Romeo and Juliet Act I Quiz

What is the purpose of the prologue?

• To introduce the names of the characters and their conflicts.

• To provide an overall preview of the play

• To start the play with a Shakespeare poem

• To sum up what happens in Act I

It is clear from the first scene of the play that the Montagues and Capulets are

• peaceful

• enemies

• hardworking

• loving

• cowardly

Why will Romeo's love, Rosaline, not return his affection?

• She is already married.

• She doesn't find Romeo attractive.

• She has vowed to live a chaste life and not be married.

• She is in love with another man.

• She thinks Romeo is annoying.

According to his father, how does Romeo spend his nights and days?

• wandering the hallways

• singing in the gardens

• shut up in his chambers

• bothering the cooks

• riding through the country

According to the dialogue between Benvolio and Romeo, Benvolio's plan to rid Romeo of his affections for Rosaline is to--

• find Romeo an even more beautiful woman than Rosaline.

• banish her from Verona and away from Romeo's sight

• introduce Romeo to Juliet, whom Benvolio believes is the fairest beauty

• explain to Romeo why Rosaline was unfaithful

• send Romeo on an adventure that will distract him

How does Juliet react when her mother first speaks of a possible marriage and what does this reaction reveal about her character?

• She responds without emotion; her reaction reveals that she is unwilling to accept the wishes of her parents.

• She begins to cry; her reaction reveals that she is not ready to be married.

• She becomes excited; her reaction reveals the she is overjoyed with the prospect of marriage.

• She locks herself in her room; her reaction shows that she is whiny and spoiled.

• She barely reacts at all; her reaction reveals that she will abide by her parents' wishes.

PLEASE SELECT ALL ANSWERS THAT APPLY: One might view Romeo's attraction to Juliet as

• too sudden

• only physical

• love at first sight

• expected

• not normal behavior for him

A play that deals with tragic events and has an unhappy ending is called a

• comedy

• tragedy

• oxymoron

• pun

What literary device do we see in Romeo's lines: "I fear too early, for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars shall bitterly begin this fearful date...by some vile forfeit of untimely death"?

• oxymoron

• monologuing

• foreshadowing

• stalling

Who advised Romeo to "examine other beauties" to get his mind off of Rosaline?

• Mercutio

• Benvolio

• Tybalt

• Paris