Romeo and Juliet Exam Questions with Correct Answers (Grade
A+)
Question 1: is Juliet a Montague or a Capulet?
Answer: Capulet
Question 2: is Romeo a Montague or a Capulet?
Answer: Montague
Question 3: who is Romeo in love with at the beginning of the play?
Answer: Rosaline
Question 4: how old is Romeo?
Answer: Shakespeare does not specify, but he is most likely between 16-18 years old.
Question 5: why does Benvolio want Romeo to go to Capulet's dinner party?
Answer: Benvolio is worried about Romeo because he is in love with Rosaline who doesn't love Romeo, so
Benvolio wants Romeo to go because he wants Romeo to meet new girls.
Question 6: How old is Juliet at the beginning of the play? at the end? when is her birthday?
Answer: 13 years old. 14 years old. Lammastide, which is August 1st.
Question 7: how does Mercutio die?
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, Answer: Mercutio is defending Romeo against Tybalt. Romeo tries to break up the fight, but Tybalt
manages to stab Mercutio underneath Romeo's arm, wounding him so badly he dies from it soon after.
Question 8: how does Tybalt die?
Answer: after Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo avenges his friend by sword fighting Tybalt and killing him.
Question 9: why is Romeo banished, and where does he go?
Answer: Romeo is banished from Verona for killing Tybalt, so he hides out in Friar Lawrence's office
before finally fleeing to Mantua
Question 10: how does Paris die?
Answer: Romeo kills him because Paris challenges him after caching him in Verona after he was exiled.
Question 11: how does Lady Monague die? (Romeo's mom)
Answer: "from grief" as her husband says, because her son Romeo was exiled from Verona.
Question 12: how does Romeo die?
Answer: because of the potion Friar Lawrence gave her, she appears to be dead. Romeo thinks she actually
IS dead since he did not know what was going on, having been exiled. rather than live without his love, he
drinks a poison he bought from a poor Apothecary in Mantua. The poison kills him instantly
Question 13: how does Juliet die?
Answer: after 42 hours, the potion finally wears off. she wakes to find Romeo dead, so she stabs herself
with his sword. Romeo and Juliet both commit suicide.
Question 14: who are Sampson and Gregory?
Answer: two foolish Capulet servants who are responsible for the opening fight.
Question 15: who is "the Nurse"?
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Question 1: is Juliet a Montague or a Capulet?
Answer: Capulet
Question 2: is Romeo a Montague or a Capulet?
Answer: Montague
Question 3: who is Romeo in love with at the beginning of the play?
Answer: Rosaline
Question 4: how old is Romeo?
Answer: Shakespeare does not specify, but he is most likely between 16-18 years old.
Question 5: why does Benvolio want Romeo to go to Capulet's dinner party?
Answer: Benvolio is worried about Romeo because he is in love with Rosaline who doesn't love Romeo, so
Benvolio wants Romeo to go because he wants Romeo to meet new girls.
Question 6: How old is Juliet at the beginning of the play? at the end? when is her birthday?
Answer: 13 years old. 14 years old. Lammastide, which is August 1st.
Question 7: how does Mercutio die?
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, Answer: Mercutio is defending Romeo against Tybalt. Romeo tries to break up the fight, but Tybalt
manages to stab Mercutio underneath Romeo's arm, wounding him so badly he dies from it soon after.
Question 8: how does Tybalt die?
Answer: after Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo avenges his friend by sword fighting Tybalt and killing him.
Question 9: why is Romeo banished, and where does he go?
Answer: Romeo is banished from Verona for killing Tybalt, so he hides out in Friar Lawrence's office
before finally fleeing to Mantua
Question 10: how does Paris die?
Answer: Romeo kills him because Paris challenges him after caching him in Verona after he was exiled.
Question 11: how does Lady Monague die? (Romeo's mom)
Answer: "from grief" as her husband says, because her son Romeo was exiled from Verona.
Question 12: how does Romeo die?
Answer: because of the potion Friar Lawrence gave her, she appears to be dead. Romeo thinks she actually
IS dead since he did not know what was going on, having been exiled. rather than live without his love, he
drinks a poison he bought from a poor Apothecary in Mantua. The poison kills him instantly
Question 13: how does Juliet die?
Answer: after 42 hours, the potion finally wears off. she wakes to find Romeo dead, so she stabs herself
with his sword. Romeo and Juliet both commit suicide.
Question 14: who are Sampson and Gregory?
Answer: two foolish Capulet servants who are responsible for the opening fight.
Question 15: who is "the Nurse"?
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