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9 for 10 - Romeo and Juliet Trivia Quiz

Most of the questions in this quiz are on well known quotations from "Romeo and Juliet". The first letters of the first nine answers spell the answer to the last question.

A multiple-choice quiz by minch. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
minch

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
200,450

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
8 / 10

Plays
13533

Awards
Top 5% quiz!

Last 3 plays: Guest 206 (9/10), Guest 99 (9/10), Guest 99 (7/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. What word finishes this line said by Romeo: "Love goes towards love, as schoolboys from their -----". Hint

desks

books

teacher

class

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Question 2 of 10

2. Perhaps one of the best known quotes is one said by Juliet. "Romeo, Romeo wherefore --- thou Romeo?" What is the missing word?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. When Romeo sees Juliet at a window in the second act he says "But, soft! What ----- through yonder window breaks?" Hint

light

is't that

glow

radiance

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Question 4 of 10

4. Juliet says to the Nurse: "O God! Did Romeo's hand shed ------- blood?" Whose blood was shed? Hint

Samson's

Benvolio's

Paris's

Tybalt's

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Question 5 of 10

5. After Mercutio is mortally wounded in a fight, he says "A plague o' both your -------!"

Answer: (One word)

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Question 6 of 10

6. Friar Laurence says to Romeo "--------'s sweet milk philosophy?" Hint

trouble

adversity

misfortune

travail

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the prologue Romeo and Juliet are referred to as "a pair of ---- lovers". What is the missing word? Hint

heaven sent

unfortunate

star-cross'd

woebegone

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Question 8 of 10

8. To whom does Romeo go when he hears of Juliet's supposed death? Hint

Friar John

Abraham

Friar Laurence

Apothecary

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Question 9 of 10

9. When musing on the fact that Romeo is a Montague, Juliet says:
"That which we call a ----
By any other name would smell as sweet".

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who tells Romeo that Juliet "sleeps in Capel's monument,
And her immortal part with angels lives."

Answer: (One Word The first letters of the answers to 1 to 9 spell the name.)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What word finishes this line said by Romeo: "Love goes towards love, as schoolboys from their -----".

Answer: books

Act II Scene 2. Romeo says these words after Juliet has been called in from the balcony, from which she talked with him.
The quote finishes:
"But love from love toward school with heavy looks."

2. Perhaps one of the best known quotes is one said by Juliet. "Romeo, Romeo wherefore --- thou Romeo?" What is the missing word?

Answer: art

Act II Scene 2. Juliet appears at a window, and unaware that Romeo is below sighs:
"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father, and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet".

3. When Romeo sees Juliet at a window in the second act he says "But, soft! What ----- through yonder window breaks?"

Answer: light

Act II Scene 2. Romeo looks up at the window and Juliet appears. Romeo answer his own question by saying:
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."

4. Juliet says to the Nurse: "O God! Did Romeo's hand shed ------- blood?" Whose blood was shed?

Answer: Tybalt's

Act III Scene 2. Romeo kills Tybalt, Lady Capulet's nephew, after Tybalt has slain Mercutio. This deed forces Romeo to flee Verona.

5. After Mercutio is mortally wounded in a fight, he says "A plague o' both your -------!"

Answer: Houses

Act III Scene 1. It is Tybalt, Lady Capulet's nephew who makes the killing wound. Before he dies Mercutio says "A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me". Shortly afterwards Benvolio tells Romeo of Mercutio's death.

6. Friar Laurence says to Romeo "--------'s sweet milk philosophy?"

Answer: adversity

Act III Scene 3. After Romeo kills Tybalt he seeks help from Friar Laurence. Friar Laurence tells Romeo he is banished from Verona. Romeo rails against the banishment and Friar Laurnec says:
"Adversity's sweet milk, philosophy,
To comfort thee, though thou art banished"

7. In the prologue Romeo and Juliet are referred to as "a pair of ---- lovers". What is the missing word?

Answer: star-cross'd

A line in the prologue to the play, spoken by the chorus, states "A pair of star-cross'd lovers, take their life".

8. To whom does Romeo go when he hears of Juliet's supposed death?

Answer: Apothecary

Act V Scene 1. After listening to the news that his servant, Balthasar, tells him, Romeo hastens to the apothecary to get poison to kill himself.

9. When musing on the fact that Romeo is a Montague, Juliet says: "That which we call a ---- By any other name would smell as sweet".

Answer: Rose

Act II Scene 2. Juliet speaks these words when she is at the window, and unbeknown to her, Romeo is below and hears what she says.Act II Scene 2. Juliet appears at a window, and unaware that Romeo is below sighs:
"O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father, and refuse thy name;
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I'll no longer be a Capulet".

10. Who tells Romeo that Juliet "sleeps in Capel's monument, And her immortal part with angels lives."

Answer: Balthasar

Act V Scene 1. Balthasar comes to Romeo who is in Mantua, to tell him that he "saw her laid low in her kindred's vault." Romeo immediately orders Balthasar to hire some horses so he can go to be with Juliet.

Source: Author minch

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