WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Act 1
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
How does the Act 1 Scene 1 start?
With a miserable Romeo
With aggressive servants
With fighting families
With the Prince's order of peace
What does it mean to 'bite your thumb'?
It is a way of greeting someone
It means you are scared
It is a secret handshake
It is a rude gesture
What does Tybalt say in Act 1 Scene 1?
Part fools!
Peace? I hate the word
Do you quarrel sir?
Do you bite your thumb?
Who says: "If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
Benvolio
Capulet
Prince Escales
Montague
What is Lady Montague worried about in Act 1 Scene 1
Her husband's safety
The Capulets
Romeo
Tybalt
What quotation shows Romeo's sadness?
Tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew
Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs
An hour before the worshipped sun
locks fair daylight out, and makes himself an artificial darkness.
How does Romeo describe love in Act 1 Scene 1?
O loving hate
O me!
O brawling love
O heavy lightness
In Act 1 Scene 2 Paris asks Capulet for permission to marry his daughter, Juliet. What does Capulet say?
She will be wed tomorrow
Let two more summers wither in their pride
Art thou mad?
My child is yet a stranger in the world
Romeo catches sight of Juliet at the party. What is the first thing he says?
I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
Beauty too rich for use
O she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
Did my heart love till now?
What does Romeo say when he finds out Juliet is a Capulet?
My life is my foe's debt.
My grave is likely to be my wedding bed.
The more is my unrest
My only love sprung from my only hate!
Juliet: "My only __________ sprung from my only _____________"
loathed/loved
love/hate
true/enemy
foe/friend
