Romeo and Juliet - Prologue Act 1 Scene 1

In the Prologue, Romeo and Juliet are referred to as

• the unhappy hero, and the luckless heroine.

• star crossed lovers.

• pampered children of the rich.

• rebels without a cause

Where is the setting?

• Athens, Greece

• Rome, Italy

• Venice, Italy

• Verona, Italy

Who do Sampson and Gregory work for?

• Capulet

• Montague

Abraham and Balthasar work for ...

• Capulet

• Montague

Who is involved with the altercation in the city?

• Gregory, Sampson, Abraham, Balthsar

• Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt

• Gregory, Sampson, Abraham, Balthsar, Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo

• Gregory, Sampson, Abraham, Balthsar, Benvolio, Mercutio, Tybalt, Capulet and Montegue

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Tybalt is known as ...

• the peacemaker.

• the rebel.

• the hot head.

• the lover.

The Prince appears and is extremely angry. Why is he angry and what does he promise and threat he makes?

• He is starving and the city ran out of food. He promises to take food away from the Montagues and Capulets.

• the Capulet family starts a fight.

• The Capulet family starts a fight with the Montagues and disturbs the peace. He threatens death as a punishment.

Which answer choice below BEST explains the function of the prologue?

• There is no function to the prologue and the reader should skip it. The prologue was just the beginning part that Shakespeare included because he liked to write.

• Romeo loves Juliet, and their love is so great that they choose to end their lives. They have awful families who hate one another, and it is no wonder that they would prefer to end it than stay with such hateful families.

• This prologue introduces the play and is spoken by a chorus that helps the reader understand what is going on.

• This sonnet tells the audience that the play is set in Verona. We learn of the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets, and we learn that a "pair of star-cross'd lovers" come from these feuding families.

Which answer BEST represents how Scene I of Act I begins?

• Benvolio gets stabbed in the eye.

• Tybalt is hot-headed and refuses to listen to Benvolio drawing his sword and threatening Benvolio's life.

• Two young Capulet servants swagger across the stage considering it an insult that they might have to carry coal.

• Benvolio is trying to keep the peace between the Montagues and the Capulets.

Why does this opening scene kick off the conflict between the two houses? There have been many fights before. The Prince says that there have been three.

• Because the Prince is angry and clears the streets of the rowdy restless people of Verona.

• Because the Prince stopped them, and when the Prince has to step in it is very serious.

• Because the Prince issued them a sentence that declares anyone who fights must die.

• Because the Prince has called them rebellious servants and enemies of the peace.