This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > Romeo And Juliet > Romeo And Juliet – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romeo And Juliet Quiz 2 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. In the Prologue, the main characters are referred to as ..... A) Love-crossed stars. B) Star-crossed lovers. C) Starry-eyed lovers. D) Cross-eyed lovers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Star-crossed lovers. 2. In Romeo and Juliet when the manservant cannot read the list of people that he is tasked to invite to the party, this is an example of A) Foreshadowing. B) Verbal irony. C) Conflict. D) Situational irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Situational irony. 3. To increase or enlarge A) Unwieldy. B) Lamentable. C) Augment. D) Sallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Augment. 4. A religious song or poem of praise to God or a god. A) Eternal. B) Friar. C) Ancestor. D) Hymn. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Hymn. 5. Who gave Juliet the potion and what does it do? A) Friar Laurence-Suppresses all signs of life. B) The Nurse-Puts her in a deep slumber. C) The Nurse-Suppresses all signs of life. D) Friar Laurence-Puts her to sleep. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friar Laurence-Suppresses all signs of life. 6. Who does Lord Capulet want Juliet to marry in the beginning of the play? A) Romeo. B) The Prince. C) Paris. D) Probably. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paris. 7. Romeo and Juliet want to say their "nuptials" to each other ..... "nuptials mean?" A) None of these answers. B) Boisterous and loud. C) Related to marriage. D) Related to death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Related to marriage. 8. Who does Mercutio lash out to with mockery and insults?(hint-accompanied by Peter) A) Benvolio. B) Probably. C) Nurse. D) Romeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Nurse. 9. What advice does the Nurse give Juliet? A) Forget Romeo and marry Paris. B) Tell her parents about Romeo. C) Ask Friar Lawrence for help. D) Run away to Mantua. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Forget Romeo and marry Paris. 10. A person, typically one more remote than a grandparent, from whom one is descended. A) Wretched. B) Ancestor. C) Mourner. D) Woe. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ancestor. 11. Opposite words that are used together is a(n) ..... A) Soliloquy. B) Pun. C) Oxymoron. D) Monologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Oxymoron. 12. A division of an act within a play; it usually shows what happens between the characters in one particular place A) Tragedy. B) Imagery. C) Act. D) Scene. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Scene. 13. Which character delivered the "Queen Mab" monologue? A) Probably. B) Romeo. C) Benvolio. D) Mercutio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Mercutio. 14. Man vs. man, man vs. self, man vs. self are all examples of A) Genres. B) Conflicts. C) Irony. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Conflicts. 15. Definition of reconcile A) To restore friendly relations between two parties; to make two or more apparently conflicting things compatible or consistent. B) To ignore any differences and inconsistencies. C) To make two or more conflicting things even more incompatible. D) To cause further conflict between two parties. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) To restore friendly relations between two parties; to make two or more apparently conflicting things compatible or consistent. 16. Mercutio's Queen Mab speech is a A) Foreshaow. B) Soliloquy. C) Monologue. D) Oxymoron. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monologue. 17. Dramatic Irony is: A) When something you least expect happens. B) When the audience knows something that the characters do not. C) Sarcasm. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) When the audience knows something that the characters do not. 18. Is this a theme? I think love at first sight is shown in this play. A) No. B) Yes. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) No. 19. Because this character is very serious about love, he can be seen as a dramatic foil to Mercutio. A) Probably. B) Benvolio. C) Paris. D) Romeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romeo. 20. Who said it? "Deny thy father and refuse thy name! Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, And I'll no longer be a Capulet." A) Prince Escalus. B) Friar Lawrence. C) Romeo. D) Benvolio. E) Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Juliet. 21. Come hither, covered with an antic face, To fleer and scorn at our ..... ? A) Warrant. B) Chaste. C) Solemnity. D) Sepulcher. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Solemnity. 22. Why does Juliet tell Romeo not to swear by the moon? A) The moon goes away and comes back. B) The moon takes many forms. C) The moon is to inconstant. D) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of the above. 23. Count Paris wants to marry Juliet. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 24. Which of these people is not in the play? A) Lady capulet. B) Queen Victoria. C) Romeo. D) Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Queen Victoria. 25. Why does the Friar finally agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? A) He believes it will bring the families together again. B) He doesn't want them to live in sin and have a secret relationship. C) He can see how much Romeo truly loves Juliet and he is fearful that Romeo may forever be tormented by the lost love of Roseline. D) All of three answers are correct. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) He believes it will bring the families together again. 26. Romeo is from the house of ..... A) Montague. B) Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Montague. 27. Where does Romeo and Juliet take place? A) In Milan. B) In Venice. C) In Paterson. D) In Verona. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) In Verona. 28. What do you call a character whose purpose is to accentuate or draw attention to the qualities of another character, most often the protagonist? A) Plastic. B) Croissant. C) Throne. D) Foil. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Foil. 29. The nurse can be defended as a flat character because A) She is opposite in personality to that of Lady Capulet. B) She does not have many lines. C) She is always lending humor to the plot. D) She at first is kind to Juliet but later becomes bitter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) She is always lending humor to the plot. 30. What is the only message that reached Romeo A) That Juliet is dead. B) That he is not banished anymore. C) What the potion is and what it does. D) That Juliet has married the Count of Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That Juliet is dead. 31. What will happen after Juliet takes the potion? A) She'll be basically dead for 42 hours. B) She'll sprout wings to fly away. C) She'll become so ugly Paris won't marry her. D) She'll actually die. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She'll be basically dead for 42 hours. 32. What gentleman seeks Juliet's hand in marriage? A) Lord Montague. B) Mercutio. C) Benvolio. D) Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Paris. 33. Elizabethans believed the earth was flat. A) That's right. B) Not really!. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) That's right. 34. What is an example of dramatic irony in Romeo and Juliet? A) Romeo kills himself next to Juliet. B) Juliet is in a deep sleep when Romeo believes her to be dead. C) Juliet kills herself because Romeo is dead. D) Friar Lawrence runs away from danger. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juliet is in a deep sleep when Romeo believes her to be dead. 35. Friar Lawrence's line- "The grey-ey'd morn smiles on the frowning night, is an example of- A) Oxymoron. B) Simile. C) Personification. D) Metaphor. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Personification. 36. After killing Paris at the graveyard, what does Romeo realize about the two of them? A) They are very similar. B) They are mortal enemies. C) They are both blonde. D) They hated each other. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) They are very similar. 37. How does "heaven, " or "fate, " punish the Capulets and the Montagues for their feud? A) The Prince becomes angry at the two families. B) Their children fall in love but lose their lives as a result of the feud. C) Their children keep secrets from them. D) Their children keep secrets from them. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Their children fall in love but lose their lives as a result of the feud. 38. The unseen love interest of Romeo at the beginning of the play and doesn't love him in return. A) Montague. B) Lady Capulet. C) Juliet. D) Rosaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Rosaline. 39. What are the names of the feuding families? A) Catapults and Montags. B) Capulets and Montagues. C) Manternachs and Dirks. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Capulets and Montagues. 40. When Juliet says, "That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet" , she is A) Giving an example to prove that names are important. B) Commenting on the origin of the word rose. C) Proving that Romeo's last name does not affect his character. D) Explaining why she is so upset that Romeo is a Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Proving that Romeo's last name does not affect his character. 41. "Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona where we lay our scene." In which part of the plot does this Prologue belong? A) Exposition. B) Rising Action. C) Climax #1. D) Falling Action. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Exposition. 42. Why is Romeo sad in Act I? A) Because he is in love with Rosaline but she doesn't feel the same. B) Because he is in love with Juliet who is his enemy. C) Because he has lost his best friend. D) Because he has been in an argument with his parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Because he is in love with Rosaline but she doesn't feel the same. 43. When Friar Laurence talks to Romeo at dawn, he thinks Romeo never went to bed because ..... A) Romeo was working the night shift at Taco Bell. B) Romeo was out partying with his friends. C) Romeo was crying over Rosaline. D) Romeo spent the night with Juliet. E) Romeo spent the night with Rosaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) Romeo spent the night with Rosaline. 44. Our two vocabulary words that are synonyms are A) Grudge and mutiny. B) Adversary and foe. C) Forswear and quarrel. D) Piteous and tyrannous. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Adversary and foe. 45. Sometimes a character will just make a brief comment to the audience that the other characters don't hear; this is called a side. A) That's right. B) Not really!. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Not really!. 46. Capulet changes his mind about the plan for Juliet to marry Paris because A) Romeo is exiled. B) Juliet is grieving. C) He is a Capulet. D) It will bring peace to both homes. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Juliet is grieving. 47. A contrast between what is expected and what really happens A) Dramatic irony. B) Situational irony. C) Conflict. D) Verbal irony. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Situational irony. 48. How does Tybalt react to Romeo's presence at the ball? A) He is happy and welcomes him. B) He thinks it is an insult and he is angry and wants to throw him out. C) He is worried but doesn't want to ruin the party. D) He is curious to know Romeo and why he's at the ball. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He thinks it is an insult and he is angry and wants to throw him out. 49. What is Romeo's last name? A) Capulet. B) Montague. C) Unknown. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Montague. 50. This neutral character agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet in the hopes that the two families will end their fighting. A) Friar Lawrence. B) Mercutio. C) Nurse. D) Prince Escalus. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Friar Lawrence. 51. At the end of scene v, why is Juliet so angry with the nurse? A) She turns her back on Romeo. B) She says she's being silly. C) She talks about her with her father. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) She turns her back on Romeo. 52. How does Capulet react to Juliet's "death?" A) He is happy. B) He is indifferent. C) He is angry. D) He is heartbroken. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) He is heartbroken. 53. True or False:Plays were written specifically to entertain the most well-educated and wealthy, and most normal people couldn't understand the language. A) True. B) False. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) False. 54. A feeling of something bad lurking, threatening A) Suspense. B) Aside. C) Foreboding. D) Iambic Pentameter. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Foreboding. 55. Having a negative or harmful effect A) Oppression. B) Adversary. C) Transgression. D) Pernicious. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Pernicious. 56. What did Shakespeare include in the play in order to keep his audience entertained? A) Complex props and scenery. B) Beautiful ladies in all the most important roles. C) Dirty jokes and violence. D) Free food. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Dirty jokes and violence. 57. What kind of figurative language is being used when Romeo says "Juliet is the sun ..... " A) Personification. B) Metaphor. C) Similarly. D) Alliteration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Metaphor. 58. How did Romeo die? A) He did not die. B) The Capulet family killed him. C) With Juliet's dagger. D) Poison that he bought. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Poison that he bought. 59. Who is Paris visiting when he runs into Juliet? A) Peter. B) Juliet's Nurse. C) Batman. D) Friar Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friar Lawrence. 60. Who is unable to deliver a letter to Romeo in Mantua because of the plague? A) Probably. B) Friar John. C) Benvolio. D) Mercutio. 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