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Why is Romeo banished from Verona?
Romeo and Juliet - Understanding the Text
This GCSE English Literature quiz will challenge you on understanding the text in Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet was written over four hundred years ago. Although it is written in what is known as ‘Early Modern’ English, the language can seem unfamiliar and can sometimes cause trouble for students. This play will not be the easiest text you ever read. Nevertheless, it is famous for the beauty of its language and will reward any effort you give to understanding it. Reading slowly, reading sections more than once and reading aloud will certainly help with comprehension.
At its most basic, this play is a story of thwarted and tragic love, the type of story well known in Shakespeare’s day and in ours.
1.
Why is Romeo banished from Verona?
He kills Tybalt in revenge for Mercutio's death
He accidentally kills Tybalt
He threatens Capulet
His secret marriage to Juliet is discovered
Because Tybalt had just killed Mercutio, Romeo is banished rather than being sentenced to death as the Prince had earlier promised
2.
Who draws his sword first in the fight which leads to Mercutio's and Tybalt's deaths and Romeo's banishment?
Benvolio
Tybalt
Mercutio
Romeo
Mercutio's eagerness to fight makes darkly ironic his repeated remark: "A plague o' both your houses"
3.
Who are buried together at the end of the play?
Romeo and Juliet only
Juliet and Paris only
Romeo, Juliet and Paris
Juliet is buried alone in the Capulet tomb
The play, filled with violence throughout, ends with further waste of life as Romeo and Paris battle over Juliet's tomb. Romeo lays Paris to rest in the tomb, recognising him both as a new kinsman and as one who also loves Juliet. The three young dead are sealed together in the tomb at the end of the play
4.
What does Juliet mean when she asks, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo"?
Juliet wishes to know where Romeo is
Juliet is telling Romeo that she knows he is in the garden
Juliet asks why Romeo is a Montague
All of the above
"Wherefore" means "why", so Juliet asks rhetorically, "Why are you Romeo". She bewails her misfortune at falling in love with a member of the Montague family
5.
Which of the following misfortunes contributes to Romeo's suicide?
He receives news from a servant of Juliet's burial
Friar Laurence's message to Romeo is prevented from being delivered
Romeo reaches Juliet's tomb before Friar Laurence
All of the above
A series of misfortunes results in Romeo believing Juliet to be dead
6.
What does Juliet's mother mean when she tells her daughter, "By my count / I was your mother much upon these years / That you are now a maid"?
She became engaged at the age of fourteen
She was married at the age of fourteen
She became a mother at the age of fourteen
She had been a mother for a while by the time she was Juliet's age
Juliet's mother encourages her daughter, who is not quite fourteen, to marry, reminding her that many girls of her age are already married with children
7.
What is the Nurse's role in Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage?
She arranges the secret wedding with Friar Laurence
She arranges the first meeting between Romeo and Juliet
She persuades Juliet to marry Romeo rather than Paris
She passes messages between the two lovers
The Nurse also provides the ladder which Romeo will use to climb to Juliet's room
8.
What does Juliet promise her mother she will do at the feast held at the Capulet home?
Avoid dancing with Romeo
Avoid speaking with Romeo
See whether she might like to marry Romeo
See whether she might like to marry Paris
Paris has asked to marry Juliet and Capulet responds that he will give consent if Juliet agrees. His wife asks Juliet to consider his request during the feast
9.
What is Friar Laurence's motivation for agreeing to help Romeo?
He only wants Romeo to be happy
He hopes that the marriage will heal the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues
He does not want Juliet to marry Paris
He believes that everyone should hastily follow their desires
The Friar is familiar with Romeo's tendency to fall in love and warns against hastiness. He agrees to help the young couple nonetheless because their marriage might prevent further tragedy in Verona
10.
Which of the following is NOT a significant event in Act I, Scene 1?
Samson bites his thumb
Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulets' home
The Prince threatens death to any Capulet or Montague who disturbs the peace of Verona
Romeo tells Benvolio of his recent disappointment in love
The first act of the play sets up the events to follow: we learn that Capulets and Montagues can descend into bloody violence at slight provocation, that Romeo is predisposed to love and that death awaits any member of the feuding families who becomes swept up in violence. Juliet and Romeo meet at the end of the first act
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