Romeo and Juliet Act I

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_{Romeo and Juliet Act I}

Let's begin...

Multiple Choice

Mercutio is a contrasting character to Romeo because he...

comes from a different social class than Romeo

is much older than Romeo

doesn't take love as seriously as Romeo

is a Montague and Romeo is a Capulet

Multiple Choice

How does Tybalt react to seeing Romeo and the party?

He wants to fight him

Ignores him

Leaves crying

Asks him to dance

Multiple Choice

What is so ironic about Romeo and Juliet falling in love?

They are too young for love

Their families are fighting each other

Romeo was more attracted to the nurse

Juliet liked Mercutio first

Multiple Choice

Who is Queen Mab?

The queen grasshopper

A mischievous fairy

A poisonous spider

A little grub worm

Multiple Choice

How old is Juliet?

Multiple Choice

What is Lord Capulet's response to Paris' request to marry Juliet?

That he can marry Juliet right away

That he cannot marry Juliet

That he must wait and marry Juliet in two years

That he must wait and marry Juliet in one year

Multiple Choice

What will be the penalty from the prince if the families fight again?

Banishment

Death

Prison

A large fine

Multiple Choice

Who tries to stop the fight between the Capulets and Montagues in the beginning of the act?

Tybalt

Abram

Sampson

Benvolio

Multiple Select

Select all of the archaic words.

quench

anon

villian

afeard

ope

Multiple Choice

Who has a dream that predicts that he will die if he goes to this party?

Romeo

Tybalt

Benvolio

Mercutio

Abram

Multiple Choice

What does Juliet mean when she says, "Go ask his name--If he be married/ My grave is like to be my wedding bed"?

If Romeo is already married, she will ruin his marriage.

If she marries Romeo, she will die the night of her wedding.

If Romeo is already married, she would rather die than marry another.

If she marries Romeo, she will stay at home until the day she dies.

If Romeo is already married, she will wait or him to leave his wife.

Multiple Choice

According to the dialogue between Benvolio and Romeo, Benvolio's plan to rid Romeo of his affections for Rosaline is to--

find Romeo an even more beautiful woman than Rosaline.

banish her from Verona and away from Romeo's sight

introduce Romeo to Juliet, whom Benvolio believes is the fairest beauty

explain to Romeo why Rosaline was unfaithful

send Romeo on an adventure that will distract him

Multiple Choice

According to his father, how does Romeo spend his nights and days?

wandering the hallways

singing in the gardens

shut up in his chambers

bothering the cooks

riding through the country

Multiple Choice

Why will Romeo's love, Rosaline, not return his affection?

She is already married.

She doesn't find Romeo attractive.

She has vowed to live a chaste life and not be married.

She is in love with another man.

She thinks Romeo is annoying.

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of the prologue?

To introduce the names of the characters and their conflicts.

To provide an overall preview of the play

To start the play with a Shakespeare poem

To sum up what happens in Act I

Multiple Choice

When Romeo describes how family love has caused hatred for the opposite family, he says "O loving hate...O heavy lightness, serious vanity...feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health" (I.i.174-178). All of these are examples of what literary device?

simile

alliteration

hyperbole

oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Who wants to marry Juliet?

Mercutio

Benvolio

Prince Escalus

Paris

Multiple Choice

Who has raised Juliet like his/her own daughter?

Prince Escalus

Friar Lawrence

Nurse

Lady Montague

Multiple Choice

In his conversation with Benvolio in Scene 1, Romeo appears _____________.

happy and pleasant

sad and moody

rough and angry

sarcastic and rude

Multiple Choice

What insulting gesture is made at the beginning of the play?

Flip off with the middle finger

A crude gesture pointed at someone's mother

The gesture of cutting the throat.

The gesture of biting the thumb.

Multiple Choice

Romeo is a _______________ and Juliet is a _______________.

Capulet, Montague

Montague, Capulet

Tybalt, Mercutio

Mercutio, Tybalt

Multiple Choice

Where is the play set?

Bologne

Verona

Rome

Venice

Multiple Choice

The Prologue calls Romeo and Juliet "star-crossed lovers."

What does "star-crossed" mean?

unlucky, doomed

lucky, blessed

hopeful, happy

shaped like a star

Multiple Choice

Shakespeare uses the prologue to inform the audience that _____________.

Romeo is a Montague & Juliet is a Capulet

Juliet is a widow

Romeo is a fugitive

The lovers from two feuding families will die

_{Romeo and Juliet Act I}

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