Romeo and Juliet Act 1

Name the two rival families in Verona

• Montagues and Friars

• Montagues and Capulets

• Montanellos and Capulets

• Montagues and Santos

Who says this?

"If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

• Paris

• Romeo

• The Prince

• Queen Mab

What theme do these quotes by Romeo connect to?

"O loving hate," "heavy lightness," "Feather of lead"

• Love is overpowering, violent and ecstatic

• Fate is inevitable

• Individual vs Society

• Oxymoron

Who does Capulet ask to marry Juliet?

• Romeo

• Mercutio

• The Prince

• Paris

What fairy does Mercutio talk about?

• Queen Mab

• Queen Elizabeth

• Queen Fate

• Queen Bee

What can we tell about Mercutio at the end of his monologue about the fairy?

• He is hungry

• He is a clown

• He has been badly affected by love

• He is an athlete

'Some consequence yet hanging in the stars.'

What does Romeo mean, here?

• It's time to party!

• There's a line connecting two planets

• He saw a shooting star

• Something bad is going to happen

What scene is a good example of the theme of 'Individual challenging Society'?

• Tybalt's threat to ignore Capulet's order to leave Romeo alone.

• Lady Capulet asking Juliet to meet with Paris

• The Montague boys arriving at the party

• The Capulets throwing a party

Identify the literary device:

"It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night/As a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear"

• Metaphor

• Personification

• Simile

• Oxymoron

What is the shock discovery at the end of Act 1?

• Mercutio wants to leave

• Benvolio is dancing

• Tybalt decides to rebel against Capulet

• Romeo and Juliet discover they are from rival families