R&J Study TEST STUDY GUIDE ACT I 1. The setting of Romeo and Juliet is _________________. a. Stratford-on-Avon, England b. Venice, Italy c. Verona, Italy d. London, England

2. The first street disturbance in the play was started by _________________. a. Benvolio b. the servants c. Mercutio d. Tybalt

3. After the brawl in the streets, the Prince tells Montague and Capulet that if they or other members of their households disturb the peace again, they will ____________. a. forfeit their lives b. be fined c. be imprisoned d. have to leave Verona

4. When Romeo first appears in the play, he is unhappy because ________________. a. of the quarrel between his family and the Capulets b. he has fought with Benvolio c. he is not in love d. he is in love

5. Benvolio learns that his cousin Romeo is infatuated with a girl named ____________. a. Diana b. Valentina c. Juliet d. Rosaline

6. Paris asks Lord Capulet ___________. a. to invite him to the ball b. for Juliet's hand in marriage c. to keep peace in the city d. why he hates the Montagues

7. Juliet was ________ years old. a. 12 b. 13 c. 14 d. 15

8. Tybalt and Lord Capulet argue over _______________. a. Juliet b. Romeo c. Paris d. Queen Mab

9. Romeo and Juliet discover shortly after they have met that ______________. a. they must talk their parents out of feuding b. they each love their enemy c. Tybalt is planning to kill Romeo d. Lord Capulet has promised Juliet to Paris

ACT II 10. After the Capulets' feast, Romeo ___________. a. challenges Tybalt to a duel b. goes home c. hides in the Capulets' orchard d. tries to find his former sweetheart to tell her that it is over between them

11. When Juliet is on the balcony, she declares that _________________. a. she will probably marry Paris b. her father would never allow her to marry Romeo c. Romeo's name is her enemy, rather than Romeo himself d. she will have to forget Romeo

12. Friar Lawrence agrees after talking to Romeo _______________. a. to talk to Lord Capulet b. to talk to Lord Montague c. to marry Romeo and Juliet d. to find a love counselor for Romeo

13. How does Friar Lawrence feel about Romeo and Juliet's love? a. He does not want to be involved in such a ridiculous scheme. b. Their marriage may stop the quarrel between the two families. c. They should break it off. d. It will never work.

ACT III 14. After Romeo kills Tybalt, the Prince ___________. a. banishes him b. fines him c. imprisons Benvolio d. imprisons him

15. When Juliet hears of Tybalt's death, she __________. a. is relieved that Mercutio was not injured b. blames her parents for feuding c. knows Romeo must have had a reason d. refuses to see Romeo ever again

16. When Romeo hears of his punishment, he is ________. a. relieved b. frightened c. sure it is worse than death d. determined to win the Prince's pardon

17. Mercutio is killed when __________. a. the Prince shoots him in anger b. Benvolio tries to break up the fight c. Romeo tries to break up the fight d. he refuses to fight

18. Lord Capulet tells Juliet she must marry Paris or ___________. a. he will disown her b. she will be sent to a nunnery c. she will be banished d. she will never be allowed to marry

19. Juliet seeks help from __________. a. Romeo b. her mother c. Benvolio d. Friar Lawrence

ACT IV 20. Friar Lawrence's plan to help the young lovers required that Juliet __________. a. take a potion and meet Romeo in the tomb when she awakens b. immediately leave Verona with Paris c. honor her father's wishes, marry Paris, and then run away with Romeo d. immediately leave Verona with Romeo and live forever in Mantua

21. How does Juliet receive Friar Lawrence's plan? a. She tells Friar Lawrence that she will give him an answer later. b. She tells Friar Lawrence that she is going home to kill herself. c. She asks the Friar for some other solutions. d. She immediately agrees.

22. Juliet spends her last evening alive _________. a. with her nurse b. with Romeo c. alone d. with Friar Lawrence

23. Friar Lawrence has given Juliet a potion that will put her in a death-like state for ______. a. 12 hours b. 24 hours c. 36 hours d. 42 hours

ACT V 24. _________ tells Romeo that Juliet is dead. a. Balthasar b. Friar Lawrence c. Benvolio d. Lord Montague

25. Romeo goes to an apothecary to buy some __________. a. medicine b. spices c. poison d. flowers

26. Romeo does not receive Friar Lawrence's _______________. a. ring b. letter c. knife d. medicinal herbs

27. At the entrance to the tomb, Romeo kills ____________. a. the nurse b. Paris c. Balthasar d. a guard

28. Romeo kills himself with _____________. a. poison b. his knife c. Paris's sword d. Peter's sword

29. Juliet kills herself with _________. a. Romeo's knife b. poison c. Friar Lawrence's sword d. Paris's sword