Romeo and Juliet Prologue & Acts 1-5 Test

Based on the prologue to Romeo and Juliet, what is the main conflict driving the action?

• A feud between two families

• A battle between the citizens of Verona and the citizens of another city

• The love between two young people

• All of the answers are correct

What does the prologue ask the audience to do?

• To feel sorry for the young lovers

• To try to get along with others in their own lives

• To pay attention and be patient

• All of these answers are correct

Which statement about the prologue of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is true?

• The prologue provides the names of the main characters.

• The prologue tells the reader what to think about the moral, or lesson, of the play.

• The prologue keeps the ending of the play a surprise for the audience.

• The prologue reveals the ending of the play to the audience.

What literary device marks a transition in an Elizabethan sonnet from one topic to another related topic?

• Chorus

• Volta

• Sonnetto

• None of these is correct

What character(s) from Greek theatre does Shakespeare adapt for the prologue to Romeo and Juliet?

• Hero

• Prologue

• Chorus

• None of these is correct

What does Shakespeare mean when he writes in the prologue to Romeo and Juliet that the two households are "both alike in dignity"?

• Both families are related

• Both families hate each other

• Both families are arrogant

• None of these is correct

What kind of sonnet is the prologue to Romeo and Juliet?

• Elizabethan sonnet

• Spensarian sonnet

• Petrarchan sonnet

• None of these is correct

What information does the prologue to Romeo and Juliet NOT give the audience?

• Where the play takes place

• That Romeo and Juliet commit suicide

• Background information necessary to understand the play

• Which family Romeo is part of

Who is Mercutio?

• Juliet's lover

• Romeo's cousin

• Juliet's cousin

• Romeo's best friend

In Scene 1, Act 1, what does Prince Escalus tell the families?

• He does not speak to the families

• Anyone caught fighting will be put to death

• He likes their robes

• All the fighting is keeping him awake at night