Romeo and Juliet Test Review

1. At the beginning of the play, why are Romeos parents are worried about him?
2. Why does Benvolio encourage Romeo to go to the Capulet party?
3. Romeos dream in Act I Scene 4 foreshadows what?
4. How does Capulet react when Tybalt first tells him that Romeo, the son of his enemy, has come to the
party uninvited?
5. Judging from his behavior at the party, you can predict that Tybalt will do what?
6. How does the prince react to the tensions between the Capulets and Montagues?
7. When Paris states his interest in marrying Juliet in Act I, how does Juliets father respond?
8. On what do Juliets mother and the Nurse agree?
9. When Benvolio and Mercutio encourage Romeo to dance at the Capulet party, what are they trying to
do?
10. How is Juliets soliloquy on the balcony (Act 2 Scene 2) unlike most soliloquies?
11. When Romeo and Friar Laurence begin to talk, what can you infer about Romeo?
12. Mercutio is best described as what kind of man?
13. In the speech that begins O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Juliet expresses what
idea?
14. When Mercutio and Benvolio meet on the street the morning after the party, what does their
conversation reveals?
15. When Juliets nurse encounters Romeo and his friends, how do they react?
16. Both Juliet and Romeo react to the news of Romeos banishment by saying what?
17. What will happen if Juliet refuses to marry Paris?
18. How does Juliet react to the nurses advice at the end of Act Three regarding marriage to Paris?
19. What type of remark does Mercutio specialize in when he engages in word play?
20. What poetic device is used in Juliets lines Come, civil night, /Thou sober-suited matron, all in
black?
21. In Act III, Friar Laurence attempts to convince Romeo of what?
22. At the end of Act Three, when the nurse tells Juliet what a wonderful husband Paris would make, how
does Juliet feel?

Romeo and Juliet Test Review

23. In Act Four, what is Juliets major goal?
24. What is Juliet afraid will happen if she wakes too early in the tomb?
25. What happens when the nurse finds Juliet on her bed?
26. Why is there irony in Friar Laurences consoling words about Juliets death?
27. Why did Capulet want Juliet to be married in haste?
28. How does Juliet feel about drinking the potion that Friar Laurence gave her?
29. What is the main reason Juliet drinks the potion?
30. How is Paris portrayed?
31. Why does Romeo go to the Apothecary?
32. What does Romeo mean when he says that he has sold the Apothecary poison?
33. Why does Friar Laurences plan fail?
34. Why does Paris go to the graveyard?
35. In the end, what does the Prince declare about the lovers deaths for Montague and Capulet, as well as
for himself?
36. If Romeo had received Friar Laurences letter, what would he have done?
37. Why does Paris attack Romeo at the tomb?
38. Which is the only thing that might be considered a good result of this tragedy?
39. A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the
same scene is called what?
40. What is a soliloquy?
41. Shakespeares plays are written largely in which type of verse?
42. The following quote from Mercutio is an example of what?
Speak to my gossip Venus one fair word,
One nickname for her purblind son and heir,
Young Adam Cupid, he that shot so trim
43. What is the important lesson that the deaths of Romeo and Juliet teach their families?

You will also need to be able to match quotes with the characters who said
the quote.