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GCSE English (Romeo and Juliet ) Quiz on aEnglish: Romeo and Juliet Quiz , created by Mel Hughes on 03/09/2016.
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Question 1

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To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?
Answer
  • Padua
  • Rome
  • Venice
  • Mantua

Question 2

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Why is Romeo exiled?
Answer
  • For killing Tybalt
  • For marrying Juliet against her father’s will
  • For killing Mercutio
  • For publicly admitting his atheism

Question 3

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Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage?
Answer
  • Friar John
  • Friar Lawrence
  • Father Vincentio
  • Mercutio

Question 4

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Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in dreams?
Answer
  • Puck
  • Queen Mab
  • Beelzebub
  • Jack o’ the Clover

Question 5

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What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do after Romeo is exiled?
Answer
  • Follow her husband to Mantua
  • Wait for Romeo in Verona
  • Act as if Romeo is dead and marry Paris
  • Commit suicide

Question 6

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Where do Romeo and Juliet meet?
Answer
  • At Capulet’s feast
  • At Friar Lawrence’s cell
  • At Montague’s feast
  • At the pier from which Malvolio is departing for Spain

Question 7

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Who kills Mercutio?
Answer
  • Benvolio
  • Sampson
  • Romeo
  • Tybalt

Question 8

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Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the feast?
Answer
  • Mercutio
  • Benvolio
  • Lady Montague
  • Juliet

Question 9

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What, at first, does Juliet claim that Romeo hears the morning after their wedding night?
Answer
  • The owl
  • The dove
  • The nightingale
  • The lark

Question 10

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To what does Romeo first compare Juliet during the balcony scene?
Answer
  • The moon
  • The stars
  • A summer’s day
  • The morning sun

Question 11

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Who discovers Juliet after she takes Friar Lawrence’s potion?
Answer
  • Lady Capulet
  • Capulet
  • Paris
  • The Nurse

Question 12

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Who proposes that a gold statue of Juliet be built in Verona?
Answer
  • Montague
  • Lady Capulet
  • Paris
  • Romeo

Question 13

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To which powerful figure is Paris related?
Answer
  • Capulet
  • Montague
  • Prince Escalus
  • King Vardamo

Question 14

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How and where does Romeo commit suicide?
Answer
  • With a dagger in the orchard
  • With a rope in the public square
  • With a sword in Juliet’s bedchamber
  • With poison in Juliet’s tomb

Question 15

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Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabs herself dead?
Answer
  • Paris
  • Friar Lawrence
  • Tybalt
  • Romeo

Question 16

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Why is Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence’s message to Romeo in Mantua?
Answer
  • He is killed by a Capulet servant.
  • He is attacked by bandits on the road.
  • He is held inside a quarantined house, and is unable to leave.
  • Romeo is stopped in Padua and never makes it to Mantua.

Question 17

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Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo poison?
Answer
  • He is poor, and needs the money.
  • He can see that Romeo is passionate.
  • He is afraid that Romeo will hurt him if he refuses.
  • He is a friend of Friar Lawrence.

Question 18

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On what day do Romeo and Juliet meet?
Answer
  • Saturday
  • Tuesday
  • Sunday
  • Wednesday

Question 19

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With whom is Romeo madly in love for the first two scenes of the play?
Answer
  • Himself
  • Mercutio
  • Juliet
  • Rosaline

Question 20

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In what decade was Romeo and Juliet written?
Answer
  • 1570s
  • 1600s
  • 1610s
  • 1590s

Question 21

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Whom does Mercutio curse as he lies dying after a duel?
Answer
  • The Montagues and Capulets
  • Romeo
  • Tybalt
  • Romeo and Tybalt

Question 22

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In what area is Friar Lawrence an expert?
Answer
  • Roman history
  • Languages
  • Plants and herbs
  • Swordfighting

Question 23

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What term does the Chorus use to describe the lovers?
Answer
  • ill-fated
  • death-doom’d
  • demon-haunted
  • star-crossed

Question 24

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Why does Tybalt first challenge Romeo to a duel?
Answer
  • He is offended that Romeo loves his cousin.
  • He is offended that Romeo shows up at the Capulet ball.
  • He is offended that Romeo bites his thumb at him.
  • Tybalt does not challenge Romeo to a duel; he challenges Mercutio.

Question 25

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In what year did Shakespeare die?
Answer
  • 1610
  • 1594
  • 1601
  • 1616
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