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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. Mercutio says the two houses have made "worm's meat" of him because ___________________.
(a) Their feud has finally ended peacefully.
(b) He feels the families have used him for bait.
(c) He feels the families have made him rotten.
(d) Their feud has caused his death.

4. Juliet claims the nightingale is still singing because ________________.
(a) She wants to believe it is still dark so the Capulets will not see Romeo leaving.
(b) She believes the nightingale is lucky and will protect Romeo.
(c) She wants to believe Romeo will come and see her.
(d) She wants to believe it is still dark so Romeo can stay.

5. What name does Capulet call the nurse in Act 4, Scene 4?
(a) Alicia.
(b) Angelina.
(c) Angel.
(d) Angelica.

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

7. 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 reads Romeo's letters to Friar Laurence.
(c) The Prince reads Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo.
(d) The Prince asks Balthasar to tell the truth.

8. In Act 3, Scene 4, Capulet informs Paris of what?
(a) That Juliet is too upset over Romeo to come downstairs.
(b) That Juliet is already married to Romeo.
(c) That Juliet is too grief-stricken to speak with him.
(d) That Juliet refuses to marry him.

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

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

11. Why does Lady Capulet doubt Benvolio's version of the events of Act 3, Scene 1?
(a) Benvolio is a well-known liar.
(b) Benvolio has a reputation as a bully and a fighter.
(c) Benvolio is a Montague, and she believes he is biased.
(d) Benvolio is a Capulet, and she believes he is biased.

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

13. At the end of Act 3, Scene 3, Romeo leaves the friar to do what?
(a) Go see his father.
(b) Go bury Mercutio.
(c) Go see the Prince.
(d) Go visit Juliet.

14. 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 Juliet is dead and the familiy is mourning.
(c) Because they do not know the music Peter asks them for.
(d) Because they have not been paid.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet has a fleeting suspicion that ______________.

2. Capulet believes Juliet will cooperate with the wedding plans fully because __________________.

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

4. Friar Laurence advises the Capulets to do what in Act 4, Scene 5?

5. In Act 3, Scene 3, the friar tells Romeo that the Prince ____________.

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