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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Before she falls unconscious, Juliet thinks she sees ______________.
(a) Romeo's ghost come to take her to her grave.
(b) Tybalt's ghost coming to take her to her grave.
(c) Romeo standing in the window.
(d) Tybalt's ghost seeking Romeo.

3. Why does the friar tell Romeo his "tears are womanish"?
(a) Romeo is only crying because his heart is broken.
(b) Romeo is grieving because Juliet will not see him again.
(c) Romeo cries like a girl.
(d) Romeo is overwrought with grief and refuses to be comforted.

4. Juliet claims she would do all of the following to be with Romeo EXCEPT what?
(a) Murder Paris and Capulet.
(b) Leap off a tower battlement.
(c) Lurk where serpents are.
(d) Hide in a burial vault with dead bodies.

5. Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?
(a) Romeo wants Tybalt to believe he is forgiving.
(b) Romeo is trying to respect Tybalt as Juliet's family since they are now married.
(c) Romeo is trying to trick Tybalt into letting his guard down.
(d) Romeo wants Tybalt to fight Mercutio instead.

6. Capulet is in a rush in Act 4, Scene 4 because ______________.
(a) Juliet will wake up soon.
(b) Paris is anxious to get things started.
(c) The friar will stop the wedding if they are caught.
(d) Paris has already arrived.

7. In Act 4, Scnee 2, Juliet apologizes to her parents for ________________.
(a) Her pride.
(b) Her disobedience.
(c) Marrying Romeo.
(d) Talking back to them.

8. At the end of Act 4, Scene 2, Capulet plans to do what?
(a) Stay up and plan for the wedding the next day.
(b) Visit the friar to thank him for helping Juliet.
(c) Stay up to watch over Juliet.
(d) Visit Paris and tell him the wedding is off.

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

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

11. What is Romeo doing at the start of Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) Hiding at his father's home.
(b) Hiding at the burial vault.
(c) Hiding in the Capulet orchard.
(d) Hiding in the friar's cell.

12. Friar Laurence advises the Capulets to do what in Act 4, Scene 5?
(a) Cancel the wedding.
(b) End the feud with the Montagues.
(c) Wait a day or two before planning the funeral.
(d) Prepare for Juliet's funeral.

13. Finally, at the end of Act 4, Scene 4, Capulet tells the nurse to do what?
(a) Leave him be.
(b) Go chat with Paris.
(c) Go to bed and rest before the wedding.
(d) Waken Juliet because Paris has already arrived.

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

15. In Act 4, Scene 3, Juliet asks the nurse to leave her alone _______________.
(a) So she can think about her upcoming wedding.
(b) So she can take the poison on her own.
(c) So she can let Romeo in.
(d) So she can escape to the friar's cell.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The friar claims he is uneasy about Paris' wedding to Juliet because _________________.

3. Who arrives to speak to Romeo and the friar in Act 3, Scene 3?

4. How does Juliet react to the nurse's suggestion that she marry Paris?

5. Before he can enter the tomb, Romeo encounters who?

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