Romeo & Juliet - Acts 1 & 2

Shakespeare starts the play with this to both introduce conflict & hook the audience.

• A fight

• Dirty jokes

• Characters falling in love

• A murder

The first threat of death in the play comes from this character's threat:

• Lord Capulet

• the Prince

• Lord Montague

• Benvolio

Romeo is introduced as a sad character. He's sad because:

• His parents are fighting

• Juliet doesn't like him

• Rosaline doesn't "love him back"

• That's just his vibe

The character who wants to marry Juliet at the beginning of the play is:

• Tybalt

• Peter

• Paris

• Mercutio

When we first meet Juliet, her attitude towards marriage is:

• she wishes she was already married

• she wants to marry Paris

• she'd prefer to marry Romeo

• she doesn't want to get married

A good example of foreshadowing in Act 1 is when Romeo dreams that going to the Capulet party will:

• result in him one day becoming King of Verona

• change his life for the better

• allow him to meet his soul mate

• lead to a bad ending for him

Which character presents as violent & unwilling to bear any "insult" from Romeo in Act 1?

• Mercutio

• Tybalt

• Benvolio

• Lord Capulet

After Romeo & Juliet speak at Juliet's balcony, what do they agree to do the next day?

• Go on a date

• Talk to their families about each other

• Get married

• Share letters with one another

Friar Lawrence agrees to perform Romeo & Juliet's wedding because he:

• believes it will end the Capulet-Montague feud

• believes the 2 love each other

• really likes Romeo & wants to make him happy

• just wants to cause problems

This character sends a challenge to Lord Montague (Romeo's dad) as Romeo & Juliet are getting married.

• Lord Capulet

• Mercutio

• Paris

• Tybalt