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Appendix 3B
Quiz on Romeo and Juliet: Test Your Knowledge
1. Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet in:
a) 846 B.C.E. b) 525 C.E. c) 1594 C.E. d) 1845 C.E. e) 1929 C.E.
2. He devised the plot:
a) by making it up completely. b) basing it on another story. c) from a TV show.
d) from a poem called “The Tragical
Historye of Romeus and Juliet.”
3. Romeo and Juliet is set in:
a) Verona and Mantua, two
cities in Italy.
e) from a personal
experience.
b) Verona and Mantua, two
cities in England.
c) Verona and Mantua, two
suburbs of Los Angeles.
d) London, England. e) none of the above.
4. The approximate ages of the protagonists are:
a) 20-something. b) 30-ish. c) middle school age.
d) the same as your teacher. e) the age you can vote in Canada.
5. The entire play covers a time span of:
a) about a week. b) about a month. c) about a year.
d) about a decade. e) none of the above.
6. Romeo and Juliet first meet:
a) at a disco. b) at a party. c) at a wedding. d) at a chapel. e) at a funeral.
7. They fall in love:
a) at first sight. b) after their first kiss. c) after their first date.
d) after they marry. e) after about a week.
8. They plan to marry:
a) the night they meet. b) the day after they meet. c) in about a year.
d) a week later. e) after meeting with a bridal consultant.
9. They keep their marriage a secret from their parents because:
a) they are too young. b) their parents are enemies. c) it is more exciting that way.
d) they want to plan the e) all of the above.
wedding their way.
10. Romeo leaves Juliet after their wedding night because:
a) he changes his mind about her. b) he kills her cousin. c) he is exiled.
d) his father told him not to see Juliet again. e) both b) and c).
11. At the end of the play:
a) Juliet joins Romeo in exile. b) Romeo returns and takes Juliet away.
c) Juliet annuls her marriage to
Romeo.
e) Romeo and Juliet die.
d) Juliet marries the man her parents chose for
her.
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