Romeo and Juliet Review

Question 1

Prince Escalus is a Capulet.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 2

When Romeo first sees Juliet in her room after the party, what does he compare her to?

Accepted Answer

the sun

Question 3

Juliet asks her parents for forgiveness and agrees to marry Paris because __________.

Accepted Answer

it is part of her plan with Friar Lawrence

Question 4

What caused Lady Montague to die?

Accepted Answer

Grief over her son's banishment

Question 5

Juliet's mood when she asks Friar Lawrence for advice is one of _______.

Accepted Answer

desperation

Question 6

Before she drinks the potion, Juliet has all the following fears EXCEPT __________.

Accepted Answer

Romeo will not try to come for her

Question 7

Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 8

Friar Lawrence warns Romeo to ___________________.

Accepted Answer

love moderately

Question 9

Mercutio thinks Tybalt is _______.

Accepted Answer

an excellent swordsman

Question 10

Benvolio is a Montague.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 11

Romeo is a Montague.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Shakespeare wrote plays for Queen Elizabeth I.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 13

Tybalt sent a letter to Romeo to __________.

Accepted Answer

challenge him

Question 14

Romeo stops to visit an apothecary and purchase a poison. Why does the apothecary initially refuse to sell the poison?

Accepted Answer

All of the above.

Question 15

Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because...

Accepted Answer

he thinks the marriage may bring peace to Verona.

Question 16

What is the result of Romeo's encounter with this man in the tomb?

Accepted Answer

Romeo kills him.

Question 17

Juliet sends the Nurse to give Romeo __________.

Accepted Answer

a ring.

Question 18

Juliet is a Montague.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 19

Capulet tells Juliet if she doesn't obey him, he will __________.

Accepted Answer

disown her

Question 20

How does Juliet end her life?

Accepted Answer

She stabs herself with Romeo's dagger.

Question 21

Lord Montague plans to honor Juliet by building a statue of her in pure gold.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 22

Who are Lord and Lady Montague talking with about Romeo's depressed behavior in Act I?

Accepted Answer

Benvolio

Question 23

How long is the potion supposed to make Juliet sleep?

Accepted Answer

42 hours

Question 24

What advice does the Nurse give Juliet at the end of Act III?

Accepted Answer

to forget Romeo and marry Paris

Question 25

What does Juliet first assume when the nurse first enters to tell her of the fight?

Accepted Answer

She assumes Romeo is dead.

Question 26

How does Romeo react when the Prince banishes him instead of executing him?

Accepted Answer

He feels that banishment is worse than death.

Question 27

In which moment of Act IV is there both comedy and tragedy?

Accepted Answer

The wedding musicians fighting about which music to play.

Question 28

In what type of English did William Shakespeare write?

Accepted Answer

Early Modern English

Question 29

Capulet's decision to move up the wedding affects

Accepted Answer

the timing of Friar Lawrence's plan.

Question 30

Romeo and Juliet get married.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 31

The nurse is a Capulet.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 32

What is the name of the girl Romeo is in love with at the beginning of Act I?

Accepted Answer

Rosaline

Question 33

Women were allowed to act on stage in Elizabethan London.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 34

Romeo doesn't want to fight Tybalt because __________.

Accepted Answer

his marriage to Juliet makes Tybalt his relative

Question 35

How does Juliet feel towards the Nurse at the end of Act III?

Accepted Answer

She is a wicked fiend for turning against Romeo.

Question 36

Capulet changes his mind from Act I, and he tells Paris that Juliet will marry him. Why did he do this?

Accepted Answer

He wanted people to focus on a happy occasion instead of the recent fray.

Question 37

When Romeo enters the tomb, who does he encounter, and what does this man believe Romeo's intentions are?

Accepted Answer

Paris; to do villainous shame to the Capulet tomb.

Question 38

Shakespeare wrote in Old English.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 39

Juliet says it is Romeo's _____ that is her enemy.

Accepted Answer

name

Romeo and Juliet Review

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Romeo and Juliet Review

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