Romeo & Juliet ACT I Quiz

What insulting gesture is made at the beginning of the play?

• Flipping 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.

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

• Banish them from Verona

In ACT I Scene 1, Romeo appears ________________ in his conversation with Benvolio.

• happy and pleasant

• sad and moody

• rough and angry

• sarcastic and rude

Who has raised Juliet like his/her own daughter?

• Rosaline

• Nurse

• Lady Montague

• Juliet

ACT I of Romeo & Juliet is mainly about the rivalry between the Montagues and Capulets and ____________________________________.

• Romeo and Juliet's first meeting

• Romeo's unrequited love for Rosaline

• Paris's desire to marry Juliet

• Juliet's interest in marriage

Tybalt can be best described as ____________________.

• a peacmaker

• a leader

• an aggressive man

• a pacifist

"Love is a puzzle" is an example of which literary device?

• irony

• metaphor

• simile

• alliteration

With whom is Romeo madly in love with at first?

• Rosaline

• Juliet

• Susan

• Tybalt

In ACT I Scene 1, what advice does Benvolio give to Romeo to resolve his lovesick problem?

• "Seek other beauties"

• "Propose marriage to Rosaline"

• "Imagine yourself with Queen Mab"

• "Ignore your heart's woe"

In ACT I Scene 5, Lord Capulet tells Tybalt to ignore Romeo because:

• Lord Capulet doesn't know that Romeo is actually a Montague.

• Lord Capulet is aware of the punishment he may receive if there was another fight.

• Lord Capulet thinks Romeo will defeat Tybalt in a duel.

• Lord Capulet wants Paris to wait two more years to marry Juliet.