This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > English Literature > Classics > Romeo And Juliet > Romeo And Juliet – Quiz 20 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Romeo And Juliet Quiz 20 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. When the audience is first introduced to Friar Laurence, he is ..... A) Picking herbs and flowers. B) Serving food to the poor. C) Saying mass. D) Hearing Juliet's confession. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Picking herbs and flowers. 2. A sonnet is divided into how many quatrains? A) 2. B) 3. C) 1. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3. 3. Who does Friar Lawrence think has kept him up all night? A) Rosaline. B) Nurse. C) Juliet. D) Lady Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Rosaline. 4. Who is Paris's relative? A) The Friar. B) Montague. C) The Prince. D) Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Prince. 5. Romeo and Juliet is which of the following? A) Plurality. B) Comedy. C) Tragedy. D) Neutrality. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tragedy. 6. Why does Friar Lawrence agree to perform the wedding? A) Wants to avoid problems. B) Wants to help Romeo be with his love. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Wants to help Romeo be with his love. 7. Who has challenged Romeo to a duel? A) Abram. B) Probably. C) Paris. D) Mercutio. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Probably. 8. Who is related to the Prince? A) Peter. B) Benvolio. C) Mercutio. D) Balthasar. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mercutio. 9. The Montagues and Capulets have been fighting for years as the play opens A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 10. Which character DOES NOT die in the play? A) Mercutio. B) Probably. C) Romeo. D) Benvolio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benvolio. 11. Hot-tempered, would rather fight than solve problems A) Probably. B) Paris. C) Prince Escalus. D) Lord Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Probably. 12. In Act II, what is Friar Lawrence's primary role? A) An influential relative to the Prince. B) An influential relative of the Capulets. C) A frustrated botanist. D) Romeo's advisor. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Romeo's advisor. 13. The list of characters and their descriptions in a play is the ..... A) Script. B) Dialogue. C) Stage directions. D) Cast. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cast. 14. Who urges his friends and foes to put down their swords and keep the peace in Acts 1 and 3? A) Mercutio. B) Benvolio. C) Probably. D) Romeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benvolio. 15. A lengthy speech made by one character in a play that is addressed to other characters is a(n) ..... A) Soliloquy. B) Metaphor. C) Monologue. D) Prologue. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Monologue. 16. Juliet acts standoffish towards Romeo during the balcony scene. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 17. Why has Romeo broken into the Capulet's burial chamber? A) He wants steal Juliet's valuables to sell to the local pawn shop. B) He wants to poison himself next to his wife's body to join her in death. C) He wants to take Juliet's body back to Mantua with him for a proper burial. D) He was told to get her when she wakes up and run back to Mantua. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) He wants to poison himself next to his wife's body to join her in death. 18. Who is the maximum authority in Verona? A) Prince Escalus. B) Lord Montague. C) Lord Capulet. D) Count Paris. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Prince Escalus. 19. The illness that was a serious condition during Shakespeare's time was called A) The Bubonic Plague. B) Scarlet Fever. C) The Red Plague. D) Tuberculosis. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The Bubonic Plague. 20. Juliet's cousin a very aggressive Capulet who hates the Montagues. A) Probably. B) Benvolio. C) Paris. D) Mercutio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Probably. 21. Romeo and Juliet is one of Shakespeare's most famous ..... A) Tragedies. B) Comedies. C) Histories. D) Dramas. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Tragedies. 22. What is Romeo's punishment? A) Banishment. B) Nothing. C) Death. D) Sadness. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Banishment. 23. What does Juliet plan to do the day after she and Romeo declare their love for each other? A) She plans to tell her fellow Capulets about Romeo being a stalker. B) She plans to tell Rosaline that Romeo is a player. C) She plans on flirting with Benvolio, Romeo's cousin. D) She plans to send a messenger to Romeo, so he can arrange for a marriage ceremony. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) She plans to send a messenger to Romeo, so he can arrange for a marriage ceremony. 24. The marriage of Paris and Juliet has been planned for what day? A) Wednesday. B) Saturday. C) Thursday. D) Tomorrow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Thursday. 25. Who asked for Lord Capulet's permission to woo his daughter? A) Mercutio. B) Benvolio. C) Paris. D) Romeo. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Paris. 26. A sin, or wrong doing A) Fray. B) Flourish. C) Siege. D) Transgression. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Transgression. 27. Juliet is going to ..... A) Marry Paris. B) Die. C) Visit Friar Lawrence. D) Cry a lot. E) Be sad. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Visit Friar Lawrence. 28. Which "always" breaks the fourth wall? A) Aside. B) Soliloquy. C) Monologue. D) Verse. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Aside. 29. Romeo's cousin who unsuccessful tries to make peace between the fighting families. A) Benvolio. B) Probably. C) Prince Escalus. D) Mercutio. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Benvolio. 30. Tybalt sent Mercutio a letter of challenge. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 31. What does biting one's thumb at another person signify? A) A pleasant greeting. B) An indication of power and social status. C) A silly way of greeting a close friend. D) A rude, insulting gesture. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A rude, insulting gesture. 32. Who assures Romeo that Benvolio's suggestion will work? A) Gregory. B) Benvolio. C) Sampson. D) Probably. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Benvolio. 33. When did Shakespeare pass away? A) 1616. B) 1625. C) 1630. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 1616. 34. A woman with authority, head of the house A) Arrogant. B) Haughty. C) Mistress. D) Apothecary. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mistress. 35. Explain the significance of the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets in Romeo and Juliet. A) The feud is insignificant and has no impact on the story. B) The feud is only a minor subplot and does not affect the main storyline. C) The feud is resolved peacefully, leading to a happy ending for Romeo and Juliet. D) The feud drives the conflict and tragedy in the play, leading to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The feud drives the conflict and tragedy in the play, leading to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet. 36. Benvolio encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet party to A) See Juliet. B) Have at least on night of happiness. C) Meet other women. D) Fight Tybalt. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Meet other women. 37. The author of Romeo and Juliet was ..... A) William Shakespeare. B) John Steakspare. C) Robert Shakespeare. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) William Shakespeare. 38. The primary conflict in this story is ..... A) Person vs. society. B) Person vs. nature. C) Person vs. person. D) Person vs. self. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Person vs. person. 39. Identify the character:Though Montague, seeks to keep the peace between the warring families A) Prince. B) Paris. C) Probably. D) Benvolio. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Benvolio. 40. Who are the star-crossed lovers in the story? A) Benvolio and Juliet. B) Paris and Juliet. C) Romeo and Juliet. D) Romeo and Rosaline. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romeo and Juliet. 41. Who is the priest to both Romeo and Juliet? A) Brother Lorenzo. B) Father Vincentio. C) Friar John. D) Friar Lawrence. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Friar Lawrence. 42. How are Juliet's beliefs about love and marriage different from her parents'? A) Juliet believes in true love instead of an arranged marriage. B) Juliet wants to get divorced and her parents do not. C) Juliet believes in being married to multiple people at once. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Juliet believes in true love instead of an arranged marriage. 43. How does Lord Capulet react to finding out Romeo came to the party? A) Unbothered-Romeo is a good kid. B) Angry-That is a MONTAGUE. C) Happy-Let's get over the feud. D) Sad-This was supposed to be a family party. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Unbothered-Romeo is a good kid. 44. Who is the angriest? A) Paris. B) Romeo. C) Benvolio. D) Probably. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Probably. 45. As a sign of peace, Lord Montague and Lord Capulet decide to ..... in honor of Romeo and Juliet. A) Have a festive feast together. B) Start a business together. C) Build golden statues. D) Continue fighting to the death. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Build golden statues. 46. Which technique is used in this quotation:'Teach me how to forget!' A) Imperative verb. B) Emotive language. C) Metaphor. D) Personification. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Imperative verb. 47. A sickly, pale color A) Unwieldy. B) Lamentable. C) Augment. D) Sallow. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sallow. 48. Which of the following sentences contains an example of parallelism? A) Romeo falls in love, marries Juliet, kills Tybalt, and poisons himself. B) The ending of the play implies that in the future, the two families will be friends. C) Romeo and Paris both love Juliet, but each reacts in his own way to her supposed death. D) Friar Lawrence cannot control events, and the Nurse is equally incapable of helping the lovers. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Romeo falls in love, marries Juliet, kills Tybalt, and poisons himself. 49. Romeo learns of the masquerade party by ..... A) Benvolio. B) The servant. C) Probably. D) Lord Capulet. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) The servant. 50. Definition:indicating something bad for the future A) Portentous. B) Transgression. C) Augmenting. D) Importuned. E) Assailing. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Portentous. 51. What is the conflict in the play? A) Juliet does not want to marry Paris. B) Nurse refuses to help Juliet. C) The Capulets and Montagues are in a feud that prevents Romeo and Juliet from expressing their love. D) Juliet is in love with Tybalt, which is forbidden by her parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Capulets and Montagues are in a feud that prevents Romeo and Juliet from expressing their love. 52. Who said, "O, I am fortune's fool" ? A) Mercutio. B) Juliet. C) Romeo. D) Probably. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Romeo. 53. Romeo attended the Capulet party in hopes of seeing Juliet. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) False. 54. Juliet's parents want her to marry another man. A) False. B) True. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) True. 55. How many acts are in Romeo and Juliet A) 5. B) 2. C) 3. D) 4. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5. 56. The first story about the love of a boy and girl from families that were enemies was from a Greek writer named ..... A) Xenophon. B) Hercules. C) Socrates. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Xenophon. 57. Juliet compares Romeo to a rose in order to emphasize ..... A) Romeo's physical beauty. B) Romeo's sensitive nature. C) That Romeo isn't defined by his name. D) That Romeo has a "beautiful" side and a "thorny" side. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) That Romeo isn't defined by his name. 58. To what does Juliet NOT want Romeo to swear his love? A) The stars. B) The sun. C) The Nurse. D) The moon. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The moon. 59. Which is NOT a major theme in the play? A) Fate is inevitable. B) Love and passion can cause a person to act recklessly and unethically. C) Family values conflict with individual values. D) Children should always listen to and obey their parents. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Children should always listen to and obey their parents. 60. When was Romeo and Juliet's wedding? A) In 10 days after their first meeting. B) They never got married. C) In a year after their first meeting. D) Next day after their first meeting. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Next day after their first meeting. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesClassics QuizzesEnglish Literature QuizzesRomeo And Juliet Quiz 1Romeo And Juliet Quiz 2Romeo And Juliet Quiz 3Romeo And Juliet Quiz 4Romeo And Juliet Quiz 5Romeo And Juliet Quiz 6Romeo And Juliet Quiz 7Romeo And Juliet Quiz 8 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books