WorksheetsRomeo & Juliet - Act 1-2
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 19mins
Romeo and Juliet takes place in _________.
Verona, Italy.
Venice, Italy.
London, England.
Rome, Italy.
Shakespeare uses the prologue of Romeo and Juliet to inform the audience that
Juliet is a widow.
Romeo is a fugitive.
the lovers are from the long-feuding families and will die.
Romeo is a Montague and Juliet is a Capulet.
How does Act I open?
with a quarrel between the Capulets and Montagues
with a dance party for all the singles
with a musical performance in honor of the Prince
with a riveting game of FortNite
What is Lord Capulet’s initial reply to Paris’ request to marry Juliet?
no, because Paris is too poor to marry Juliet
no, because Juliet already loves another man
yes, but only if the Nurse agrees
yes, but wait for Juliet to be 2 years older
The purpose of the humor arising from the nurse’s often inappropriate comments is to
indicate that servants are foolish..
display Shakespeare’s evil side.
provide comic relief from the tragedy.
suggest that love has its funny side.
What does Juliet fear about Romeo before she knows who he is?
that he thinks she is ugly
that he is already married
that he is her enemy
that her parents won’t approve
Romeo happened to read the guest list for the Capulet party because
Benvolio had a copy.
Mercutio stole it.
Nurse showed it to him.
An illiterate servant asked him for help (not realizing Romeo was a Montague).
Explain the following quote:
heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms,
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this.
Juliet is telling Romeo that she is not ready to commit to him.
Romeo is explaining to Benvolio that love is supposed to make one happy, but it has made him depressed.
Juliet is telling Nurse that she can’t sleep because Romeo does not love her!
Romeo is telling Benvolio that he feels fat, bloated, and cold
Benvolio can be described as a foil of Tybalt because
he comes from a different social class.
he is much older than Tybalt.
he is a Montague and Romeo is a Capulet.
he (unlike Tybalt) is interested in keeping the peace between the two feuding families.
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry the lovers mainly because he believes that this
Cannot be prevented
Has been arranged by God
Will make Romeo happy at last
Provides a chance to end the feuding
Friar Lawrence criticizes Romeo because
Romeo falls in love too quickly
Romeo is causing trouble by wooing Juliet
Juliet is too young to marry
Romeo is being unfaithful to Rosaline
At the end of Act 2, the only other people who know of Romeo and Juliet’s love are
No one else knows
Mercutio and Benvolio
Tybalt and Lord Capulet
The Friar and Nurse
Identify and Explain:
“Arise fair sun, and kill the envious moon,/Who is already sick and pale with grief/That thou her maid art far more sick than she.”
Simile/the sun is being compared to something sick and pale
Personification/the moon is described as being “envious”
Personification/the sun is being compared to the moon
Metaphor/the sun is said to be the moon
Identify and Explain:
“This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath,/May prove a beauteous flow’r when next we meet”
Personification/the flower loves
Simile/the flower is compared to their love
Metaphor/the flower is compared to their love
Metaphor/the bud is compared to the flower
Explain the following quote:
“Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, nor arm, nor face, nor any other part belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Juliet is telling Romeo that she doesn’t like the smell of the rose he brought her.
Juliet is saying that his name is doesn’t define who he is. Their love means more than the hate that stands between their families.
Romeo is saying that her beauty compares to a rose and his name should mean nothing.
Juliet is saying there is no more beauty than in his arm, face or any other part of a man.
