Romeo and Juliet Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Calling Romeo and Juliet “star-cross’d lovers” most strongly establishes which idea?
Their love depends on secret astronomical knowledge
Their relationship is shadowed by fate and misfortune
Their families misunderstand the timing of their wedding
Their social ranks make a legal marriage impossible
2. Why does Friar Lawrence initially agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He believes Lord Capulet has secretly approved the match
He wants to prevent Juliet from entering a convent
He has promised the Prince that Romeo will marry soon
He hopes their marriage may help end the families’ feud
3. From whom does Romeo obtain the poison he takes to Juliet’s tomb?
An impoverished apothecary
The Nurse
A servant of the Capulets
Friar Lawrence
4. What directly prevents Friar John from delivering Friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo?
Tybalt’s friends steal the letter
A storm closes the road to Mantua
A quarantine related to suspected plague confines him
The Prince orders all messengers to remain in Verona
5. How do the Montagues and Capulets respond after learning the full story of the lovers’ deaths?
They ask the Prince to decide which family was more responsible
They reconcile and promise memorials to the lovers
They continue the feud but agree to leave Verona
They blame Friar Lawrence and arrange his execution
6. How does the play’s movement from masked feast and courtship toward duels, exile, and death shape its genre?
It turns a historical chronicle into a political satire
It lets comic and romantic beginnings give way to tragic consequences
It changes a revenge tragedy into a pastoral romance
It reveals that the feud was only a comic misunderstanding
7. Which two households are engaged in the feud at the center of the play?
The Montagues and the Capulets
The Capulets and the Escaluses
The Montagues and the Parises
The Escaluses and the Mercutios
8. When Juliet asks Romeo to reject his name, what central conflict is she expressing?
The conflict between personal love and inherited family identity
The conflict between public duty and religious faith
The conflict between youth and old age
The conflict between wealth and poverty
9. What is the intended purpose of the potion Friar Lawrence gives Juliet?
To erase her memory of Romeo
To reveal whether Paris truly loves her
To cure an illness that delays her wedding
To make her appear dead so she can avoid marrying Paris
10. What punishment does Prince Escalus impose on Romeo for killing Tybalt?
Banishment from Verona
Imprisonment in the Capulet tomb
Exile from Italy for life
A public duel with Paris
11. After Tybalt fatally wounds Mercutio, what does Romeo do?
He immediately flees to Mantua
He asks the Prince to arrest Tybalt
He fights and kills Tybalt
He challenges Benvolio for failing to intervene
12. What does Juliet do after awakening and discovering Romeo dead?
She asks Friar Lawrence to hide her in Mantua
She drinks the remainder of Romeo’s poison
She kills herself with Romeo’s dagger
She confesses the plan to the approaching watchmen
13. Why is Romeo’s decision to attend the Capulet feast a major turning point?
He plans to end the feud by speaking with Lord Capulet
He intends to challenge Paris but instead befriends him
He goes hoping to see Rosaline but instead meets Juliet
He enters to find Mercutio after Mercutio disappears
14. In which Italian city does most of Romeo and Juliet take place?
Mantua
Florence
Venice
Verona
15. Before Romeo meets Juliet, with whom does he believe himself to be in love?
The Nurse
Rosaline
Lady Capulet
Benvolio’s sister
16. Who delivers the imaginative Queen Mab speech?
Benvolio
Friar Lawrence
Romeo
Mercutio