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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. The marriage of Paris and Juliet has been planned for what day?
(a) Tomorrow.
(b) Saturday.
(c) Wednesday.
(d) Thursday.

2. What peace has arrived in Verona at the end of the play?
(a) Peace between Mercutio and Tybalt.
(b) Peace for the dead.
(c) Peace between the Montagues and Capulets.
(d) The Prince finally has peace on his streets.

3. Romeo finds relief from his anguish in Act 3, Scene 3 when _____________.
(a) The nurse gives him Juliet's ring.
(b) The priest tells him to leave town.
(c) The priest tells him he is banished.
(d) The nurse comforts him.

4. What is Romeo doing at the start of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Hiding at his father's home.
(b) Hiding at the burial vault.
(c) Hiding in the Capulet orchard.
(d) Hiding in the friar's cell.

5. Juliet first believes that who is dead in Act 3, Scene 2?
(a) Romeo.
(b) Mercutio.
(c) Paris.
(d) Tybalt.

Short Answer Questions

1. Juliet calls Romeo "beautiful tyrant" and "fiend angelical," which are examples of ____________.

2. When Capulet hears of Juliet's refusal to marry Paris, he does what?

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

4. Why is the apothecary hesitant to sell Romeo poison?

5. Friar Laurence tells Friar John that ____________.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Juliet so upset that Romeo is banished?

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

3. Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt instead of Romeo?

4. In what way has Romeo sold the apothecary "poison"?

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

6. Why does the Prince banish Romeo instead of ordering his death?

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

8. How has Romeo's name "murdered" Juliet?

9. Why does the Friar leave Juliet alone in the vault at the end of the play?

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

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