Romeo and Juliet Test Questions with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: In the prologue before Act I, Romeo and Juliet are referred to as...
Answer: star-crossed lovers
Question 2: Romeo and Juliet meet at a...
Answer: Capulet ball
Question 3: As the play opens, Romeo is sad because...
Answer: he is in love with Rosaline, but she will not return his love
Question 4: The nurse functions as...
Answer: Juliet's second mother
Question 5: The Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because...
Answer: he thinks that the marriage will end the feud
Question 6: Tybalt becomes furious at the party because...
Answer: he sees Romeo, and his father will do nothing about it
Question 7: What promise and threat did Prince Escalus make when he stops the houses from
fighting...
Answer: that the next fight will result with the death of those involved
Question 8: Why does Mercutio fight with Tybalt?
Answer: because Romeo refuses to fight with Tybalt
Question 9: Who stabs and kills Mercutio?
Answer: Tybalt
Question 10: What does Romeo compare Juliet to in the balcony scene?
Answer: the sun
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, Question 11: Who gave Juliet the potion?
Answer: Friar Lawrence
Question 12: How many hours will the potion last on Juliet?
Answer: 42
Question 13: How does Juliet die?
Answer: she stabs herself
Question 14: Balthasar is Romeo's...
Answer: servant
Question 15: Where does Romeo go after being banished from Verona?
Answer: Mantua
Question 16: Why was Romeo exiled?
Answer: for killing Tybalt
Question 17: What does the nurse tell Juliet to do when Romeo is banished?
Answer: to act as though he is dead and marry Paris
Question 18: Which character persuades Romeo to attend the Capulet's ball?
Answer: Benvolio
Question 19: Who is the first to find Juliet "dead?"
Answer: Nurse
Question 20: Who proposes that a golden statue of Juliet be built?
Answer: Montague
Question 21: How does Romeo die and where?
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Question 1: In the prologue before Act I, Romeo and Juliet are referred to as...
Answer: star-crossed lovers
Question 2: Romeo and Juliet meet at a...
Answer: Capulet ball
Question 3: As the play opens, Romeo is sad because...
Answer: he is in love with Rosaline, but she will not return his love
Question 4: The nurse functions as...
Answer: Juliet's second mother
Question 5: The Friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because...
Answer: he thinks that the marriage will end the feud
Question 6: Tybalt becomes furious at the party because...
Answer: he sees Romeo, and his father will do nothing about it
Question 7: What promise and threat did Prince Escalus make when he stops the houses from
fighting...
Answer: that the next fight will result with the death of those involved
Question 8: Why does Mercutio fight with Tybalt?
Answer: because Romeo refuses to fight with Tybalt
Question 9: Who stabs and kills Mercutio?
Answer: Tybalt
Question 10: What does Romeo compare Juliet to in the balcony scene?
Answer: the sun
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, Question 11: Who gave Juliet the potion?
Answer: Friar Lawrence
Question 12: How many hours will the potion last on Juliet?
Answer: 42
Question 13: How does Juliet die?
Answer: she stabs herself
Question 14: Balthasar is Romeo's...
Answer: servant
Question 15: Where does Romeo go after being banished from Verona?
Answer: Mantua
Question 16: Why was Romeo exiled?
Answer: for killing Tybalt
Question 17: What does the nurse tell Juliet to do when Romeo is banished?
Answer: to act as though he is dead and marry Paris
Question 18: Which character persuades Romeo to attend the Capulet's ball?
Answer: Benvolio
Question 19: Who is the first to find Juliet "dead?"
Answer: Nurse
Question 20: Who proposes that a golden statue of Juliet be built?
Answer: Montague
Question 21: How does Romeo die and where?
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