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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. In Act 3, Scene 2, Juliet compares her impatience to see Romeo to what?
(a) A child who has a new mansion.
(b) A child who has new robes but cannot wear them yet.
(c) A starry night.
(d) A sober-suited matron.

4. Capulet is so thrilled with Juliet's behavior in Act 4, Scene 2 that he __________________.
(a) Invites the friar to the wedding.
(b) Tells Paris he can see Juliet that same evening.
(c) Postpones the wedding as Juliet asked.
(d) Moves the wedding up to the following day.

5. In Act 3, Scene 4, Capulet tells Lady Capulet to do what?
(a) Prepare Juliet for Tybalt's funeral.
(b) Invite six guests to the wedding.
(c) Have the nurse prepare Juliet for the wedding.
(d) Prepare Juliet for the wedding tonight.

6. Before she falls unconscious, Juliet thinks she sees ______________.
(a) Tybalt's ghost seeking Romeo.
(b) Romeo standing in the window.
(c) Tybalt's ghost coming to take her to her grave.
(d) Romeo's ghost come to take her to her grave.

7. In Act 3, Scene 4, Capulet informs Paris of what?
(a) That Juliet is already married to Romeo.
(b) That Juliet is too grief-stricken to speak with him.
(c) That Juliet is too upset over Romeo to come downstairs.
(d) That Juliet refuses to marry him.

8. 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.

9. Juliet calls Romeo "beautiful tyrant" and "fiend angelical," which are examples of ____________.
(a) A metaphor.
(b) An oxymoron.
(c) An allusion.
(d) A simile.

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

11. Romeo finds relief from his anguish in Act 3, Scene 3 when _____________.
(a) The priest tells him to leave town.
(b) The nurse comforts him.
(c) The priest tells him he is banished.
(d) The nurse gives him Juliet's ring.

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

13. At the beginning of Act 4, Scene 4, Lady Capulet and the nurse are _____________.
(a) trying to wake Juliet.
(b) discussing recipes for the wedding.
(c) discussing Juliet's dress for the wedding.
(d) preparing for the wedding day.

14. Why has Friar John come to visit Friar Laurence in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) He has come to tell Friar Laurence to go get Juliet from the vault.
(b) He has come to tell Friar Laurence he could not deliver Romeo's letter.
(c) He has come to tell Friar Laurence that he is sick.
(d) He has come to tell Friar Laurence that Juliet is dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What news does Balthasar give Romeo at the beginning of Act 5?

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

3. Before he can enter the tomb, Romeo encounters who?

4. At the end of Act 4, Scene 2, Capulet plans to do what?

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

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