Romeo and Juliet Quizzes

Romeo and Juliet Quiz 1

1 Who speaks the Prologue?

Chorus

Romeo

Juliet

Lord Montague
2 What is the poetic form of the Prologue?

elegy

rhyming couplets

epistle

sonnet
3 Who wrote the source material for ROMEO AND JULIET?

Christopher Marlowe

Arthur Brooke

William Shakespeare

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

violence

sex

money

legality
5 What is the genesis of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets?

The Capulets cheated the Montagues out of a business.

Lord Montague killed Lady Capulet's father.

The Montagues support the Prince.

The reason is not given.
6 Why do Sampson and Gregory not attack the Montague servants in 1.1?

They grow sick and must rush home.

They are frightened.

They mistake the Montagues for other people.

Street violence is illegal.
7 How does Sampson start the fight in 1.1?

He stabs the Montagues.

He curses the Montagues.

He calls the Citizens of the Watch.

He bites his thumb.
8 Which is the only character from 1.1 who appears later in the play?

Sampson

Gregory

Abram

Balthasar
9 How is Benvolio different from the other men on the street in 1.1?

He calls for blood.

He insists everyone wait for Romeo.

He runs away.

He is a pacifist.
10 Who restrains Lord Capulet from joining the first street brawl?

Friar Laurence

Lady Capulet

Romeo

Juliet
11 Who has prohibited street violence in Verona?

King Hamlet

Friar Laurence

Citizens of the Watch

Prince Escalus
12 In 1.1, Benvolio explains to the Montagues that Romeo has been ________.

pursuing Juliet

avoiding his father

in a strange mood

hiding from violence
13 Which person does Romeo claim is the cause of his melancholy?

Lady Capulet

Juliet

Rosaline

Mercutio
14 Why is Rosaline not interested in a relationship?

She wants to stay chaste.

She is waiting for a rich husband.

She says this solely to avoid Romeo.

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

Benvolio

Mercutio

Paris

Tybalt
16 Why does Lord Capulet want to wait before granting Juliet's hand in marriage?

She needs a rich husband.

She is angry and sullen.

She is sickly.

She is only thirteen.
17 Why does Peter have trouble with the invitations?

He loses the list.

He is drunk.

He is illiterate.

He hates Lord Capulet.
18 Why is Romeo comfortable with crashing the Capulet party?

He knows they will not harm Christians.

He will watch from afar.

It is a masked ball.

He will go after everyone is drunk.
19 How does the Nurse embarrass herself in 1.3?

She slaps Juliet without cause.

She laughs at the wrong jokes.

She is caught telling a lie to Lady Capulet.

She tells a weird, sexual story about Juliet.
20 Which story does Mercutio tell Romeo to try to cheer him up in 1.4?

Pyramus and Thisbe

King Arthur

Jonah and the whale

Queen Mab
21 How does Tybalt recognize Romeo at the ball?

information from his servant

his voice

his face

his clothing
22 Why doesn't Tybalt attack Romeo at the masquerade ball?

Lord Capulet stops him.

Mercutio interferes.

Juliet begs mercy.

Romeo runs away.
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?

Lady Capulet

the Nurse

Tybalt

Mercutio
25 Where does Romeo go after the masquerade party?

to the Capulet courtyard

to Friar Laurence's cell

to Mercutio's home

to Rosaline's home

Friar Lawrence tells Romeo that he should be glad for the following EXCEPT-

D. Benvolio survived the sword fight

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Can you find verbal irony in the play? Where?

One example of verbal irony would be Romeo's reference to the poison he has purchased as a "sweet medicine". A cordial is a sweet liquor or medicine.

Come, cordial and not poison, go with me
To Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee.

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Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

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