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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

5. Why does the friar tell Romeo his "tears are womanish"?
(a) Romeo is overwrought with grief and refuses to be comforted.
(b) Romeo is only crying because his heart is broken.
(c) Romeo cries like a girl.
(d) Romeo is grieving because Juliet will not see him again.

6. What proof does the Prince find for the events that took place?
(a) The Prince asks Paris' page to tell the truth.
(b) The Prince asks Balthasar to tell the truth.
(c) The Prince reads Romeo's letters to Friar Laurence.
(d) The Prince reads Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo.

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

8. Ironically, in Act 5, Scene 1, Romeo's dreams have hinted at _____________.
(a) His own suicide
(b) Joyful news.
(c) Juliet's death.
(d) Juliet's arrival.

9. Friar Laurence plans to remedy the situation by doing what?
(a) Telling Juliet the truth.
(b) Writing again to Mantua after he rescues Juliet.
(c) Leaving for Mantua to get Romeo.
(d) Giving Father John another letter to take to Romeo.

10. Why does the apothecary finally take Romeo's money?
(a) He is poor.
(b) He wants revenge.
(c) He wants to kill Romeo.
(d) He is corrupt.

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

12. After Act 4, Scene 2, Juliet asks the nurse to do what?
(a) Pretend to go along with the wedding.
(b) Help her choose what she will wear to the wedding.
(c) Leave her alone to make her own decisions.
(d) Help her take the potion and hide the evidence.

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

14. What is Juliet's reaction to her mother's news that the wedding has been planned for Thursday?
(a) She refuses to go through with the wedding.
(b) She pretends that she cannot hear her mother.
(c) She pretends to be overjoyed.
(d) She refuses to get married until Saturday.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Romeo hears the news about Juliet, he plans to do what?

2. What does Juliet asks the nurse to give Romeo in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. At the end of Act 3, Scene 3, Romeo leaves the friar to do what?

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

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

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