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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. Finally, at the end of Act 4, Scene 4, Capulet tells the nurse to do what?
(a) Go to bed and rest before the wedding.
(b) Leave him be.
(c) Go chat with Paris.
(d) Waken Juliet because Paris has already arrived.

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

8. What is Paris' response to the scheduled wedding date?
(a) He wishes he had more time to prepare.
(b) He wishes Juliet would make up her mind.
(c) He wishes it would come sooner.
(d) He wishes it were over.

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

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

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

12. What is the Prince's judgment for Romeo at the end of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) The Prince forgives Romeo.
(b) The Prince sentences Romeo to death.
(c) The Prince exiles Romeo.
(d) The Prince sentences Romeo to live in prison.

13. 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 a potion to wake Juliet.
(c) He wants to buy poison so he can kill himself and be with Juliet.
(d) He wants to buy poison to kill Paris.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Juliet refuse to go to her grieving parents?

2. Who discovers that Juliet appears to be dead?

3. In Act 3, Scene 4, Capulet informs Paris of what?

4. Who gave the letter to Romeo explaining about Juliet?

5. After Juliet takes the potion, the friar will do what?

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