Quiz  /  Romeo and Juliet Quiz

  • 1. 
    What is the name of the woman Romeo is infatuated with before he meets Juliet?

  • Rosalind
  • Ophelia
  • Rosaline
  • Rosamund

  • 2. 
    Which play is Shakespeare generally believed to have written simultaneously (or nearly simultaneously) with Romeo and Juliet?

  • The Taming of the Shrew
  • Hamlet
  • The Tempest
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream

  • 3. 
    Fill in the blank: “These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like _____________, / Which as they kiss consume.”

  • Fire and water
  • Salt and pepper
  • Fire and powder
  • Good and evil

  • 4. 
    Which character gives a famous speech about a fairy named Queen Mab?

  • Mercutio
  • Juliet
  • Friar Laurence
  • Romeo

  • 5. 
    To which city does Romeo flee after he is banished for killing Tybalt?

  • Florence
  • Milan
  • Padua
  • Mantua

  • 6. 
    Which of the following composers did not write music based on Romeo and Juliet?

  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
  • Sergey Prokofiev
  • Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
  • Leonard Bernstein

  • 7. 
    How old is Juliet when the action of the play takes place?

  • 14
  • 13
  • 15
  • 12

  • 8. 
    Why is Friar John unable to deliver a letter to Romeo informing him of Friar Laurence and Juliet’s plan to simulate Juliet’s death?

  • He is quarantined for the plague
  • His horse dies
  • He loses the letter
  • He gets lost

  • 9. 
    In which of the following works of literature is the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues briefly mentioned?

  • The Canterbury Tales
  • Decameron
  • The Letters of Heloise and Abelard
  • The Divine Comedy
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