Romeo and Juliet Reading Comprehension Quiz Bundle

This bundle of 5 assessments measures general comprehension and holds students accountable for the assigned reading of Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Each multiple choice quiz is delivered as an editable Word Document. Answer keys for each quiz are included.

Students will demonstrate knowledge of the following:

• The purpose of a chorus
• A character known as a peace-maker
• The reason for street-fighting in Verona
• Prince Escalus’s declaration
• Romeo’s cause for sadness
• Lord Capulet’s attitude toward marrying off Juliet
• Benvolio’s encouragement (to Romeo)
• Juliet’s attitude toward marriage
• Mercutio’s treatment of Romeo
• A foreshadowing fear
• Tybalt’s temperament
• Lord Capulet’s reaction to Romeo’s presence at the party
• The revelation of Juliet’s true identity
• Juliet’s beauty and Romeo’s metaphor
• The rejection of one’s name
• Romeo’s great fear, expressed during the balcony scene
• Juliet’s concerns over acting too hastily
• Friar Laurence’s specialty
• Friar Laurence’s beliefs and philosophies
• Friar Laurence’s thoughts regarding the union of Romeo & Juliet
• Tybalt’s letter
• Offensive comments toward the Nurse
• The Nurse’s news for Romeo
• Friar Laurence’s assessment of Romeo & Juliet’s love
• Mercutio’s reason for fighting Tybalt
• Romeo’s ill-fated attempt to stop the fight
• Romeo’s reason for leaving Verona
• Juliet’s criticisms of the Nurse
• The Nurse’s confusing news
• Juliet’s conflicting emotions toward her husband
• Friar Laurence’s perspective on the Prince’s punishment
• Romeo’s erratic behavior
• Lord Capulet’s arrangement with Paris
• Mantua
• A character who plans to have Romeo killed
• A threat of being disowned
• The Nurse’s advice to Juliet
• Juliet’s foreshadowing comments
• Paris’s perspective on Lord Capulet’s motivations
• Juliet’s confession to Paris
• Paris’s lack of awareness about Lord Capulet’s threat
• Juliet’s confession to Friar Laurence
• Friar Laurence’s plan
• Juliet’s request for her father’s forgiveness
• Lord Capulet’s attitude toward Friar Laurence
• A terrible thought
• An alarming discovery
• A shift in Lord Capulet’s emotions
• Friar John’s task
• The reason Friar John cannot complete his task
• Balthasar’s significance
• Balthasar’s lack of awareness
• A visit to the apothecary
• A conflict between Romeo and Paris in the churchyard
• Romeo’s suicide
• Juliet’s suicide
• Friar Laurence’s emotional reaction
• The resolution