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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet has a fleeting suspicion that ______________.
(a) The nurse knows she is planning to take the potion.
(b) The potion might give her amnesia.
(c) The potion might actually be a poison.
(d) The friar is still planning to marry her off to Paris.

2. Who discovers that Juliet appears to be dead?
(a) Paris.
(b) Lady Capulet.
(c) Capulet.
(d) The nurse.

3. Friar Laurence tells Friar John that ____________.
(a) Refusing to deliver the letter has caused many deaths.
(b) Refusing to deliver the letter was a crime.
(c) Neglecting the letter could cause danger.
(d) Neglecting the letter would get him in trouble.

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

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

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

7. 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.

8. Friar Laurence arrives in Act 5, Scene 3 _______________.
(a) After Romeo and Juliet kill themselves.
(b) After Romeo dies, but before Juliet kills herself.
(c) Before Romeo dies, but after Juliet kills herself.
(d) Before Romeo and Juliet die.

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

10. Before she falls unconscious, Juliet thinks she sees ______________.
(a) Romeo standing in the window.
(b) Tybalt's ghost coming to take her to her grave.
(c) Romeo's ghost come to take her to her grave.
(d) Tybalt's ghost seeking Romeo.

11. In Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet asks the nurse to leave her alone _______________.
(a) So she can take the poison on her own.
(b) So she can let Romeo in.
(c) So she can escape to the friar's cell.
(d) So she can think about her upcoming wedding.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The marriage of Paris and Juliet has been planned for what day?

2. Finally, at the end of Act 4, Scene 4, Capulet tells the nurse to do what?

3. Capulet is in a rush in Act 4, Scene 4 because ______________.

4. The friar suggests Juliet consent to the marriage with Paris in order to ________________.

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

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