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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. Juliet considers herself wealthy in Act 2, Scene 6 because __________.
(a) She will have a large inheritance.
(b) Romeo's family is wealthy.
(c) She has true love.
(d) Her father is wealthy.

2. Friar Laurence believes the alliance between families might _______________.
(a) End the feud.
(b) Cause the Prince to lift the law against fighting.
(c) Cause greater fighting among them.
(d) Allow more marriages between the families.

3. What does the nurse say about the man who is lucky enough to marry Juliet?
(a) He will have to gain her father's approval.
(b) He will have to compete with Paris.
(c) He will gain her money with the marriage.
(d) He will have to fight Tybalt first.

4. The nurse's dialogue reveals Juliet's age to be how old?
(a) Fourteen.
(b) Thirteen.
(c) Fifteen.
(d) Twelve.

5. In Act 2, Scene 3, the friar believes Romeo never went to bed because ___________.
(a) He was carousing drunkenly with his friends.
(b) He was fighting with Tybalt.
(c) He was with Rosaline.
(d) He was hiding from his father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Romeo arranges to send a man to the nurse with _______________.

2. The chorus promises that anything left out of the prologue will be __________.

3. Why does Lady Capulet not feel Juliet is too young to get married?

4. Civil blood has made civil hands unclean because ____________.

5. Why is Romeo down as the men travel to the Capulet party?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What "satisfaction" does Romeo ask Juliet for?

4. Why does Benvolio attempt to convince Romeo to pursue other loves?

5. Why is Prince Escalus angry with the Montagues and Capulets?

6. Why does Juliet wish Romeo had another name?

7. What gesture does Sampson make toward Abram?

8. Why does Capulet discourage Tybalt from confronting Romeo?

9. Why is Mercutio discussing Tybalt's character in Act 2, Scene 4?

10. What is the difference between Lady Capulet's behavior toward Juliet and the nurse's behavior?

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