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Romeo and Juliet Act 1

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who tries to get Romeo to "examine other beauties"?

a)

Mercutio

b)

Benvolio

c)

Tybalt

d)

Rosaline

2.
What family does Juliet belong to? 
a)
Capulet
b)
Montague
c)
Hatfield
d)
McCoy 
3.
What family does Romeo belong to? 
a)
Capulet
b)
Montague
c)
Hatfield
d)
McCoy 
4.
Romeo's dream is an example of what? 
a)
Allusion
b)
Foreshadowing
c)
alliteration
d)
illusion 
5.

How does Tybalt recognize Romeo at the party?

a)

his face

b)

his clothes

c)

his voice

d)

his hair

6.
Who is Romeo in love with at the beginning? 
a)
Juliet
b)
Mary
c)
Caroline 
d)
Rosaline 
7.
What does Tybalt promise to do to Romeo when he sees him at the party? 
a)
Kiss him
b)
Kill him 
c)
Hug him 
d)
Fight him 
8.

What does Prince Escalus say will happen to the families if they fight again?

a)

They'll get another brawl

b)

Their lives will pay the forfeit of the peace

c)

They'll be banished

d)

They'll have to throw a masque

9.
What insulting gesture is made at the beginning of the play? 
a)
Flip off with the middle finger
b)
A crude gesture pointed at someone's mother
c)
The gesture of cutting the throat. 
d)
The gesture of biting the thumb. 
10.

Where is the play set?

a)

California

b)

Verona

c)

Rome

d)

Venice

11.

The quarrel between the Capulets and the Montagues has been going on for a long time when the play opens.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Juliet is almost 14 years old

a)

True

b)

False

13.
Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?
a)
Homer
b)
Dante Allegheri
c)
William Shakespeare
d)
Christopher Marlowe
14.
Shakespeare uses the prologue to inform the audience that _____________.
a)
Romeo is a Montague & Juliet is a Caplet
b)
Juliet is a widow
c)
Romeo is a fugitive
d)
The lovers from two feuding families will die
15.

The rhythm that Shakespeare uses in his plays and sonnets

a)

allusion

b)

foil

c)

iambic pentameter

d)

couplet

16.
Why are the two families feuding?
a)
One family stole from the other
b)
No one remembers
c)
They own rival businesses
d)
Their children fall in love
17.
In his conversation with Benvolio in Scene 1, Romeo appears _____________.
a)
happy and pleasant
b)
sad and moody
c)
rough and angry
d)
sarcastic and rude
18.
What, according to the chorus, are Romeo and Juliet?
a)
Young children
b)
Fatal enemies
c)
Star crossed lovers
d)
Beasts
19.

Who does Lady Capulet encourage her daughter Juliet to love?

a)

Benvolio

b)

Mercutio

c)

Paris

d)

Romeo

20.

How does Romeo learn of the Capulet party?

a)

He overhears a conversation

b)

He talks to his father

c)

He was invited by Rosaline

d)

He reads the invitation for the servant because the servant cannot read

21.

Mercutio goes on and on about Queen Mab. Who is Queen Mab?

a)

The Queen of Mab

b)

An evil fairy

c)

A fairy of dreams

d)

A bug woman

22.

After Romeo and Juliet have kissed and fallen in love, who tells each of them the other's identity?

a)

Benvolio tells Romeo; Nurse tells Juliet

b)

Juliet's nurse tells them both

c)

Tybalt tells them both

d)

Juliet's mother tells Romeo; Lord Capulet tells Juliet

23.

Romeo and Juliet is a...

a)

Tragedy

b)

Comedy

c)

History

d)

Sonnet