Romeo and Juliet Exam Questions With
Correct Answers
Is Juliet a Montague or a Capulet? - answer✔✔Capulet
is Romeo a Montague or a Capulet? - answer✔✔Montague
who is Romeo in love with at the beginning of the play? - answer✔✔Rosaline
how old is Romeo? - answer✔✔Shakespeare does not specify, but he is most likely between 16-
18 years old.
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.
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.
how does Mercutio die? - 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.
how does Tybalt die? - answer✔✔after Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo avenges his friend by
sword fighting Tybalt and killing him.
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
how does Paris die? - answer✔✔Romeo kills him because Paris challenges him after caching
him in Verona after he was exiled.
how does Lady Monague die? (Romeo's mom) - answer✔✔"from grief" as her husband says,
because her son Romeo was exiled from Verona.
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