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

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

3. What proof does the Prince find for the events that took place?
(a) The Prince reads Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo.
(b) The Prince asks Balthasar to tell the truth.
(c) The Prince asks Paris' page to tell the truth.
(d) The Prince reads Romeo's letters to Friar Laurence.

4. Juliet threatens to do what in Act 4, Scene 1?
(a) Kill Paris.
(b) Run away tonight.
(c) Tell her parents the truth.
(d) Kill herself.

5. Juliet claims she met Paris at the friar's cell and ____________.
(a) Told him to postpone the wedding.
(b) Apologized for her earlier behavior.
(c) Encouraged him modestly.
(d) Declared her love for him openly.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Juliet claims she would do all of the following to be with Romeo EXCEPT what?

3. What name does Capulet call the nurse in Act 4, Scene 4?

4. In Act 4, Scene 5, Capulet compares Juliet to what?

5. What finally causes Romeo to fight?

Short Essay Questions

1. In Act 3, Scene 4, Lady Capulet says she will "know Juliet's mind" early the next day. What does this suggest about Juliet's role in the marriage?

2. Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt instead of Romeo?

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

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

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

6. What are Capulet's final instructions for the wedding day?

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

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

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

10. Why does Juliet decide to lie to the nurse in Act 3, Scene 5?

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