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English Literature Quiz - Romeo and Juliet - Dialogue (Questions)

This GCSE English Literature quiz focuses on dialogue in Romeo and Juliet, exploring how speech patterns reveal character, conflict and relationships throughout the play.

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Fascinating Fact:

Juliet’s questions on the balcony, such as “Wherefore art thou Romeo?”, explore names, identity, and the pressure of family loyalty through intimate speech.

In GCSE English Literature, studying dialogue in Romeo and Juliet helps you analyse how Shakespeare shapes character, creates tension and shows changing relationships through questions, shared lines and contrasting speech styles.

Key Terms

  • Dialogue: Spoken interaction between two or more characters, used to reveal personality, relationships and conflict.
  • Shared line: A verse line split between characters, often making their exchange feel fast, tense or intimate.
  • Prose and verse: The plain and poetic styles of speech Shakespeare switches between to suit different characters and moods.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

How does Romeo’s dialogue change from Rosaline to Juliet?

Romeo first uses polished love poetry about Rosaline, but his speech with Juliet becomes livelier and more natural, suggesting a deeper, more equal and genuine connection between them.

What does Mercutio’s way of speaking show about his character?

Mercutio uses puns, jokes and fast paced images, especially in the Queen Mab speech. His playful, mocking dialogue shows his wit, energy and refusal to take romantic ideals seriously.

How does the Nurse’s dialogue differ from Lady Capulet’s?

The Nurse speaks in chatty, informal prose packed with memories and jokes, while Lady Capulet uses more controlled, formal language, highlighting differences in class, role and emotional closeness to Juliet.

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English Literature Quiz - Romeo and Juliet - Dialogue (Answers)
1. "Well, Susan is with God; / She was too good for me. But, as I said, / On Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen, / That shall she, marry, I remember it well"
[ ] Capulet's Wife
[ ] Capulet
[x] Juliet's Nurse
[ ] Paris
Juliet's Nurse has a more intimate relationship with the young woman than her mother does, having breastfed and cared for her since the death of her own infant daughter. Her speech is characterised by its frequent tangents
2. "Yet if thou swear'st / Thou mayst prove false. At lovers' perjuries, / They say, Jove laughs"
[ ] Juliet's Nurse
[x] Juliet
[ ] Romeo
[ ] Friar Laurence
Surprised at Romeo's sudden appearance at the Capulet estate and embarrassed at being overheard in her declarations of love, Juliet expresses doubt: "Dost thou love me? / I know thou wilt say 'Ay', / And I will take thy word"
3. "Read o'er the volume of Paris' face, / And find delight writ there with beauty's pen"
[x] Capulet's Wife
[ ] Capulet
[ ] Nurse
[ ] Tybalt
Juliet's mother compares the face to a book which might be read in order to understand the person
4. "Tybalt, Mercutio, the Prince expressly hath / Forbid this bandying in Verona streets. / Hold, Tybalt, good Mercutio"
[x] Romeo
[ ] Benvolio
[ ] Capulet
[ ] Paris
Romeo seeks to reconcile the men and protect them both from injury and the punishment promised by the Prince
5. "The sweetest honey / Is loathsome in his own deliciousness, / And in the taste confounds the appetite"
[ ] Juliet's Nurse
[ ] Romeo
[ ] Juliet
[x] Friar Laurence
The Friar warns Romeo and Juliet to "love moderately"
6. "No warmth, no breath shall testify thou livest. / The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fall / Like death when he shuts up the day of life"
[ ] Romeo
[x] Friar Laurence
[ ] Montague's Wife
[ ] Juliet
Friar Laurence describes the appearance of death which the potion in his vial will produce when Juliet consumes it
7. "Can vengeance be pursued further than death? / Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee. / Obey and go with me, for thou must die"
[ ] Juliet
[ ] Romeo
[ ] Mercutio
[x] Paris
Blinded by the old feud, Paris believes that Romeo intends to dishonour Juliet's tomb in vengeance against the Capulets
8. "I will be deaf to pleading and excuses. / Nor tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses. / Therefore use none"
[ ] Mercutio
[ ] Montague
[x] The Prince
[ ] Capulet's Wife
The Prince exiles Romeo at the urging of Lady Capulet for killing Tybalt, his own relative. His short, sharp sentences express grief, anger and power
9. "O churl! — drunk all, and left no friendly drop / To help me after?"
[ ] Romeo
[x] Juliet
[ ] Paris
[ ] Friar Laurence
By "help" Juliet means an aid to her own suicide
10. "See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, / That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love"
[ ] Friar Laurence
[x] The Prince
[ ] Capulet
[ ] Chorus
As the Chorus announces in the Prologue, Romeo and Juliet bring the discord, rivalry, and bloodshed between their two families to an end through their love and their deaths. The Prince recognises that the families have been punished, but also promises some punishments of his own, ending the play with the words: "Some shall be pardoned, and some punishèd; / For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo"
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