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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Romeo doing at the start of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Hiding in the friar's cell.
(b) Hiding in the Capulet orchard.
(c) Hiding at his father's home.
(d) Hiding at the burial vault.

2. Why is Juliet ready to go to church, but "never to return"?
(a) Because she will leave Verona for Mantua soon.
(b) Because she is still angry with Capulet, and will not return home with him.
(c) Because she will go to church for her funeral, but never come home.
(d) Because she will live with Paris after the wedding.

3. At the end of Act 4, Scene 2, Capulet plans to do what?
(a) Stay up to watch over Juliet.
(b) Visit Paris and tell him the wedding is off.
(c) Stay up and plan for the wedding the next day.
(d) Visit the friar to thank him for helping Juliet.

4. The potion Juliet plans to take will do what?
(a) Cause her to die and come back to life.
(b) Cause her to appear dead for almost two days.
(c) Cause her to forget she is married to Romeo.
(d) Cause her to sleep peacefully until the wedding.

5. At the end of her speech in Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet drinks to who/what?
(a) Love.
(b) Romeo.
(c) Life.
(d) Family.

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

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

8. 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 be too busy making arrangements for her wedding night.
(d) She says she will go find Romeo and give him a message.

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

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

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

12. How does Lady Capulet respond to Juliet's plea for help regarding the impending marriage to Paris?
(a) She says she is done with Juliet.
(b) She says Juliet should ask the nurse for help instead.
(c) She says she will speak to Capulet.
(d) She says she wants Juliet to go confess her sins.

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

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

15. The friar claims he is uneasy about Paris' wedding to Juliet because _________________.
(a) Juliet has confessed she does not love Paris.
(b) It is being rushed, and Capulet is unsure of Paris' character.
(c) It has been postponed so many times, he is sure Juliet does not return his feelings.
(d) It is being rushed, and Paris is not sure of Juliet's feelings.

Short Answer Questions

1. Mercutio says the two houses have made "worm's meat" of him because ___________________.

2. In Act 3, Scene 4, Capulet tells Lady Capulet to do what?

3. Before she falls unconscious, Juliet thinks she sees ______________.

4. Juliet claims she would do all of the following to be with Romeo EXCEPT what?

5. Why does Lady Capulet doubt Benvolio's version of the events of Act 3, Scene 1?

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