Act I
What event does the Prologue foreshadow?
a.The deaths of Romeo and Juliet
b.The marriage of Romeo and Juliet
c.The death of Romeo’s and Juliet’s child
d.The marriage of Paris and Juliet
Death of Romeo and Juliet
What makes Romeo’s love for Juliet different from his love for Rosaline?
a. Romeo is less certain about his love for Rosaline.
b. Romeo has known Juliet longer than he has known Rosaline.
c. Unlike Rosaline, Juliet is a Capulet.
d. Unlike Rosaline, Juliet returns Romeo’s love.
Unlike Rosaline, Juliet returns Romeo’s love.
A paraphrase is a
a.summary.
b.translation.
c.recitation of someone else’s words.
d.restatement in your own words.
restatement in your own words.
When Juliet asks Friar Lawrence to help her prevent the marriage to Paris, he offers her “a kind of hope, / Which craves as desperate an execution / As that is desperate which we would prevent. / … A thing like death to chide away this shame …” What does his promised remedy hint at?
a. Juliet’s death
b. Paris’s murder
c. Juliet’s shame
d.Romeo’s return
Juliet’s death
At the beginning of Act V, Romeo recounts a dream he has just had. Which of the following lines from his opening monologue hints at the outcome of the play?
a.“… My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.”
b.“… all this day an unaccustomed spirit / Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts.”
c.“I dreamt my lady came and found me dead …”
d.“… That I revived and was an emperor.”
“I dreamt my lady came and found me dead …”
Abram and Balthasar, who appear in Scene i, are examples of
a.flat characters.
b.typical servants.
c. round characters.
d.hot-headed young men.
flat characters.
Act II is mainly about
a. Benvolio and Mercutio’s impatience with Romeo.
b. Friar Lawrence’s hesitation concerning Romeo’s marriage.
c. Romeo and Juliet’s decision to get married.
d. Juliet’s growing impatience with her nurse.
Romeo and Juliet’s decision to get married.
Romeo is motivated to kill Tybalt because Tybalt has
a. called Romeo a villian.
b. killed Mercutio.
c.killed Benvolio.
d.challenged Romeo to a duel.
killed Mercutio.
How does Capulet respond when Juliet tells him she will marry Paris?
a.He is pleased and eager to move ahead.
b.He is suspicious and questions her peevishness.
c.He is willing to think the matter over.
d.He wants to talk this change over with the Friar.
He is pleased and eager to move ahead.
What causes Friar Lawrence’s important message to Romeo to go astray?
a.Romeo is not where Friar Lawrence thinks he is.
b.His messenger is unexpectedly detained for a day.
c.The distance from Verona to Mantua is too far to accomplish the trip in the required time.
d.He sends Balthasar, who misunderstands him and delivers the wrong message.
His messenger is unexpectedly detained for a day.
By comparing Paris to a book, Lady Capulet encourages Juliet to
a.ignore his looks completely.
b.study all his features carefully.
c.listen to his wisdom.
d.look only at his eyes.
study all his features carefully.
In agreeing to marry Romeo and Juliet, Friar Lawrence shows that he
a.makes independent judgments.
b.dislikes the Capulets.
c.favors young lovers.
d.looks beyond the immediate event.
looks beyond the immediate event.
What event does this opening passage of Act III hint at or foreshadow?
BENVOLIO. I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire.
The day is hot, the Capels are abroad,
And, if we meet, we shall not ’scape a brawl,
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.
a.The conversation the boys have later about Benvolio’s quick temper
b.The argument Juliet has with her father
c.The fight in which Mercutio and Tybalt are killed
d.The duel in which Romeo is killed
The fight in which Mercutio and Tybalt are killed
Which of the following is not one of Juliet’s anxieties about taking the potion?
a.Romeo will not receive word of the scheme in Mantua.
b. The mixture may not work at all.
c. Friar Lawrence may be concealing his role in her marriage.
d. She may suffocate in the foul air of the tomb.
Romeo will not receive word of the scheme in Mantua.
Why does Romeo decide to poison himself after he learns of Juliet’s death?
a.He loses his interest in living.
b.He fears he will be blamed for her death.
c.He knows the truth about their marriage will now come out.
d.He loses faith in Friar Lawrence’s words.
He loses his interest in living.
What makes Romeo reluctant to go to the party?
a. He is afraid of angering Capulet.
b. He has had a premonition of his death.
c. He is afraid of upsetting his father.
d. Mercutio has warned him against going.
He has had a premonition of his death.
In Scene ii, Juliet says, “This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath, / May prove a beauteous flow’r when next we meet,” What is the “summer’s ripening breath”?
a.The force of the wind
b.A sudden thunderstorm
c.The heat of the sun
d. A most welcome rainfall
The heat of the sun
“Choose the item that most accurately paraphrases the following passage at the opening of Act III, Scene i.
BENVOLIO. I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire.
The day is hot, the Capels are abroad,
And, if we meet, we shall not ’scape a brawl,
For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.
a.Please Mercutio, let’s go in. It’s hot and the Capulets are out and about. If we meet we’ll surely end up fighting because everyone’s tempers are running high.
b.Benvolio pleads with Mercutio to get out of the hot sun.
c.Come on, Mercutio, let’s go to bed. It’s hot and the Capels are out and they are mad about the brawl.
d.“Let’s go in, Mercutio,” encouraged Benvolio. “It’s hot out today and the Capulets are looking for a fight.”
Please Mercutio, let’s go in. It’s hot and the Capulets are out and about. If we meet we’ll surely end up fighting because everyone’s tempers are running high.
Two days before her wedding to Paris, Juliet tells Friar Lawrence all the things she would rather do than marry Paris. Which lines from that monologue predict the outcome of the play?
a.“O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris. / From off the battlements of any tower …”
b.“… Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk / Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears …”
c.“… Or hide me nightly in a charnel house, / O’er covered quite with dead men’s rattling bones …”
d.“… Or bid me go into a new-made grave / And hide me with a dead man in his shroud …”
“… Or bid me go into a new-made grave / And hide me with a dead man in his shroud …”
Which of the following is not an effect of Juliet’s taking the potion Friar Lawrence provides?
a. Romeo drinks poison.
b. Paris is killed.
c. Juliet’s death is reported to Romeo.
d. Lady Montague dies.
Lady Montague dies.
Choose the item that best restates Capulet’s answer to Paris’s request to marry Juliet.
But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart;
My will to her consent is but a part.
And she agreed, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voice, . . .
a.Woo her gently, Paris. When you get her heart, you will have my consent.
b.Woo her until you win her over. I will ask her to consent as well.
c.Win her heart, gentle Paris. My wanting her to consent is only a part of the process. If she agrees, then you have my consent as well.
d.Win her heart, Paris. I shall will her to consent, for my part. Once she agrees, having had a fair choice, I will agree too.
Win her heart, gentle Paris. My wanting her to consent is only a part of the process. If she agrees, then you have my consent as well.
Juliet speaks the following lines in Act II, Scene ii. What effect does the third line have?
What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot,
Nor arm, nor face. O, be some other name
Belonging to a man.
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet. [Act II, Scene ii]
a. Its shortness calls attention to the wish Juliet speaks as well as to the words that follow.
b. It is awkward to read because it is not in iambic pentameter.
c. It gives the speaker a chance for a good breath.
d. It indicates that Juliet starts to cry and cannot finish the line.
Its shortness calls attention to the wish Juliet speaks as well as to the words that follow.
Which is the best paraphrase of the following passage?
NURSE. Hie to your chamber. I’ll find Romeo
To comfort you. I wot well where he is.
Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night.
I’ll to him; he is hid at Lawrence’ cell.
a.Nurse tells Juliet to go to bed, then goes to find Romeo.
b.Go to your bedroom. I’ll find Romeo for you. I’m sure I know where he is. Romeo will be here tonight. I’ll go to him at Friar Lawrence’s cell.
c.“Go to your chamber,” said Nurse. “I’ll find Romeo. I don’t know where he is, but he’ll be here tonight. I’ll talk to him. Maybe he’s hiding with Lawrence.”
d.Go to your room. I’ll find Romeo. He’ll be here tonight.
Go to your bedroom. I’ll find Romeo for you. I’m sure I know where he is. Romeo will be here tonight. I’ll go to him at Friar Lawrence’s cell.
Act IV is mainly about
a.Capulet’s plans for Juliet’s wedding.
b.Capulet’s plans for Juliet’s funeral.
c.Juliet’s plan to avoid marrying Paris.
d.Paris’s concern that Juliet does not love him.
Juliet’s plan to avoid marrying Paris.
Which of the following events is the most direct cause of Romeo’s and Juliet’s deaths?
a. Mercutio’s death
b. Paris’s presence at the tomb
c. Friar John’s delay
d. Romeo’s mother’s death
Friar John’s delay