Romeo and Juliet Quote Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. Lord Capulet shouts, “Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!” Why is he furious with Juliet?
She attended the family feast without permission
She asks the Nurse to help Romeo escape Verona
She admits that she secretly met Romeo in the garden
She refuses the proposed marriage to Paris
2. Romeo exclaims, “O, I am fortune’s fool!” immediately after which event?
He discovers Juliet is a Capulet at the feast
He learns that Rosaline has rejected him
He kills Tybalt and realizes the likely consequences
He is challenged by Paris at the tomb
3. When Juliet asks, “Wherefore art thou Romeo?”, what is she really questioning?
Why Romeo must belong to the Montague family
Where Romeo is physically hiding
Why Romeo entered the Capulet garden
Whether Romeo truly heard her speak
4. Who says, “Thus with a kiss I die” in the Capulet tomb?
Juliet
Paris
Tybalt
Romeo
5. What wordplay gives Mercutio’s line “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man” its dark humor?
“Grave” means both serious and a burial place
“Ask” means both to inquire and to challenge someone to fight
“Man” refers both to Mercutio and to Romeo
“Tomorrow” refers both to the next day and to the afterlife
6. In “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun,” what does Romeo’s metaphor primarily convey?
Romeo believes daylight will conceal him from the Capulets
Juliet is physically watching the sunrise from the east
Juliet appears radiant and central to Romeo’s world
Romeo expects Juliet to guide him out of Verona
7. What idea does Juliet express with “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other word would smell as sweet”?
A name does not change the essential nature of the person or thing named
Beautiful language can conceal a person’s true nature
Family histories should always determine whom a person marries
Romeo should adopt a secret name before visiting her again
8. Juliet says, “My only love sprung from my only hate!” What has she just discovered?
Romeo once claimed to love Rosaline
Romeo belongs to the rival Montague family
Her parents intend her to marry Paris
Tybalt plans to challenge Romeo to a duel
9. At the end of the conversation about Paris, the Nurse tells Juliet, “Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days.” What is the Nurse encouraging at that moment?
A secret nighttime meeting with Romeo
A plan to avoid marriage and remain independent
Openness to Paris as a prospective husband
A public celebration of the Capulet victory over the Montagues
10. When the Prince concludes, “All are punish’d,” what does the line emphasize?
Only Romeo and Juliet are responsible for the tragedy
The Prince plans to impose equal legal sentences on both families
Fate has punished Verona without any connection to human choices
The feud and failures of several people have brought shared loss and consequences
11. Friar Laurence warns, “These violent delights have violent ends.” What concern is he expressing?
The feud will prevent Romeo from reaching the church
An intensely passionate relationship pursued too quickly may end destructively
The wedding ceremony could expose the Friar’s earlier schemes
Juliet may reconsider the marriage when she sees Paris
12. Why is “Parting is such sweet sorrow” an oxymoron suited to Juliet’s situation?
She enjoys deceiving her family but regrets deceiving the Nurse
Their farewell occurs happily even though neither expects another meeting
She wants Romeo to leave but fears he will obey her too quickly
Separation hurts, yet the expectation of meeting Romeo again brings pleasure
13. Romeo declares, “Then I defy you, stars!” in response to what news?
The Prince has banished him from Verona
Balthasar reports that Juliet is dead
Friar Laurence refuses to help him return to Juliet
Paris has arranged to marry Juliet immediately
14. What advice is Friar Laurence giving Romeo with “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast”?
Keep the marriage hidden from Juliet until the feud ends
Leave Verona before Tybalt can challenge him
Proceed thoughtfully because excessive haste can lead to failure
Wait for the Prince to approve the marriage formally
15. Which character delivers the elaborate Queen Mab speech about the tiny fairy who visits sleepers?
Mercutio
Romeo
Benvolio
Friar Laurence
16. Who cries, “A plague o’ both your houses!” after being mortally wounded?
Tybalt
Mercutio
Benvolio
Paris