Q.1
Romeo repeatedly compares Juliet to which of the following?
  • A musical instrument
  • A flower
  • A bird
  • A source of light
Q.2
The opening scene stages a fight which begins with the biting of a thumb by a servant, before drawing in the most senior members of the Montague and Capulet families and ends with the Prince's threat of death. Which of the following themes does this scene NOT introduce?
  • Hatred and violence
  • The shaping of behavior by unthinking loyalty
  • Nature
  • The impulsiveness of youth
Q.3
Romeo's sorrow at the beginning of the play is related to which of the following themes?
  • Love
  • Hatred
  • Death
  • Fate
Q.4
Juliet's grave is mentioned throughout the play. With which of the following is it often linked?
  • Her bridal bed
  • A forest
  • A nun's cell
  • Her future husband
Q.5
Capulet's Wife attempts to stop her husband from joining the fight in Act One, Scene One, saying: "A crutch, a crutch — why call you for a sword?" To which of the following themes does her mockery most relate?
  • Marriage and family alliances
  • Romantic love
  • Youth and age
  • Fate
Q.6
Which character frequently recalls the theme of nature as it is related to reproduction?
  • Nurse
  • Tybalt
  • Capulet
  • Capulet's Wife
Q.7
In the Prologue, the Chorus gives a brief summary of the play. Which of the following phrases used in the Prolog does NOT relate to the theme of fate?
  • "Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean"
  • "The fatal loins of these two foes"
  • "A pair of star-crossed lovers"
  • "Misadventured piteous overthrows"
Q.8
Which of the following expresses Verona's displeasure with the long-running feud?
  • Mercutio's curse
  • The response of the citizens to the street fight in the first scene of the play
  • The Prince's reference to the "thrice-disturbed quiet" of the streets
  • All of the above
Q.9
The imagery of flowers is often used in the play to symbolize which of the following?
  • The hidden dangers in the beautiful and fragile
  • The beauty of youth
  • The fleeting nature of life
  • All of the above
Q.10
Which of the following statements by Capulet's Wife is filled with deadly irony?
  • "This sight of death is as a bell / That warns my old age to a sepulcher"
  • "Tonight she's mewed up to her heaviness"
  • "Some grief shows much of love"
  • "I would the fool were married to her grave"
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