Act 1, Scene 1 [Day 1 (Sunday)] Romeo and Julietby William Shakespeare 1. Which Capulet servant fought with Abraham? 2. Who was just trying to separate the servants, but had pulled his sword in the effort? 3. What did Tybalt proclaim to hate prior to fighting with Benvolio? A) Peace B) Hell C) All Montagues D) Benvolio E) All of the above 4. Prince Escalus dispursed everyone except whom? 5. Where was Montague to later meet with Prince Escalus? 6. What did Romeo do to create an artificial night? 7. T/F Montague knew the reason for his son's sadness. 8. What promise did Benvolio make to Montague? Act 1, Scene 1, continued... 9. What advice did Benvolio give Romeo to help cure him from the sorrow brought on by a woman who wouldn't love him? 10. What promise did Benvolio make to Romeo?
ROMEO AND JULIET Act 1, Scene 2 11. How old is Juliet? 12. Who gave whom consent to pursue Juliet's heart? 13. T/F Juliet will be absent from the masquerade banquet because she plans on meeting Romeo on the sly. 14. How did Benvolio and Romeo find out about the Capulets' party? 15. Romeo will go to the party to stare at whom? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 1, Scene 3 16. What does Lady Capulet want Juliet to do at the party? 17. T/F Juliet told her mom she wanted Paris as her lover. ROMEO AND JULIET Act 1, Scene 4 18. What was discussed amongst Benvolio, Romeo, and Mercutio prior to entering the party? A) Dreaming B) Delaying C) Dancing D) Destiny E) All of the above ROMEO AND JULIET Act 1, Scene 5
19. T/F The boys (Romeo, Benvolio, & Mercutio) entered the party incognito. 20. How did Capulet get the ladies to dance? 21. "O, she teaches the torches to burn brightly!" alludes to whom? 22. What prevented Tybalt from killing Romeo? 23. Tybalt told Capulet that what will be bitterly regretted? 24. Romeo made his move to kiss Juliet amongst talk of all of the following, except: A) Sin B) Hell C) Pilgrims D) Prayer E) Saints 25. Beyond learning each other's name, what did Romeo and Juliet both realize by the end of the party? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 2, Scene 1 26. T/F Romeo overhears Mercutio's petition for him to appear. 27. Both boys (Benvolio and Mercutio) make comments about what kind of love? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 2, Scene 2 28. Juliet was compared to what stellar object? 29. What part of Juliet's body was compared to the stars? 30. Explain lines 36-38.
31. Explain this analogy. Rose : sweetness : : Romeo : perfection. 32. Explain line 65. 33. Romeo sees more danger in Juliet's eyes than in what? 34. Explain lines 75 and 76. 35. Why didn't Juliet want Romeo to swear his love by the moon? 36. Juliet alluded to what aspect of nature in commenting on quick love? 37. If Romeo were Juliet's pet bird, she'd kill him with what? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 2, Scene 3 [Day 2 (Monday)] 38. What are the two opposing kings within man? 39. Friar Laurence felt that young men's love lied where? 40. Why did Friar Laurence want to help Romeo marry Juliet? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 2, Scene 4 41. Who sent whom what specific challenge? 42. What does "ready to quarrel over a trifle" mean? 43. He'll "say more in a minute than he'll listen to in a month" refers to whom?
44. Romeo and Juliet's nurse discussed all of the following except: A) Paris's eagerness B) Roseline's jealousness C) An afternoon marriage D) Juliet's pale face E) Seduction and two-timing 45. What was the rope for? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 2, Scene 5 46. This scene depicts and portrays all of the following except: A) Juliet's impatience B) The nurse's disenchantment with the task of being a messenger C) Romeo's message D) Juliet's displeasure with the rope idea E) The differences between youth and old age ROMEO AND JULIET Act 2, Scene 6 47. T/F Juliet, upon entering Friar Laurence's cell, greets Romeo with a long, romantic kiss. 48. What does Juliet criticize? 49. T/F Friar Laurence allows Romeo and Juliet to speak privately about their mutual sincerity towards marriage and one another. ROMEO AND JULIET Act 3, Scene 1 50. What insult did Tybalt launch toward Romeo? 51. Which two men first drew their swords to fight? 52. T/F He who sought to defend Romeo's reputation was mortally wounded. 53. T/F Romeo, not to act effeminate twice and not to let Mercutio's soul suffer singularly, slew his new-made cousin.
54. What was the irony in line 143? 55. Benvolio's rendition of the fateful fight was unacceptable to whom? 56. What was Romeo's penalty? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 3, Scene 2 57. T/F On their first marriage night, Juliet was looking forward to losing her virginity with Romeo. 58. What was Juliet's response toward Romeo when she learned that he had killed Tybalt? 59. What realization gave Juliet some comfort? 60. What hope did the nurse offer? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 3, Scene 3 61. Romeo feels that life outside of Verona is all of the following except: A) Worse than death B) Worse than being a fly C) Purgatory, torture, and hell D) A blessing in disguise 62. Friar Laurence chastised Romeo and compared him to all of the following except: A) A sullen maid B) A preying mantis C) Gunpowder D) An undignified woman E) An odd animal 63. T/F Friar Laurence, wanting Juliet to get pregnant in case Romeo was later murdered, encouraged Romeo to meet with Juliet and consummate their marriage. 64. Friar Laurence wanted Romeo to keep a low profile in what city?
65. T/F The nurse forgot to give Romeo Juliet's ring. ROMEO AND JULIET Act 3, Scene 4 66. Why did Capulet push the wedding between Juliet and Paris back one day from Wednesday to Thursday? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 3, Scene 5 [Day 3 (Tuesday)] 67. Day was personified by Romeo as A) A mountain top B) An animal C) A person D) A lark E) A nightingale 68. Current sorrows for Romeo and Juliet will serve as what in the future? 69. Lady Capulet referred to Romeo as all but: A) A renegade B) A villain C) A murderer D) A traitor E) The poisoner 70. T/F Juliet conveyed her love for Romeo to her mother. 71. Capulet called his daughter all but: A) A wretch B) A minx C) A sea of tears D) A mumbling fool E) A spoiled child 72. T/F Capulet vowed to disown Juliet if she refused to marry Paris. 73. T/F Juliet was comforted by her nurse's advice.
ROMEO AND JULIET Act 4, Scene 1 74. Why did Paris think Capulet was rushing his daughter into marriage? 75. What will Juliet drink to feign death? 76. The effects of the potion will last how long? 77. Which will not be an effect from Friar Laurence's latest plan? A) Juliet will be buried with the family lineage. B) Juliet will escape her present shame. C) Romeo will take Juliet to Mantua on Thursday night. D) Friar Laurence will marry the nurse. E) Paris will think Juliet is dead on Thursday morning. ROMEO AND JULIET Act 4, Scene 2 78. Capulet referred to his daughter as all of the following, except: A) Senseless B) Unruly C) Silly good-for-nothing D) Headstrong 79. T/F Juliet repented for the sin of disobedience to her father. 80. Capulet felt that who owed Friar Laurence a great deal? 81. Who will visit Count Paris to prepare him for tomorrow==s marriage? ROMEO AND JULIET Act 4, Scene 3 82. T/F Juliet was aware that the wedding had been moved up a day from Thursday to Wednesday. 83. Prior to taking the potion, Juliet contemplated all but which thought? A) Friar Laurence's possible secret motive to clear his name B) Insanity from abhorrent aromas C) Awaking prior to Romeo's arrival in the tomb D) Waking and finding Romeo dead E) Meeting Tybalt's ghost
ROMEO AND JULIET Act 4, Scene 4 [Day 4 (Wednesday)] 84. T/F Servants had been cooking all night long. 85. What was revealed about Capulet's younger years? 86. T/F Capulet sent Paris in to awaken Juliet and give her a good-morning kiss. ROMEO AND JULIET Act 4, Scene 5 87. Interpret lines 5-7. 88. Complete this analogy.unmerciful : dearest Juliet : : untimely frost : sweetest. 89. How did Capulet, Lady Capulet, the nurse, and Paris all respond to Juliets supposed death? 90. What reason did Friar Laurence give so that Juliet's parents would cease grieving and begin to rejoice? 91. Everything that was for the wedding will now be used for what? 92. T/F Friar Laurence shooed Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Paris out of Juliet's bedroom by making them feel guilty about an ambiguous and unexplicit sin. ROMEO AND JULIET Act 5, Scene 1 [Day 5 (Thursday)] 93. Balthasar brought Romeo A) Friar Laurence's letters B) Incomplete or inaccurate news about Juliet C) A method for suicide D) Ways to act hastily 94. Why was the pharmacist reluctant to sell Romeo poison? 95. T/F Romeo paid the pharmacist with forty gold coins that the former thought were more
poisonous than the poison itself and that the latter accepted in the name of poverty. ROMEO AND JULIET Act 5, Scene 2 96. Why was Friar John's journey to Mantua stopped? 97. Juliet was to awaken within how many hours? 98. T/F Friar Laurence decided to hand deliver a letter himself to Romeo. ROMEO AND JULIET Act 5, Scene 3 99. Who interrupted Paris's ritual for his true love? 100. T/F Balthasar's suspicion kept him from complying wholeheartedly with Romeo's orders. 101. T/F Paris died knowing the truth about Juliet's distilled liquor and her secret marriage with Romeo. 102. In Romeo's final soliloquy, we see that he A) Personified death B) Noted Juliet's unblemished beauty C) Realized whom he had just killed D) Kissed Juliet E) All of the above 103. T/F The distilled liquor made Juliet forget where she was to have awaken and who was supposed to have been there. 104. Where did Friar Laurence want to hide Juliet? 105. Why did Juliet kiss Romeo? 106. How did Juliet die? 107. T/F Friar Laurence escaped from the guards. 108. Who died fretting over Romeo's banishment? ACT 5, SCENE 3, CONTINUED...
109. What proved the truth of Friar Laurence's summation of the tragedy? 110. What two relatives did Prince Escalus lose? 111. The erected statues of Romeo and Juliet were to be made of what? 112. T/F Prince Escalus turned a blind eye towards the homicides and suicides surrounding Romeo and Juliet, and he pardoned everyone.