Romeo and Juliet Act I

^_{Romeo and Juliet Act I}

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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

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How does Tybalt react to seeing Romeo and the party?

• He wants to fight him
• Ignores him
• Leaves crying
• Asks him to dance

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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

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Who is Queen Mab?

• The queen grasshopper
• A mischievous fairy
• A poisonous spider
  
• A little grub worm

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How old is Juliet?

• 12
• 13
• 14
• 15

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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

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

• Banishment
• Death
• Prison
• A large fine

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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

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

• Romeo

• Tybalt

• Benvolio

• Mercutio

• Abram

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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.

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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Who wants to marry Juliet?

• Mercutio

• Benvolio

• Prince Escalus

• Paris

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Who has raised Juliet like his/her own daughter?

• Prince Escalus

• Friar Lawrence

• Nurse

• Lady Montague

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

• happy and pleasant
• sad and moody
• rough and angry
• sarcastic and rude

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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. 

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Romeo is a _______________ and Juliet is a _______________. 

• Capulet, Montague
• Montague, Capulet
• Tybalt, Mercutio
• Mercutio, Tybalt

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Where is the play set?

• Bologne
• Verona
• Rome
• Venice

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

What does "star-crossed" mean?

• unlucky, doomed

• lucky, blessed

• hopeful, happy

• shaped like a star

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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