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

2. Capulet believes Juliet will cooperate with the wedding plans fully because __________________.
(a) He knows she secretly loves Parie.
(b) She has always wanted a big wedding.
(c) She has always been obedient to him.
(d) She has always planned to marry Paris.

3. In Act 3, Scene 4, Capulet tells Lady Capulet to do what?
(a) Have the nurse prepare Juliet for the wedding.
(b) Prepare Juliet for the wedding tonight.
(c) Invite six guests to the wedding.
(d) Prepare Juliet for Tybalt's funeral.

4. Why was Friar John prevented from delivering Romeo's letter?
(a) He was afraid to visit a town with an infectious pestilence.
(b) He was quarantined due to an infectious illness in the town.
(c) He was told Romeo was ill and could not have visitors.
(d) He did not trust Romeo with the letter.

5. Why does the friar tell Romeo his "tears are womanish"?
(a) Romeo is grieving because Juliet will not see him again.
(b) Romeo cries like a girl.
(c) Romeo is only crying because his heart is broken.
(d) Romeo is overwrought with grief and refuses to be comforted.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Juliet will not speak badly about Romeo even after he kills Tybalt because _________________.

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

4. Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?

5. Friar Laurence plans to remedy the situation by doing what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why is Capulet so happy in Act 4, Scene 4?

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

3. Why does Capulet plan Juliet's wedding even though she has not professed a love for Paris yet?

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

5. Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt instead of Romeo?

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

7. In Act 4, Scene 2, what language reveals Capulet's anger toward his daughter before she apologizes to him?

8. What statement does Juliet make to Romeo in Act 3, Scene 5 that foreshadows both their deaths?

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

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

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