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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the musicians refuse to play at the end of Act 4, Scene 5?
(a) Because they do not know the music Peter asks them for.
(b) Because they have not been paid.
(c) Because Capulet has asked them not to.
(d) Because Juliet is dead and the familiy is mourning.

2. Finally, at the end of Act 4, Scene 4, Capulet tells the nurse to do what?
(a) Go to bed and rest before the wedding.
(b) Waken Juliet because Paris has already arrived.
(c) Leave him be.
(d) Go chat with Paris.

3. In Act 3, Scene 3, the friar tells Romeo that the Prince ____________.
(a) Has ordered him to apologize to the Capulets.
(b) Has ordered Romeo to appear before him.
(c) Has ordered him banished, not killed.
(d) Has ordered him to leave town with Juliet.

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

5. Why was Friar John prevented from delivering Romeo's letter?
(a) He was afraid to visit a town with an infectious pestilence.
(b) He did not trust Romeo with the letter.
(c) He was quarantined due to an infectious illness in the town.
(d) He was told Romeo was ill and could not have visitors.

6. At the end of Act 3, Scene 3, Romeo leaves the friar to do what?
(a) Go see the Prince.
(b) Go visit Juliet.
(c) Go bury Mercutio.
(d) Go see his father.

7. What news does Balthasar give Romeo at the beginning of Act 5?
(a) Juliet is dead.
(b) Juliet has faked her death.
(c) Juliet has married Paris.
(d) Juliet has left Verona.

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

9. Juliet claims she met Paris at the friar's cell and ____________.
(a) Encouraged him modestly.
(b) Declared her love for him openly.
(c) Apologized for her earlier behavior.
(d) Told him to postpone the wedding.

10. What does Juliet asks the nurse to give Romeo in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) A ring.
(b) An apology.
(c) A refusal to his marriage proposal.
(d) A necklace.

11. Who dies during Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Benvolio and Tybalt.
(b) Tybalt and Balthasar.
(c) Mercutio and Tybalt.
(d) Mercutio and Benvolio.

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 it were over.
(d) He wishes he had more time to prepare.

13. The nurse arrives in Act 3, Scene 5 to tell Juliet what?
(a) She will have to tell Romeo to leave.
(b) Her mother is coming to speak to her.
(c) She will be married that same day.
(d) Her mother is coming to take her to church.

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

15. When Romeo hears the news about Juliet, he plans to do what?
(a) Beg the friar for poison in order to kill himself.
(b) Go back to Verona to seek revenge.
(c) Kill himself in front of the Capulets.
(d) Kill himself so he can be with her again.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Juliet's reaction to her mother's news that the wedding has been planned for Thursday?

2. Why does Juliet refuse to go to her grieving parents?

3. Friar Laurence heads to the burial monument in Act 5, Scene 2 because _____________.

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

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

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