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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 4, Scene 5, the friar claims that Juliet is ___________.
(a) Pretending to be dead.
(b) Only sleeping.
(c) In Mantua.
(d) In Heaven.

2. Why does Juliet refuse to go to her grieving parents?
(a) She suggests she will go to her room and kill herself out of grief for Romeo.
(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 says she will be too busy making arrangements for her wedding night.

3. In Act 4, Scnee 2, Juliet apologizes to her parents for ________________.
(a) Marrying Romeo.
(b) Her pride.
(c) Talking back to them.
(d) Her disobedience.

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

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

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

7. What does Juliet say to her mother and the nurse instead of "goodnight"?
(a) Good morrow.
(b) Bon voyage.
(c) Farewell.
(d) Good riddance.

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

9. In Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet asks the nurse to leave her alone _______________.
(a) So she can take the poison on her own.
(b) So she can escape to the friar's cell.
(c) So she can think about her upcoming wedding.
(d) So she can let Romeo in.

10. Who gave the letter to Romeo explaining about Juliet?
(a) Friar Laurence delivered the letter.
(b) No one was able to deliver the letter.
(c) Balthasar delivered the letter.
(d) Benvolio delivered the letter.

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

12. What peace has arrived in Verona at the end of the play?
(a) The Prince finally has peace on his streets.
(b) Peace for the dead.
(c) Peace between the Montagues and Capulets.
(d) Peace between Mercutio and Tybalt.

13. Before he can enter the tomb, Romeo encounters who?
(a) Friar Laurence.
(b) Capulet.
(c) Paris.
(d) Balthasar.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Capulet is in a rush in Act 4, Scene 4 because ______________.

2. Why does Romeo visit the apothecary in Act 5, Scene 1?

3. What is Paris' response to the scheduled wedding date?

4. Why was Friar John prevented from delivering Romeo's letter?

5. Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?

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