Romeo and Juliet Act 1

How does the Act 1 Scene 1 start?

• With a miserable Romeo

• With aggressive servants

• With fighting families

• With the Prince's order of peace

Tags

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

What does it mean to 'bite your thumb'?

• It is a way of greeting someone

• It means you are scared

• It is a secret handshake

• It is a rude gesture

What does Tybalt say in Act 1 Scene 1?

• Part fools!

• Peace? I hate the word

• Do you quarrel sir?

• Do you bite your thumb?

Who says: "If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

• Benvolio

• Capulet

• Prince Escales

• Montague

What is Lady Montague worried about in Act 1 Scene 1

• Her husband's safety

• The Capulets

• Romeo

• Tybalt

What quotation shows Romeo's sadness?

• Tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew

• Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs

• An hour before the worshipped sun

• locks fair daylight out, and makes himself an artificial darkness.

How does Romeo describe love in Act 1 Scene 1?

• O loving hate

• O me!

• O brawling love

• O heavy lightness

In Act 1 Scene 2 Paris asks Capulet for permission to marry his daughter, Juliet. What does Capulet say?

• She will be wed tomorrow

• Let two more summers wither in their pride

• Art thou mad?

• My child is yet a stranger in the world

Romeo catches sight of Juliet at the party. What is the first thing he says?

• I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.

• Beauty too rich for use

• O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!

• Did my heart love till now?

What does Romeo say when he finds out Juliet is a Capulet?

• My life is my foe's debt.

• My grave is likely to be my wedding bed.

• The more is my unrest

• My only love sprung from my only hate!