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Romeo and Juliet - Exam
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  • 1. What is the setting of 'The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Rome, Italy
B) Paris, France
C) Verona, Italy
D) London, England
  • 2. Who are the two main families involved in the feud in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Mercutio and Paris
B) Friar Laurence and Nurse
C) Montague and Capulet
D) Benvolio and Tybalt
  • 3. What is the relationship between Romeo and Juliet?
A) Star-crossed lovers from feuding families
B) Strangers who meet by chance
C) Siblings
D) Cousins
  • 4. Who wrote 'The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Arthur Brooke
B) Matteo Bandello
C) William Shakespeare
D) Georg Benda
  • 5. What is the significance of the 'balcony scene' in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Juliet proposes to Romeo
B) Mercutio delivers his famous Queen Mab speech
C) Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel
D) Romeo overhears Juliet declaring her love, leading to their secret marriage
  • 6. What role does Friar Laurence play in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) He opposes their marriage
B) He secretly marries Romeo and Juliet, hoping to reconcile their families
C) He is the leader of the Montagues
D) He betrays Romeo to the Capulets
  • 7. What event leads to Romeo's banishment from Verona?
A) Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt at the Capulet ball
B) Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge for Mercutio's death
C) Romeo poisons himself
D) Romeo is caught with Juliet after their wedding night
  • 8. What plan does Friar Laurence devise for Romeo and Juliet?
A) Juliet takes a potion to appear dead, so she can reunite with Romeo
B) Romeo will kill Tybalt in disguise
C) They will run away together to Mantua
D) Juliet will marry Paris
  • 9. What tragic event occurs at the end of 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Juliet marries Paris
B) The families continue their feud without resolution
C) Romeo kills himself but Juliet survives
D) Both Romeo and Juliet die by suicide, believing each other to be dead
  • 10. What is the main theme of 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) The triumph of reason over passion
B) The benefits of arranged marriages
C) The power of tragic fate and young love
D) The importance of family honor
  • 11. Who is Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) Romeo's close friend who is killed by Tybalt
B) A servant of the Capulet family
C) Juliet's cousin
D) The Prince of Verona
  • 12. What role does the Nurse play in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) She betrays Juliet to Lord Capulet
B) She opposes Juliet's love for Romeo
C) She is Juliet's confidante and helps arrange her secret marriage to Romeo
D) She is a servant of the Montague family
  • 13. What happens at the Capulet ball?
A) Juliet agrees to marry Paris
B) Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love, despite their families' feud
C) Tybalt challenges Romeo to a duel
D) The Montagues and Capulets make peace
  • 14. What is the significance of the 'star-cross'd lovers' reference?
A) It suggests that Romeo and Juliet's fate is doomed by the stars
B) Their love is blessed by the heavens
C) They are siblings separated at birth
D) They are famous actors in Verona
  • 15. Who challenges Romeo to a duel after Mercutio's death?
A) Paris
B) Tybalt, Juliet's cousin
C) Friar Laurence
D) Benvolio
  • 16. What is the role of Prince Escalus in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) He is the ruler of Verona who tries to maintain peace between the families
B) He betrays Romeo to the Capulets
C) He is a servant of the Montague family
D) He opposes the marriage of Romeo and Juliet
  • 17. What does Juliet drink from Friar Laurence?
A) Water to purify herself
B) Poison to kill herself
C) A potion that makes her appear dead for 42 hours
D) Wine at the Capulet ball
  • 18. What is the outcome of Romeo and Juliet's deaths?
A) The Montague and Capulet families reconcile their feud
B) Juliet becomes a nun
C) Romeo marries Paris
D) The Prince banishes both families from Verona
  • 19. What is the role of the Chorus in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
A) To narrate the inner thoughts of Romeo
B) To act as a character within the play
C) To serve as Juliet's confidante
D) To provide exposition and foreshadow events through prologues
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