Characters in Romeo and Juliet

The Tragedy of
Romeo and Juliet
Act 1

Multiple Choice

Who is the young man who asks Capulet's permission to woo Juliet?

• Romeo

• Benvolio

• Tybalt

• Paris

Multiple Choice

What is the main purpose of the Prologue to Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?

• To explain the feud between the Montagues and Capulets

• to make everyone quiet down

• to set the scene for the whole play

• to annoy the audience

Multiple Choice

What Italian city is the setting of Romeo and Juliet?

• Milan

• Florence

• Verona

• Rome

Multiple Choice

The street fight in the opening scene is between the servants of what two families?

• Capulets and Fords

• Capulets and Montagues

• Capulets and Simmons

• Mercutio and Benvolio

Multiple Choice

In Act I, scene i of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, what penalty does Prince Escalus threaten if further violence breaks out between the Capulets and the Montagues?

• go to jail

• assigned community service

• pay a heavy fine

• death to those who participate in violence

Multiple Choice

According to the details in Act I of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, who is Rosaline?

• Juliet's sister

• the woman Romeo loves

• a maid in the Montague's house

• Juliet's nanny

Multiple Choice

Which of these is the best example of a transgression?

• theft

• exercise

• travel

• marriage

Multiple Choice

What is the most likely meaning of heretics in the following sentence? The people who left the cult were shunned by the remaining members and treated as heretics.

• people who live by strict rules

• people who do not believe in a given set of religious rules

• people who constantly break the law

Multiple Choice

If a mutiny occurs in the streets, which of the following would a passerby most likely observe? Base your answer on the meaning of mutiny as it is used in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act I.

• A crossing guard holding up traffic for school children crossing the street.

• A crowd cheering on the sidewalk for a parade.

• a group of young people fighting and brawling

• a construction crew working on the roads

The Latin prefix trans- means "across," "beyond," or "through." In the play, Romeo describes Benvolio's sympathy for him as love's transgression. The word suggests that love has crossed a boundary and unfairly involved his friend.

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Latin Prefix trans-

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Act I Scenes iv-v

Multiple Choice

Which of these words best describes Tybalt’s personality as revealed in Act I of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?

• frightened

• thoughtful

• aggressive

• lovesick

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Which of the following statements best summarizes Romeo’s reaction when he first sees Juliet at the Capulets’ feast in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act I? Choose two options.

• he immediately falls in love with her

• he is puzzled by her appearance

• he wonders about her identity

• he gets angry with her

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Direct characterization is when a writer describes the character's traits to the reader. This can also be described as explicit characterization.

​​Direct Characterization

Indirect characterization is when a writer reveals the character's personality indirectly through what the character says or thinks, what the character does, how the character looks, and how other characters respond to that character.

​​Indirect Characterization

What does this passage tell us about Tybalt? About Capulet?

A sonnet is a lyric poem that is usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter. In a play, a sonnet could also be made up of lines spoken by more than one person.

Sonnets have three quatrains and a couplet.

Quatrain: a quatrain is a stanza of poetry with four lines. Usually, quatrains have an alternating rhyme scheme, meaning every other line rhymes. In a sonnet, each quatrain explores a different aspect of the poem's theme.

Couplet: a couplet is two lines of poetry that rhyme. In a sonnet, the last two lines are a couplet, which gives a concluding thought or comment on the entire poem.

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Oxymoron

Multiple Choice

Which of the following lines from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act I contains an oxymoron?

• Thou knowest my daughter’s of a pretty age.

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  Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate,

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  We’ll measure them a measure and be gone.

Multiple Choice

In Act I, scene v of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, why does Capulet allow Romeo to remain at the feast?

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  He wants to confront Romeo later, when there are not as many people present.

• 
  He is annoyed, but he wants to deal with Romeo in his own way.

• 
  He will not allow a well-mannered guest to be insulted in his home.

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Stage directions are the notes that describe how the work should be performed.

• True

• False

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Dialogue is the conversations between characters, or the characters' words. Dialogue helps reveal (Choose ALL the answers that apply):​ ​

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personalities of characters

plot and story events

attitudes of characters

relationships between characters

background information

information about the audience

information about the theater