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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 3, Scene 4, Capulet informs Paris of what?

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

3. Friar Laurence tells Friar John that ____________.

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

5. The nurse tells Capulet to go to bed so that ______________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The nurse in Romeo and Juliet first serves as a protector and confidante for Juliet. Later, she loses Juliet's trust. Consider her actions toward Romeo and Juliet, and write an essay in which you argue that the nurse either lets Juliet down, and is therefore to blame for events that transpire in the play, or that she is simply acting according to her character as we have seen throughout the play.

Essay Topic 2

Consider the saying, "Those have most power to hurt us, that we love." After reviewing the many kinds of love in Romeo and Juliet, write an essay in which you defend, refute, or qualify the preceding statement using any relationship from the play to support your argument.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay in which you evaluate Shakespeare's use of simile, metaphor, oxymoron, symbolism, allusion, or other literary devices. For the modern reader, do these devices contribute to him ideas or confuse them? Use specific examples from the text to support your argument.

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