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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Juliet worries that she will wake before Romeo arrives and
(a) Have to leave without him.
(b) Suffocate in the tomb.
(c) Be forced to marry Paris.
(d) Encounter Tybalt's ghost.

2. The friar suggests Juliet consent to the marriage with Paris in order to ________________.
(a) Deceive her parents so she can go through with her plans.
(b) Postpone the wedding a few more days.
(c) Make everyone feel better.
(d) Deceive Paris into thinking she loves him.

3. How does Juliet react to the nurse's suggestion that she marry Paris?
(a) Juliet believes she should trust her old friend.
(b) Juliet believes the nurse has lost her mind.
(c) Juliet believes she can no longer trust the nurse.
(d) Juliet believes the nurse is kindly offering her wisdom.

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

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

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

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

8. Juliet threatens to do what in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Kill herself.
(b) Run away tonight.
(c) Tell her parents the truth.
(d) Kill Paris.

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

10. Juliet claims she would do all of the following to be with Romeo EXCEPT what?
(a) Hide in a burial vault with dead bodies.
(b) Lurk where serpents are.
(c) Murder Paris and Capulet.
(d) Leap off a tower battlement.

11. When Capulet hears of Juliet's refusal to marry Paris, he does what?
(a) Threatens to disown her.
(b) Plans to reschedule the wedding.
(c) Threatens to hit her.
(d) Figures out she is already married to Romeo.

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

13. When Romeo sees Juliet in Act 5, Scene 3, he is struck by _______________.
(a) How beautiful she is compared to the other corpses.
(b) How beautiful she is, even in death.
(c) How cold she is.
(d) How brave she is to lay among the dead.

14. Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?
(a) Romeo wants Tybalt to believe he is forgiving.
(b) Romeo is trying to trick Tybalt into letting his guard down.
(c) Romeo wants Tybalt to fight Mercutio instead.
(d) Romeo is trying to respect Tybalt as Juliet's family since they are now married.

15. Why does Romeo visit the apothecary in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) He wants to buy a potion to fake his own death.
(b) He wants to buy poison so he can kill himself and be with Juliet.
(c) He wants to buy a potion to wake Juliet.
(d) He wants to buy poison to kill Paris.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the friar tell Romeo his "tears are womanish"?

2. Who dies during Act 3, Scene 1?

3. Friar Laurence plans to remedy the situation by doing what?

4. Capulet calls the servant "loggerhead," which means __________.

5. Who arrives to speak to Romeo and the friar in Act 3, Scene 3?

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