Romeo& Juliet Act 1 Quiz

When Mercutio can't find Romeo after the Capulet party is done, what does Mercutio assume?

• He assumes that Romeo is with Juliet.

• He assumes that Romeo has killed himself.

• He assumes that Romeo still has feelings for Rosaline.

• He assumes that Romeo has gone to fight Tybalt.

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Which items are true about Tybalt? Mark two.

• He threatens violence and revenge against Romeo in Act 1.

• He declares he hates Verona and the Price's control of the city.

• He wins a sword fight against Benvolio.

• He shows himself to be the most loyal and skillful fighter on the Montague side.

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Who was initially fighting in Act 1, Scene 1?

• Montague and Capulet
• A servant from each household
• The nurse and a servant
• Juliet and Capulet

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What does Romeo discover about Juliet at the end of Act One?

• He realizes Juliet is a Capulet.

• He realizes that Juliet is older than himself.

• He realizes that Juliet is already engaged to Paris.

• He realizes that he has made promises to Rosaline.

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What is Juliet's relationship to the nurse?

• The nurse is one more controlling mother, and Juliet appears to want to defy both nurse and mother.

• The nurse, funny and endearing, raised Juliet and thinks of her as a daughter.

• Juliet does not like the nurse but must suffer her dirty jokes since her mom employs her.

• There is no nurse in the play -- you can't fool me, MOUNT!

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Which character is describes as hot headed?

• Mercutio

• Romeo

• Benvolio

• Tybalt

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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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What does Prince Escalus say he will do to anyone who fights in the future?

• Put them in jail.

• Make them live together.

• Punish them with death.

• Make them read Shakespeare, as payment.

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Romeo says, "I fear, too early: for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night’s revels and expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death."

What do these lines mean? Mark the item that is least true.

• They foreshadow his own premature death is set in motion by the revels this night.

• They show how Romeo is prone to hyperbole, exaggeration, and heightened emotion.

• They relate to the deaths that the feud has caused and will cause as warring families come together in the party scene.

• They reflect that his despised crush will die in his heart at the party.

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Why was Romeo is such a sad mood at the beginning of Act 1?

• He is madly in love with Juliet but cannot not be with her because she is a Capulet.

• He is in love with Rosaline, but it's unrequited and throws him into depression.

• He is in love with Rosaline, and his family's feud upsets what could be a blissful time of romance.

• He is in love with Juliet, and he has found out she has to marry another suitor.

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