Q 01/05
A) The Merchant of Venice
B) Two Gentlemen of Verona
C) Much Ado About Nothing
D) Othello, the Moor of Venice
Answer · why
The Taming of the Shrew is also set in Verona; it is unknown whether Shakespeare ever visited Italy.
Q 02/05
A) Medici and Borgia
B) Montague and Capulet
C) Orsini and Colonna
D) Sforza and Visconti
Answer · why
Romeo is a Montague and Juliet a Capulet.
Q 03/05
A) Portia
B) Bianca
C) Rosaline
D) Beatrice
Answer · why
He goes to the Capulet ball hoping to see her, and never mentions her again after meeting Juliet.
Q 04/05
A) Friar John
B) The Nurse
C) Prince Escalus
D) Friar Laurence
Answer · why
He later gives Juliet the potion that mimics death for 'two and forty hours'.
Q 05/05
A) Tybalt
B) Romeo
C) Paris
D) Benvolio
Answer · why
Mercutio is wounded as Romeo tries to break up the fight, and dies cursing both houses.
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