WorksheetsAct I: Romeo and Juliet
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 18mins
Shakespeare uses the prologue to inform the audience that _____________.
Romeo is a Montague & Juliet is a Capulet
Juliet is a widow
Romeo is a fugitive
The lovers from two feuding families will die
The Prologue calls Romeo and Juliet "star-crossed lovers."
What does "star-crossed" mean?
unlucky, doomed
lucky, blessed
hopeful, happy
shaped like a star
Who says this quote? "What? Drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!"
Romeo
Tybalt
Prince
Benvolio
Out of the options below, which TWO are the most accurate reasons why Romeo decides to go to the Capulet party?
His friends pressure him to go
Rosaline will be there
He wants to fight the Tybalt
He has to spy on the Capulets for his father
Who wants to marry Juliet?
Mercutio
Benvolio
Prince Escalus
Paris
Who has raised Juliet like his/her own daughter?
Prince Escalus
Friar Lawrence
Nurse
Lady Montague
In scene 4, who tries to cheer up Romeo on the way to the Capulet party with some puns (play on words)?
Paris
Mercutio
Benvolio
Tybalt
True or False: Romeo and Juliet kiss before they know each other's names.
True
False
When Romeo describes how family love has caused hatred for the opposite family, he says "O loving hate...O heavy lightness, serious vanity...feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health" (I.i.174-178). All of these are examples of what literary device?
simile
alliteration
hyperbole
oxymoron
