Romeo and Juliet Prologue Quiz

Which of the following is NOT true about the Chorus?

• They know everything about the plot and characters

• They summarize, comment on, and critique the action of the play as it unfolds

• They are kind of like a narrator

• The prologue is the only time we will hear from them throughout the play

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Romeo belongs to which family?

• Capulet family

• Montague family

• Escalus family

• Lawrence family

Which of the following is NOT true about the families?

• They are equal in social status and respect

• They have been feuding for a long time

• They refuse to make up, even after their children die

• They 'mirror' each other in terms of family structure and set up

True or False: When the play starts, the fighting between the two families has recently been getting more 'heated' and intense than it has been in the past.

• True

• False

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True or False: It is ONLY people who are blood related to the Capulets and Montagues who are fighting 'in the name of' the two families.

• True

• False

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According to the article you read in the Pear Deck, Shakespeare's audience believed in fate. What does this mean for the way his audience would have reacted to the characters of Romeo and Juliet?

• No matter what decisions they make throughout the play- both good and bad- the outcome will still be the same, so they would have pitied them because their outcome was out of their control.

• Romeo and Juliet have the ability to change the outcome of their story, but they make terrible decisions along the way which leads to their downfall; the audience would have felt that Romeo and Juliet deserved what they got.

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What ends the fighting between the Capulet and Montague families?

• Romeo and Juliet's deaths

• Romeo's arrest

• Romeo and Juliet running away together and disowning their families

• Romeo and Juliet's marriage to one another

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Who is Tybalt?

• Romeo's brother

• Juliet's brother

• Romeo's cousin

• Juliet's cousin

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Who is Benvolio?

• Romeo's brother

• Juliet's brother

• Romeo's cousin

• Juliet's cousin

In what act of a Shakespearean tragedy does the climax occur?

• Act 1

• Act 2

• Act 3

• Act 4

• Act 5

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