Romeo and Juliet Quiz

Shakespeare uses a prologue to inform the audience that

• Juliet is a widow

• Romeo is a fugitive

• The lovers from the long-feuding families will die

• Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet

The fight in Scene 1 starts when

• Capulet and Montague servants quarrel over petty insults

• Tybalt loses his temper

• Benvolio insults Tybalt

• The officer agitates the two sides

What is the main purpose of the Prince in Scene 1?

• To explain the hatred of the two factions

• To put a royal edict on breaking the peace

• To describe Romeo

• To find out who started the fight

Who is Rosaline?

• Romeo's cousin

• A girl Romeo is in love with

• Benvolio's sweetheart

• Juliet's mother

In Act 1, Romeo and his friends gather before they

• Go to dinner

• Meet Mercutio

• Fight in a duel

• Crash the Capulet party

What does Romeo do when he sees Juliet at the masked ball?

Mercutio can be described as a foil to Romeo because

• He comes from a different social class

• He is much older than Romeo

• He is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague

• Unlike Romeo, he does not take love seriously

An aside is

• A speech in which a character expresses their feelings alone on stage.

• A long speech made to all the characters on stage meant to be heard by all, including the audience.

• A dramatic device in which a character speaks to the audience directly without the other characters hearing.

• A conversation between two or more characters

A soliloquy is

• a comment heard by some actors but not by the audience

• a speech delivered by an actor alone on stage in which they talk to themselves

• an opening speech which introduces a play or an act

• the final or closing speech in a play

Just before Romeo heads to the party, he says: "With this night's revels...by some vile forfeit of untimely death." What does this quote predict?

• A renewal of an old feud

• Romeo's death

• The beginning of a new love for Romeo

• An accident at the ball