Romeo and Juliet Quizzes

Romeo and Juliet Quiz 1

1 Who speaks the Prologue?
Lord Montague

Chorus

Romeo

Juliet
2 What is the poetic form of the Prologue?
rhyming couplets

sonnet

epistle

elegy
3 Who wrote the source material for ROMEO AND JULIET?
William Shakespeare

Christopher Marlowe

Arthur Brooke

Seneca
4 What do the Capulet servants NOT discuss in 1.1?
violence

money

sex

legality
5 What is the genesis of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets?
The Montagues support the Prince.

Lord Montague killed Lady Capulet's father.

The reason is not given.

The Capulets cheated the Montagues out of a business.
6 Why do Sampson and Gregory not attack the Montague servants in 1.1?
Street violence is illegal.

They mistake the Montagues for other people.

They grow sick and must rush home.

They are frightened.
7 How does Sampson start the fight in 1.1?
He curses the Montagues.

He bites his thumb.

He calls the Citizens of the Watch.

He stabs the Montagues.
8 Which is the only character from 1.1 who appears later in the play?
Gregory

Sampson

Balthasar

Abram
9 How is Benvolio different from the other men on the street in 1.1?
He runs away.

He is a pacifist.

He calls for blood.

He insists everyone wait for Romeo.
10 Who restrains Lord Capulet from joining the first street brawl?
Lady Capulet

Romeo

Juliet

Friar Laurence
11 Who has prohibited street violence in Verona?
Prince Escalus

Friar Laurence

Citizens of the Watch

King Hamlet
12 In 1.1, Benvolio explains to the Montagues that Romeo has been ________.
avoiding his father

pursuing Juliet

hiding from violence

in a strange mood
13 Which person does Romeo claim is the cause of his melancholy?
Juliet

Lady Capulet

Rosaline

Mercutio
14 Why is Rosaline not interested in a relationship?
She wants to stay chaste.

She says this solely to avoid Romeo.

She is waiting for a rich husband.

She is a lesbian.
15 Whom does Lord Capulet consider to be a good match for Juliet?
Tybalt

Paris

Benvolio

Mercutio
16 Why does Lord Capulet want to wait before granting Juliet's hand in marriage?
She is sickly.

She is angry and sullen.

She is only thirteen.

She needs a rich husband.
17 Why does Peter have trouble with the invitations?
He hates Lord Capulet.

He loses the list.

He is illiterate.

He is drunk.
18 Why is Romeo comfortable with crashing the Capulet party?
He knows they will not harm Christians.

He will go after everyone is drunk.

It is a masked ball.

He will watch from afar.
19 How does the Nurse embarrass herself in 1.3?
She tells a weird, sexual story about Juliet.

She is caught telling a lie to Lady Capulet.

She laughs at the wrong jokes.

She slaps Juliet without cause.
20 Which story does Mercutio tell Romeo to try to cheer him up in 1.4?
Jonah and the whale

Queen Mab

King Arthur

Pyramus and Thisbe
21 How does Tybalt recognize Romeo at the ball?
his face

his clothing

information from his servant

his voice
22 Why doesn't Tybalt attack Romeo at the masquerade ball?
Mercutio interferes.

Romeo runs away.

Juliet begs mercy.

Lord Capulet stops him.
23 What type of imagery do Romeo and Juliet use in their first conversation?
violent

religious

scientific

political
24 Who first tells Juliet about Romeo's identity?
the Nurse

Tybalt

Lady Capulet

Mercutio
25 Where does Romeo go after the masquerade party?
to Mercutio's home

to Rosaline's home

to the Capulet courtyard

to Friar Laurence's cell

Though Romeo and Juliet is arguably the most archetypal love story in the English language, it portrays only a very specific type of love: young, irrational, passionate love. In the play, Shakespeare ultimately suggests that the kind of love that...

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