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

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

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

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

5. What does Lady Capulet plan to speak to Juliet about in the morning?
(a) Juliet's love for Paris.
(b) Juliet's upcoming marriage to Paris.
(c) Juliet's love for Romeo.
(d) Juliet's divorce from Romeo.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why has Friar John come to visit Friar Laurence in Act 5, Scene 2?

2. Juliet first believes that who is dead in Act 3, Scene 2?

3. Because Juliet finds Romeo dead, she _____________.

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

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

Short Essay Questions

1. How do Juliet's verbalized fears in Act 4, Scene 3 foreshadow upcoming events?

2. What is Friar Laurence's plan for Juliet now that the letter has failed to reach Romeo?

3. What consolation does the friar offer the Capulet family when Juliet is found dead?

4. Why does Paris try to prevent Romeo from entering the vault?

5. What is Juliet's first speech about in Act 3, Scene 2?

6. Why are the preparations for Juliet's wedding to Paris so rushed?

7. Why does Romeo believe he can get the apothecary to sell him poison, though it is illegal?

8. Why does Juliet threaten to kill herself in Act 4, Scene 1?

9. Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt instead of Romeo?

10. What is ironic about Capulet's statement that the city is "bound" to the Friar?

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