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Romeo and Juliet: practice test

1.

To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona

Mantua

2.

Why is Romeo exiled

For killing Tybalt

3.

Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage

Friar Lawrence

4.

Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in dreams

Queen Mab

5.

What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do after Romeo is exiled

Act as if Romeo is dead and marry Paris

6.

Where do Romeo and Juliet meet

At Capulet’s feast

7.

Who kills Mercutio

Tybalt

8.

Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the feast

Benvolio

9.

What, at first, does Juliet claim that Romeo hears the morning after their wedding night

The nightingale

10.

To what does Romeo first compare Juliet during the balcony scene

The morning sun

11.

Who discovers Juliet after she takes Friar Lawrence’s potion

The Nurse

12.

Who proposes that a gold statue of Juliet be built in Verona

Montague

13.

To which powerful figure is Paris related

Prince Escalus

14.

How and where does Romeo commit suicide

With poison in Juliet’s tomb

15.

Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabs herself dead

Friar Lawrence

16.

Why is Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence’s message to Romeo in Mantua

He is held inside a quarantined house, and is unable to leave

17.

Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo poison

He is poor, and needs the money

18.

On what day do Romeo and Juliet meet

Sunday

19.

With whom is Romeo madly in love for the first two scenes of the play

Rosaline

20.

In what decade was Romeo and Juliet written

1590s

21.

Whom does Mercutio curse as he lies dying after a duel

The Montagues and Capulets

22.

In what area is Friar Lawrence an expert

Plants and herbs

23.

What term does the Chorus use to describe the lovers

star-crossed

24.

Why does Tybalt first challenge Romeo to a duel

He is offended that Romeo shows up at the Capulet ball

25.

In what year did Shakespeare die

1616