Romeo and Juliet Quizzes

Romeo and Juliet Quiz 1

By J. N. Smith · Edited by S.R. Cedars · Last reviewed June 26, 2013

1 Who speaks the Prologue?

Romeo

Juliet

Chorus

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

rhyming couplets

epistle

sonnet

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

William Shakespeare

Arthur Brooke

Christopher Marlowe

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

sex

money

violence

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

The reason is not given.

The Montagues support the Prince.

Lord Montague killed Lady Capulet's father.

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

They mistake the Montagues for other people.

They grow sick and must rush home.

Street violence is illegal.

They are frightened.
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

Balthasar

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

He is a pacifist.

He insists everyone wait for Romeo.

He calls for blood.

He runs away.
10 Who restrains Lord Capulet from joining the first street brawl?

Lady Capulet

Juliet

Friar Laurence

Romeo
11 Who has prohibited street violence in Verona?

King Hamlet

Prince Escalus

Friar Laurence

Citizens of the Watch
12 In 1.1, Benvolio explains to the Montagues that Romeo has been ________.

avoiding his father

hiding from violence

pursuing Juliet

in a strange mood
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 is a lesbian.

She is waiting for a rich husband.

She says this solely to avoid Romeo.

She wants to stay chaste.
15 Whom does Lord Capulet consider to be a good match for Juliet?

Mercutio

Tybalt

Paris

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

She is sickly.

She needs a rich husband.

She is only thirteen.

She is angry and sullen.
17 Why does Peter have trouble with the invitations?

He is illiterate.

He is drunk.

He hates Lord Capulet.

He loses the list.
18 Why is Romeo comfortable with crashing the Capulet party?

He will watch from afar.

He will go after everyone is drunk.

It is a masked ball.

He knows they will not harm Christians.
19 How does the Nurse embarrass herself in 1.3?

She tells a weird, sexual story about Juliet.

She laughs at the wrong jokes.

She is caught telling a lie to Lady Capulet.

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

Pyramus and Thisbe

Queen Mab

King Arthur

Jonah and the whale
21 How does Tybalt recognize Romeo at the ball?

information from his servant

his clothing

his face

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

Romeo runs away.

Juliet begs mercy.

Mercutio interferes.

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

violent

scientific

political

religious
24 Who first tells Juliet about Romeo's identity?

Mercutio

the Nurse

Tybalt

Lady Capulet
25 Where does Romeo go after the masquerade party?

to Mercutio's home

to Friar Laurence's cell

to the Capulet courtyard

to Rosaline's home

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