Romeo and Juliet Final Test Study Guide
Multiple Choice
1. Are the Montague and Capulet servants involved in the feud? yes
2. Who plays a foil to Sampson in Act I? Gregory
3. What does the Prince mean when he says “Rebellious subjects enemies of the
peace/Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel/Will they not hear?” these men are
too quick to fight
4. What does the Prince say will happen if the fighting does not stop? Sentence is
death
5. What word can describe Tybalt? quick tempered
6. What is Romeo’s attitude in Act I? moody and depressed
7. What 3 things does Lord Capulet say when Paris first asks to marry Juliet? Too
young, she must give consent, she is his only hope
8. Why does Romeo agree to go to the Capulet feast in Act I? see Rosaline
9. What is Romeo’s biggest flaw? Falls in love too quickly
10. What happens when Romeo and Juliet first meet? Falls in love
11. What is Benvolio referring to when he says “Blind is his love and best befits the
dark”? an infatuated Romeo
12. What does Juliet mean by “That which we call a rose / By any other word would
smell as sweet”? the names of things do not change their basic traits
13. What literary element is this quote an example of “This bud of love, by summer’s
ripening breath/ May prove a beautiful flower when next we meet”? metaphor
14. “There lies more peril in thine eye than 20 of their swords” is an example of what
literary element? hyperbole
15. What feeling does the line “the more I give to thee the more I have, for both are
infinite” refers to what feeling/ emotion? love
16. Why does Shakespeare introduce Friar Laurence to the reader while the friar is in
the herb garden? Foreshadow the use of an herbal brew
17. What does Romeo ask the Friar to do during Act 2? Perform a marriage
18. What does Mercutio mean when he uses the phrase “Prince of Cats” to refer to
Tybalt? pun on Tybalt’s name
19. What does the Nurse mean when she says that Juliet “good soul, had as lieve see a
toad, a very toad as see him”? Juliet has no interest in Paris
20. What does the Nurse tell Juliet at the end of Act 2 Scene 5? Juliet should meet
Romeo at Friar Lawrence’s for the wedding
21. What does Tybalt call Romeo at the beginning of Act 3? Villain
22. How does Romeo respond to Tybalt’s insults and challenge to a fight? Tells
Tybalt that he loves him
23. How does Mercutio get killed? He is stabbed when Romeo steps between them
24. What does Juliet mean when she says “So tedious is this day/ As the night before
some festival/ To an impatient child that hath new robes/ And may not wear
them”? the day seems endless
25. In Act 3 Scene 2 what is the misunderstanding between the Nurse and Juliet?
Juliet believes that the Nurse is saying Romeo is dead
26. What literary device is used in the following lines “Beautiful tyrant! Fiend
angelical! Dove-feathered raven, wolvish ravening lamb!”? oxymoron
27. What is Juliet’s mood when she realizes that Tybalt is dead and Romeo is
banished? Sorrowful
28. What does Juliet mean when she says, “Villain and he be many miles asunder”?
Juliet’s thoughts about Romeo
29. Why does Juliet tell her parents that she would rather marry Romeo than Paris?
Juliet is already married but her parents do not know
30. What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do at the end of Act 3 Scene 5? Marry Paris
31. In Act 4 Lord Capulet arranges what for Juliet and Paris? A marriage
32. Why does Juliet want to die on Act 4? She does not want to marry Paris
33. What is the meaning of Juliet’s statement “ O’ercovered quite with dead men’s
rattling bones,/ With reekyshanks and yellow chapless skulls”? description of a
burial site
34. What is Friar Laurence’s plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet in Act 4? Juliet drinks
herbal brew, she will be placed in the tomb, Romeo will rescue her.
35. How does Juliet feel when she says, “I have a faint cold fear thrills through my
veins/ That almost freezes up the heat of life”? afraid
36. What is Juliet thinking about in her soliloquy on pages 781-782 in lines 14-58?
Waking up alone in the tomb, actually dying, potion won’t work
37. What type of irony is it when Paris says Juliet “weeps for Tybalt’s death”?
dramatic irony
38. “Death is my son-in-law” is an example of what literary element? Personification
39. What is the Nurse exhibiting when she says “O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful
day! Most lamentable day, most woeful day…..”? uncontrollable sorrow
40. What is the dramatic function of the musicians at the end of Act 4? Comic relief
41. How does the reader first realize that the Friar’s plan will fail in Act 5? Balthasar
tells Romeo that Juliet is really dead
42. How does Romeo react to the news from Balthasar? He takes action without
thinking clearly
43. Why does Romeo visit the apothecary? To buy poison
44. What is the second clue that the Friar’s plan will not work? John returns without
having delivered the letter
45. Who is the first to arrive at Juliet’s tomb? Paris
46. When Juliet awakens to find the Friar with her and Romeo dead, what is the
Friar’s plan for her? He tells her to become a nun
47. How does Juliet die? Stabs herself
48. Who is the last person to die in the play? Lady Montague
49. What is the Prince’s final comment at the end of the play? There was never a
sadder story than this
50. What is the central theme of the play? Be careful that love at first sight is true