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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. Mercutio attempts to "conjure" Romeo by in Act 2, Scene 1 by doing what?
(a) Listing Rosaline's virtues.
(b) Teasing him about Juliet.
(c) Listing Juliet's virtues.
(d) Threatening to reveal his presence to Tybalt.

2. In lines 186-196, Romeo compares love to all of the following EXCEPT what?
(a) A sea nourished with tears.
(b) A smoke made with the fume of sighs.
(c) A preserving sweet.
(d) A clenching pain in the heart.

3. What "extremities" do Romeo and Juliet overcome in their love for one another?
(a) The competition between families for the Prince's favor.
(b) Their social classes.
(c) The violence and hatred between their families.
(d) The distance between their homes.

4. Finally, the nurse advises Juliet to ____________.
(a) Seek love wherever she can find it.
(b) Seek a husband who will stand up to her father.
(c) Seek happy nights to happy days.
(d) Seek her own husband.

5. When the nurse finally arrives at Juliet's room in Act 2, Scene 5, she claims ___________.
(a) She is too tired to talk.
(b) She is too hungry to talk.
(c) She could not find Romeo.
(d) She has only bad news.

Short Answer Questions

1. Romeo claims his love for Juliet is different from his love for Rosaline because ________________.

2. Juliet's behavior toward her mother could be described as __________.

3. At the end of Act 1, Scene 2, Romeo agrees to do what?

4. How does the word dignity in line 1 of the prologue suggest both houses are alike?

5. What ultimately ends the feud between the Capulets and Montagues?

Short Essay Questions

1. How, in Act 2, scene 3, does the friar promise to assist Romeo?

2. Why are Benvolio and Mercutio teasing Romeo in Act 2, Scene 1?

3. How does Lady Capulet appear to feel about Paris as a prospective groom for her daughter?

4. What is the "change" Friar Laurence claims to observe in Romeo?

5. Why does Capulet discourage Tybalt from confronting Romeo?

6. Why does Benvolio attempt to convince Romeo to pursue other loves?

7. How does Juliet respond to Romeo's advances when they meet at the party?

8. How is Romeo's love for Juliet different from his love for Rosaline, according to the Act 2 prologue?

9. What story does the nurse tell about Juliet in Act 1, Scene 3?

10. What freedom does Capulet seem to be offering Juliet in her choices for marriage?

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