Romeo and Juliet Quizzes

Romeo and Juliet Quiz 1

1 Who speaks the Prologue?
Romeo

Lord Montague

Juliet

Chorus
2 What is the poetic form of the Prologue?
sonnet

epistle

elegy

rhyming couplets
3 Who wrote the source material for ROMEO AND JULIET?
Arthur Brooke

William Shakespeare

Seneca

Christopher Marlowe
4 What do the Capulet servants NOT discuss in 1.1?
sex

violence

legality

money
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?
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 curses the Montagues.

He calls the Citizens of the Watch.

He stabs the Montagues.

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

Abram

Balthasar

Gregory
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?
Friar Laurence

Lady Capulet

Romeo

Juliet
11 Who has prohibited street violence in Verona?
Friar Laurence

Citizens of the Watch

Prince Escalus

King Hamlet
12 In 1.1, Benvolio explains to the Montagues that Romeo has been ________.
hiding from violence

avoiding his father

in a strange mood

pursuing Juliet
13 Which person does Romeo claim is the cause of his melancholy?
Rosaline

Juliet

Mercutio

Lady Capulet
14 Why is Rosaline not interested in a relationship?
She is waiting for a rich husband.

She says this solely to avoid Romeo.

She wants to stay chaste.

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 is sickly.

She needs a rich husband.

She is angry and sullen.

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

He loses the list.

He is drunk.

He hates Lord Capulet.
18 Why is Romeo comfortable with crashing the Capulet party?
It is a masked ball.

He knows they will not harm Christians.

He will go after everyone is drunk.

He will watch from afar.
19 How does the Nurse embarrass herself in 1.3?
She slaps Juliet without cause.

She is caught telling a lie to Lady Capulet.

She tells a weird, sexual story about Juliet.

She laughs at the wrong jokes.
20 Which story does Mercutio tell Romeo to try to cheer him up in 1.4?
Jonah and the whale

King Arthur

Queen Mab

Pyramus and Thisbe
21 How does Tybalt recognize Romeo at the ball?
information from his servant

his voice

his clothing

his face
22 Why doesn't Tybalt attack Romeo at the masquerade ball?
Juliet begs mercy.

Mercutio interferes.

Romeo runs away.

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

violent

religious

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

Lady Capulet

Tybalt

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

to the Capulet courtyard

to Rosaline's home

to Friar Laurence's cell

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

D. Benvolio survived the sword fight

Asked by Amanda L #488051

Answered by Aslan on 12/22/2015 6:31 PM

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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What do we learn about Mercutio in queen man speech?

The whole speech is based on pagan Celtic mythology. Mercutio’s speech is laced with sexual innuendo. The words “queen” and “mab” refer to whores in Elizabethan England. As his speech goes on we notice the subtext get increasingly sexual...

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