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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the word dignity in line 1 of the prologue suggest both houses are alike?
(a) In relation to Prince Escalus.
(b) In sadness.
(c) In social standing.
(d) In violence.

2. Benvolio suggests Romeo attend the Capulet party in order to ______________.
(a) Compare Rosaline to other beauties.
(b) Challenge Paris' courtship of Juliet.
(c) Apologize to Capulet.
(d) Pick a fight with Tybalt.

3. Throughout their first meeting, what do Romeo and Juliet compare themselves to?
(a) Priests.
(b) Quakers.
(c) Pilgrims.
(d) Lovers.

4. The Prince reveals that there have already been ____________.
(a) Four battles between families.
(b) Three battles between families.
(c) Two battles between families.
(d) Six battles between families.

5. In Romeo's opening speech in Act 2, Scene 2, he refers to Juliet as __________.
(a) The sun.
(b) The moon.
(c) An Ethiopian princess.
(d) The goddess Diana.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is there more "peril" in Juliet's eye than in her kinsmen's swords?

2. What ultimately ends the feud between the Capulets and Montagues?

3. The nurse's attitude toward Paris could be described as what?

4. When will Paris will get his first chance to woo Juliet?

5. Romeo and Juliet's love is described as star-crossed, which means ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What limitations do Romeo and Juliet face as lovers?

2. What, according to the Act 1 prologue, will comprise the traffic of the stage?

3. How does Lady Capulet appear to feel about Paris as a prospective groom for her daughter?

4. Why does Capulet discourage Tybalt from confronting Romeo?

5. What freedom does Capulet seem to be offering Juliet in her choices for marriage?

6. What story does the nurse tell about Juliet in Act 1, Scene 3?

7. What is Benvolio trying to do as the fight breaks out in the square?

8. What gesture does Sampson make toward Abram?

9. How are Romeo and Juliet's families alike, and why might this be important?

10. What is the "change" Friar Laurence claims to observe in Romeo?

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