Multiple choice questions. Choose the best answer.
- Lord Capulet originally scheduled the wedding for Thursday but moves it ahead to Wednesday. As a result,
a) Juliet goes to Mantua where she joins Romeo at the sepulchre.
b) Friar Laurence cannot inform Romeo about the plan to give Juliet a sleeping potion.
c) Romeo leaves Verona and goes to Mantua.
d) Romeo kills Tybalt in a sword fight.
- After Juliet has taken the sleeping potion, Paris comments "O love! O life! not life, but love in death." He is referring to
a) Lord Capulet's lack of love for Juliet while she was alive.
b) Juliet's lack of love for Paris, but he still loves her.
c) Paris' love for Juliet even though she is dead.
d) Romeo's love for Juliet.
- Friar John could not deliver the letter to Romeo because
a) Romeo had never left Mantua.
b) in Verona "searchers of the town .. seal'd up the doors."
c) there was a plague in Mantua so Friar John could not go there.
d) Friar Laurence had an "infectious pestilence".
- Romeo learns of Juliet's "death" from
a) Benvolio.
b) Friar Laurence.
c) Friar John.
d) his servant Balthasar.
- What does Romeo purchase from the Apothecary in Mantua?
a) a dram of poison
b) a dram of spirits
c) a sleeping potion
d) a love potion
- "Come hither, man. I see thou art poor. Hold, here is forty ducats. Let me a dram of poison." Romeo is speaking to
a) a doctor.
b) Balthasar.
c) Friar Laurence.
d) the Apothecary.
- In the final scene in the burial vault, when Romeo last sees Juliet, he remarks "Beauty's ensign yet is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, and death's pale flag is not advanced there." The speech is ironic because
a) Paris and Tybalt are also dead.
b) Romeo wants to remember Juliet as she was when alive.
c) Juliet is not really dead.
d) the Capulet flag is red.
- In the final scene, Friar Laurence wants to take Juliet out of the burial chamber, but leaves without her because
a) he is ashamed for his responsibility in the death of Romeo.
b) he wants to first contact Prince Escalus.
c) he hears the watchman coming and does want to stay.
d) he is willing to let fate take its course.
- In the final scene, we learn that Montague's wife has died of grief because
a) Juliet is dead.
b) Romeo has been banished to Mantua.
c) there has been too much bloodshed.
d) Mercutio is dead.
- Juliet stabs herself when she awakes from the sleeping potion because
a) she fears her father's anger at her marriage to Romeo.
b) the sleeping potion has made her insane.
c) she fears spending the night alone in the sepulchre.
d) Romeo is dead.
- Romeo and Juliet depicts young love set against a backdrop of old hatreds. These hatreds
a) are ironically reconciled by the death of the lovers.
b) continue to destroy the Capulets and the Montagues.
c) end when the Caputlets are victorious.
d) end when the Montagues are victorious.
- Friar Laurence can be seen as "responsible" for the tragedy because
a) the Friar is an evil character.
b) the Church should not take sides in a family feud.
c) he devised the plan to marry Romeo and Juliet.
d) he supported the Montagues against the Capulets.
- Throughout the play, Friar Laurence is depicted as a "rational" character. This is shown when
a) he sells Romeo the poison.
b) he blames Lord Capulet for Juliet's death.
c) he refuses to commit suicide after the death of Romeo.
d) he acknowledges his responsibility for the tragedy.
- In the play, "distilling liquor" refers to
a) the sleeping potion Friar Laurence gave to Juliet.
b) the poison sold to Romeo.
c) drinks served at Capulet's feast.
d) a witty way of referring to an alcoholic.
- A "sepulchre" refers to
a) a large church.
b) Friar Laurence's cell.
c) a public graveyard.
d) a private burial vault.
- In mythology, "Pyramus and Thisbe" were
a) minor gods who attended "masques" and played tricks on humans.
b) two lovers who commited suicide because of their love for each other.
c) sons of Atreus. They attacked Troy and returned Helen to Sparta.
d) Babylonian gods who engaged in street fighting with lesser gods.
- The play "Romeo and Juliet" is based on
a) the story of Anthony and Cleopatra.
b) the Greek plays about Atreus and Thyeste.
c) the myth about Pyramus and Thisbe.
d) the love affair between Paris and Helen of Troy.
- A famous American musical play based on Romeo and Juliet was called
a) Oklahoma.
b) Hello Dolly.
c) Porgy and Bess.
d) West Side Story.
- The famous American musical play West Side Story
a) is based on Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
b) tells the story about Shakespeare's love affair with an actress named Juliet.
c) is an historical account about life in Italy during Renaissance times.
d) deals with the rivalry between the Prince of Verona and the Prince of Mantua.
- A "premonition" is
a) an ancient weapon used by night watchmen.
b) a love poem.
c) a specialized speech used by Shakespeare.
d) a feeling that something is about to happen.
- Most of the play takes place in
a) Venice.
b) Padua.
c) Verona.
d) Mantua.
- The play "Romeo and Juliet" is classified as a
a) comedy.
b) tragedy.
c) farce.
d) history.
- The play concludes with the words "For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo." With these words, Shakespeare reminds us that the story is
a) a comedy.
b) a farce.
c) a romantic flight of fantasy.
d) a tragedy.
- An "aside" is
a) a brief speech not heard by the other actors on stage.
b) the same as a soliloquy.
c) an opening speech which introduces the play or an act.
d) any dramatic monologue.
- A brief speech not heard by the other actors on stage is
a) an aside.
b) a soliloquy.
c) a prologue.
d) a dialogue.
Move back to multiple choice questions on Acts I - III
Answer key 1. b 9. b 17. c 25. a 33. _ 41. _ 49. _ 2. a 10. d 18. d 26. _ 34. _ 42. _ 50. _ 3. b 11. a 19. a 27. _ 35. _ 43. _ 51. _ 4. d 12. c 20. d 28. _ 36. _ 44. _ 52. _ 5. a 13. d 21. c 29. _ 37. _ 45. _ 53. _ 6. d 14. a 22. b 30. _ 38. _ 46. _ 54. _ 7. c 15. d 23. d 31. _ 39. _ 47. _ 55. _ 8. c 16. b 24. a 32. _ 40. _ 48. _ 56. _
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