romeo needs.
(d) He is afraid Romeo will die.

12. What is Paris' response to the scheduled wedding date?
(a) He wishes it would come sooner.
(b) He wishes Juliet would make up her mind.
(c) He wishes he had more time to prepare.
(d) He wishes it were over.

13. Mercutio says the two houses have made "worm's meat" of him because ___________________.
(a) He feels the families have used him for bait.
(b) Their feud has finally ended peacefully.
(c) Their feud has caused his death.
(d) He feels the families have made him rotten.

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

15. Friar Laurence tells Friar John that ____________.
(a) Refusing to deliver the letter was a crime.
(b) Refusing to deliver the letter has caused many deaths.
(c) Neglecting the letter could cause danger.
(d) Neglecting the letter would get him in trouble.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name does Capulet call the nurse in Act 4, Scene 4?

2. Before she falls unconscious, Juliet thinks she sees ______________.

3. Juliet calls Romeo "beautiful tyrant" and "fiend angelical," which are examples of ____________.

4. In Act 4, Scnee 2, Juliet apologizes to her parents for ________________.

5. Finally, at the end of Act 4, Scene 4, Capulet tells the nurse to do what?

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