This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > Romeo And Juliet > Romeo And Juliet – Quiz 16 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romeo And Juliet Quiz 16 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. Who is Juliet's cousin, who killed Mercutio and then is slain by Romeo? A) Probably. B) Prince. C) Benvolio. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Probably. 2. "Romeo and Juliet" was retold by ..... A) Andrew Matthews. B) Clare Jackson. C) William Shakespeare. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Andrew Matthews. 3. Romeo is promised something by Benvolio A) To have him take a trip. B) Sing to Juliet. C) To help him forget Rosaline. D) To Help him forget Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To help him forget Rosaline. 4. Who has fallen in love in Romeo and Juliet? A) Lady Montague and Lord Capulet. B) Lady Capulet and Lord Montague. C) The nurse and friar Laurence. D) Romeo and Julet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romeo and Julet. 5. What does Mercutio call Tybalt? A) King of Verona. B) King of Complements. C) Prince of Kings. D) Prince of Cats. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Prince of Cats. 6. Which character gives the speech about Queen Mab, the fairy queen, as the boys are heading to the party? A) Mercutio. B) Abram. C) Probably. D) Romeo. E) Benvolio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Mercutio. 7. Which era (time period) influenced Shakespeare's writing and is characterized by a renewed interest in science, commerce, philosophy, and the arts? A) Romantic. B) Elizabethan. C) Renaissance. D) Enlightenment. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Renaissance. 8. In Act 1 Scene 4 at the Capulet's ball what does Romeo and his friends wear to disguise their identity? A) A full face mask. B) A costume. C) Sunglasses. D) A masquerade mask. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A masquerade mask. 9. What role does fate play in the outcome of Romeo and Juliet's story? A) It has no significant impact, as their deaths are purely accidental. B) It is the sole factor determining their tragic end. C) It serves as a backdrop but does not influence the events directly. D) It interacts with the characters' choices to shape the outcome. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) It interacts with the characters' choices to shape the outcome. 10. What did Romeo do after he discovers Juliet asleep in her tomb but mistakes her for being dead? A) Romeo take a sleeping potion. B) Romeo takes poison to die with his love. C) Romeo sings her that song from the dance. D) Romeo stabs himself. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Romeo takes poison to die with his love. 11. Something that must happen to someone, whether they try to avoid it or not; destiny A) Conflict. B) Free Will. C) Adversary. D) Fate. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Fate. 12. What does the nurse tell Juliet she should do? A) Defy her father and be with Romeo anyway. B) Marry Paris because it would be easier for everyone. C) Run away with Romeo. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Marry Paris because it would be easier for everyone. 13. During their conversation, Romeo and Juliet decide to ..... A) Confess their love to their parents. B) Run away together. C) Marry secretly. D) Wait and see how things go. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Marry secretly. 14. In Act1 Scene 2, why does Peter approach Romeo and Benvolio? A) They are friends. B) Peter can't read the list he has. C) Peter wants to fight them. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Peter can't read the list he has. 15. Why has Tybalt come looking for Romeo? A) He wants to duel. B) He wants to question him about Juliet. C) He is concerned about Benvilio. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He wants to duel. 16. Romeo belongs to the family of the ..... and Juliet belongs to the family of the ..... A) Montagues and Capulets. B) Capulets and Montagues. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montagues and Capulets. 17. Who does Romeo fall in love with at the party? A) Lady Capulet. B) Juliet. C) Rosaline. D) Nurse. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juliet. 18. This form of a DRAMATIC SPEECH is a conversation with others. A) Aside. B) Soliloquy. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dialogue. 19. What does Mercutio do? A) Tries to end the fight. B) Defends Juliet. C) Antagonizes Tybalt and makes the fighting worse. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antagonizes Tybalt and makes the fighting worse. 20. How many SYLLABLES are in one line of perfect iambic pentameter? A) Five. B) Eight. C) It varies according to the meter. D) Ten. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Ten. 21. What is the main emotion expressed by the characters in act 2 scene 2? A) Worried. B) Excited. C) Romantic. D) Happy. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romantic. 22. Who finds dreams to be insignificant? A) Prince. B) Juliet. C) Romeo. D) Mercutio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercutio. 23. For his dying wish, Paris asks Romeo to do what? A) Lay Paris in the tomb next to Juliet. B) Leave Verona and never return. C) Create peace between the Montagues and Capulets. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Lay Paris in the tomb next to Juliet. 24. Friar Lawrence tells Romeo ..... A) Young men should love only for beauty. B) He will perform the ceremony. C) His marriage will not last. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He will perform the ceremony. 25. What is the Nurse's response when Juliet asks about Romeo's name? A) She encourages the relationship. B) She reveals Romeo's identity. C) She warns Juliet about Romeo. D) She advises Juliet to forget about Romeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) She reveals Romeo's identity. 26. Which man has asked Lord Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage? A) Mercutio. B) Romeo. C) Paris. D) Probably. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paris. 27. At the beginning of scene 3, what is Frair Lawrence doing? A) He is praying for the poor. B) He is having confession times with the community. C) He is picking herbs and flowers. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) He is picking herbs and flowers. 28. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Capulet threatens Juliet with A) Boarding school. B) A vial of poison. C) Life in a nunnery. D) Disownment. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Disownment. 29. "Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast." A) Nurse. B) Friar Lawrence. C) Romeo. D) Mercutio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Friar Lawrence. 30. The Prologue was spoken by a group of actors called a ..... A) Troupe. B) Chorus. C) Band. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Chorus. 31. The beginning of Act 1 is an introduction to the book; it is called a ..... A) Monologue. B) Epilogue. C) Prologue. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Prologue. 32. Which of the following characters sent a letter challenging Romeo? A) Probably. B) Mercutio. C) Benvolio. D) Lord Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Probably. 33. When Friar Laurence compares plants to people, he says that both ..... A) Can help and harm. B) Are the same color. C) Are useless. D) Need lots of sun and water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Can help and harm. 34. How does Juliet react when she realizes that Romeo overheard her talking about him? A) She is upset and angry. B) She is indifferent and uncaring. C) She is embarrassed and blushing. D) She is shocked and disgusted. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is embarrassed and blushing. 35. Who was the messenger that was supposed to deliver the letter to Romeo? A) Friar John. B) Friar Laurence. C) Balthasar. D) Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friar John. 36. When Mercutio is trying to convince Romeo to go to the party, Romeo replies, "Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead that hastens me to the ground." This is an example of ..... A) Monologue. B) Foreshadowing. C) Simile. D) Pun. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pun. 37. Which word means "to feel good about people or things" A) Play. B) Sing. C) Ask. D) Like. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Like. 38. When Juliet says, "A rose by any other name would smell as sweet, " what figurative language is she using? A) Hyperbole. B) Personification. C) Simile. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Metaphor. 39. Tybalt is related to Lord Capulet as his A) Son. B) Nephew. C) Cousin. D) Brother-in-law. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nephew. 40. What family does Juliet come from? A) Simpson. B) Montague. C) Capulet. D) Balthasar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Capulet. 41. Who says this line, "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!" A) Mercutio. B) Juliet. C) Romeo. D) Friar Laurence. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romeo. 42. Romeo drinks the ..... and Juliet drinks the ..... A) Poison, sleeping potion. B) Sleeping potion, poison. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Poison, sleeping potion. 43. Which of the following is an extended speech spoken only by one character as if alone and reveals thoughts and feelings to audience? A) Soliloquy. B) Aside. C) Dialogue. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Soliloquy. 44. A druggist, pharmacist A) Blank verse. B) Apothecary. C) Dsipostition. D) Mortal. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Apothecary. 45. Why does Benvolio suggest that Romeo go to the Capulet family banquet? A) To provoke the Capulet family. B) To woo Juliet. C) To get revenge on Tybalt. D) To see other beauties and forget Rosaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) To see other beauties and forget Rosaline. 46. Disagreement between opposing forces A) Prologue. B) Couplet. C) Conflict. D) Set. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Conflict. 47. A character who contrasts with a central character in order to highlight each other's strengths/weaknesses. A) Comic relief. B) Antagonist. C) Tragic hero. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foil. 48. What is poetry that is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter? A) Sonnet. B) Blank Verse. C) Post-modern. D) Couplet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Blank Verse. 49. Which of the following is not a purpose of comic relief? A) To lighten the mood of the play. B) To increase the number of people who attend the play. C) To heighten the seriousness of the main action by contrast. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) To heighten the seriousness of the main action by contrast. 50. Where does the play take place? A) Florence, Italy. B) Naples, Italy. C) Rome, Italy. D) Verona, Italy. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Verona, Italy. 51. BONUS TRIVIA:The 1969 version filmed version of Romeo and Juliet was the first filmed version to do what? A) Cast teenage leads who were close to ages of the characters as Shakespeare had written. B) Use Shakespeare's original dialogue and language. C) Set the film in Elizabethan Italy, as Shakespeare had written. D) Show the on screen deaths of Romeo and Juliet, rather than cutting away. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Cast teenage leads who were close to ages of the characters as Shakespeare had written. 52. The word "dignity" in line 1 of the Prologue suggests both houses are alike- "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona, where we lay our scene" in ..... A) Violence. B) Social standing. C) Sadness. D) Relation to the Prince. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Social standing. 53. Poetic style-unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, 5 times per line A) Iambic Pentameter. B) Prologue. C) Dialogue. D) Aside. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Iambic Pentameter. 54. What did Friar Lawerence give Juliet to take? A) Poison. B) A letter to give Romeo (by riding a donkey to him). C) A sleeping potion. D) Tylenol. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A sleeping potion. 55. Romeo wants to marry Juliet. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 56. Who wrote the letter that Benvolio and Mercutio discuss in Act II? A) Friar Lawrence. B) Probably. C) The Nurse. D) Lady Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Probably. 57. What is the name of the girl that Romeo was originally in love with? A) Rosaline. B) Rapunzel. C) Arielle. D) Cinderella. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rosaline. 58. An impulsive 16-year-old male who is a Montague and falls in love with Juliet as the masquerade party. A) Mercutio. B) Paris. C) Benvolio. D) Romeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romeo. 59. This character is supposed to bring Romeo a message, but fails to do so because of a plague. A) Grimy McPeasant Dirt. B) Balthasar. C) Friar Laurence. D) Friar John. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friar John. 60. A person who attends a funeral as a relative or friend of the dead person A) Devotion. B) Mourner. C) Ancestor. D) Shameful. 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