Romeo and Juliet Act 1

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

• Homer
• Dante Allegheri
• William Shakespeare
• Christopher Marlowe

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Shakespeare uses the prologue to inform the audience that _____________.

• Romeo is a Montague & Juliet is a Caplet
• Juliet is a widow
• Romeo is a fugitive
• The lovers from two feuding families will die

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Romeo's father is _____________.

• Montague

• Capulet

• Friar Laurence

• Never named

The rhythm that Shakespeare uses in his plays and sonnets

• allusion

• foil

• iambic pentameter

• couplet

Why are the two families feuding?

• One family stole from the other
• No one remembers
• They own rival businesses
• Their children fall in love

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What family does Juliet belong to? 

• Capulet
• Montague
• Hatfield
• McCoy 

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Who is Romeo in love with at the beginning? 

• Juliet
• Mary
• Caroline 
• Rosaline 

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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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Where is the play set?

• Bologne
• Verona
• Rome
• Venice

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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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