Romeo and Juliet Full Book Quiz (Sparknotes)

Question 1

To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?

Answer 1

Mantua

Question 2

Why is Romeo exiled?

Answer 2

For killing Tybalt

Question 3

Who performs Romeo and Juliet’s marriage?

Answer 3

Friar Lawrence

Question 4

Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in dreams?

Answer 4

Queen Mab

Question 5

What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do after Romeo is exiled?

Answer 5

Act as if Romeo is dead and marry Paris

Question 6

Where do Romeo and Juliet meet?

Answer 6

At Capulet’s feast

Question 7

Who kills Mercutio?

Answer 7

Tybalt

Question 8

Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the feast?

Answer 8

Benvolio

Question 9

What, at first, does Juliet claim that Romeo hears the morning after their wedding night?

Answer 9

The nightingale

Question 10

To what does Romeo first compare Juliet during the balcony scene?

Answer 10

The morning sun

Question 11

Who discovers Juliet after she takes Friar Lawrence’s potion?

Answer 11

The Nurse

Question 12

Who proposes that a gold statue of Juliet be built in Verona?

Answer 12

Montague

Question 13

To which powerful figure is Paris related?

Answer 13

Prince Escalus

Question 14

How and where does Romeo commit suicide?

Answer 14

With poison in Juliet’s tomb

Question 15

Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabs herself dead?

Answer 15

Friar Lawrence

Question 16

Why is Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence’s message to Romeo in Mantua?

Answer 16

He is held inside a quarantined house, and is unable to leave.

Question 17

Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo poison?

Answer 17

He is poor, and needs the money.

Question 18

On what day do Romeo and Juliet meet?

Answer 18

Sunday

Question 19

With whom is Romeo madly in love for the first two scenes of the play?

Answer 19

Rosaline

Question 20

In what decade was Romeo and Juliet written?

Answer 20

1590s

Question 21

Whom does Mercutio curse as he lies dying after a duel?

Answer 21

The Montagues and Capulets

Question 22

In what area is Friar Lawrence an expert?

Answer 22

Plants and herbs

Question 23

What term does the Chorus use to describe the lovers?

Answer 23

star-crossed

Question 24

Why does Tybalt first challenge Romeo to a duel?

Answer 24

He is offended that Romeo shows up at the Capulet ball.

Question 25

In what year did Shakespeare die?

Answer 25

1616