Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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What is the purpose of the first act in a Shakespeare play?
a. | Introduce the characters and set the scene | c. | It has no special
purpose | b. | Get the readers pumped up about the story | d. | Introduces the all of the
actors |
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What family does Romeo belong to?
a. | Capulet | c. | Escalus | b. | Paris | d. | Montague |
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What family does Juliet belong to?
a. | Capulet | c. | Montague | b. | Escalus | d. | Paris |
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What has happened in this act to upset the Prince of Verona?
a. | Romeo has stolen a horse | c. | The families have had too many
street parties | b. | The families have fought for the third time in public | d. | The families have threatened the
Prince |
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What is the Prince’s punishment for the person who disturbs the pubic
peace again?
a. | Banishment | c. | Prison | b. | Death | d. | Nothing |
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Why is Romeo so depressed the first time we see him in Act One?
a. | Romeo is sad because his mother has died | c. | Romeo has lost in a fight to
Tybalt | b. | Romeo wants to marry but his father refuses to allow it | d. | Romeo is in love but the woman does not love
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How does Benvolio propose to cure Romeo of his depression?
a. | Show him other beautiful women in town | c. | Show him a good time at the
circus | b. | Take him to a party | d. | Find him a good doctor |
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Why was Tybalt so mad at Romeo?
a. | Tybalt is mad at everyone, not just Romeo | c. | Tybalt caught Romeo in
Juliet’s room | b. | Romeo crashed a private party at the Capulet
house | d. | Romeo insulted
Tybalt |
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What was the reason Romeo and his friends went to the Capulet’s
party?
a. | So he could make Tylbalt mad | c. | Juliet invited them to the
party | b. | Because his father wanted to him to work on his social skills | d. | So Romeo could see other women and compare them
to his girlfriend |
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What is the name of the young man seeking to marry Juliet?
a. | Priam | c. | Paris | b. | Bill | d. | Escalus |
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How old is Romeo
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How old is Juliet?
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The Prince warns Montague and Capulet that if they ever disturb the peace again,
they’ll
a. | Give up their lives | c. | Be fined | b. | Be imprisoned | d. | Have to leave
Verona |
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The fight in the town square was started by
a. | Benvolio | c. | Montague servants | b. | Capulet servants | d. | Tybalt |
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Romeo is unhappy because
a. | the two families hate each other | c. | his girl friend does not love him
back | b. | he has trouble finding a girl friend | d. | he has too many girl
friends |
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Who is Romeo’s best friend?
a. | Tybalt | c. | Benvolio | b. | Escalus | d. | Paris |
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When Romeo and his friend think about crashing the Capulet party, Romeo is
unhappy because
a. | he fears Juliet’s father | c. | he can’t find a girl to dance
with | b. | he had a dream of bad things happening | d. | Juliet hates
him |
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When Juliet is told that Paris has asked to marry her, she says that she
a. | will be glad to marry him | c. | will look at him and then make up
her mind with her mohter’s help | b. | does not like him | d. | wouldn’t marry him if he was the last man
on earth |
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Tybalt and and Juliet’s father argue over
a. | getting revenge for Romeo being at the party | c. | getting a new horse for
Chirstmas | b. | getting Romeo a girl to dance with | d. | dreams about Queen
Mab |
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Capulet says Romeo is
a. | a villian | c. | an enemy | b. | a virtuous youth | d. | too young to be a
threat |
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