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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. Why does Juliet refuse to go to her grieving parents?
(a) She suggests she will go to her room and kill herself out of grief for Romeo.
(b) She suggests she is already angry with her parents.
(c) She says she will go find Romeo and give him a message.
(d) She says she will be too busy making arrangements for her wedding night.

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

3. What does Juliet say to her mother and the nurse instead of "goodnight"?
(a) Good riddance.
(b) Good morrow.
(c) Farewell.
(d) Bon voyage.

4. In Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet has a fleeting suspicion that ______________.
(a) The friar is still planning to marry her off to Paris.
(b) The nurse knows she is planning to take the potion.
(c) The potion might actually be a poison.
(d) The potion might give her amnesia.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Friar Laurence advises the Capulets to do what in Act 4, Scene 5?

2. When Romeo hears the news about Juliet, he plans to do what?

3. Why do the musicians refuse to play at the end of Act 4, Scene 5?

4. Juliet claims she met Paris at the friar's cell and ____________.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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