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

2. When Romeo sees Juliet in Act 5, Scene 3, he is struck by _______________.
(a) How beautiful she is compared to the other corpses.
(b) How beautiful she is, even in death.
(c) How brave she is to lay among the dead.
(d) How cold she is.

3. Friar Laurence plans to remedy the situation by doing what?
(a) Telling Juliet the truth.
(b) Giving Father John another letter to take to Romeo.
(c) Writing again to Mantua after he rescues Juliet.
(d) Leaving for Mantua to get Romeo.

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

5. After Juliet takes the potion, the friar will do what?
(a) Send a letter to Romeo telling him to come home and confess.
(b) Send a letter to Romeo telling him Juliet is dead.
(c) Send a letter to Romeo telling him to come get Juliet.
(d) Send a letter to Capulet telling him Juliet is not really dead.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is Romeo doing at the start of Act 3, Scene 3?

2. Who dies during Act 3, Scene 1?

3. Why does the friar tell Romeo his "tears are womanish"?

4. At the end of Act 4, Scene 2, Capulet plans to do what?

5. Ironically, in Act 5, Scene 1, Romeo's dreams have hinted at _____________.

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

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

5. 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?

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

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

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

9. What reasons does Friar Laurence give Romeo to be happy in Act 3, Scene 3?

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

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