WorksheetsRomeo & Juliet Act 1
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 14mins
Introduces the play by outlining the basic plot.
foreshadowing
loathed
prologue
Where is the play set?
Los Angeles, California
Madrid, Spain
Verona, Italy
What are the names of the two feuding families?
Capulet
Montague
Tybalt
Why are the two families fighting?
They aren't fighting
They both said upsetting things to each other
Because Romeo is in love with Juliet
Scene 1 begins with a fight, why does Shakespeare start a love story with a fight?
To show that Romeo and Juliet will never be together.
To get the audience excited about the play.
To show the contrast between the families arguing and the love that Romeo and Juliet have.
Who breaks up the fight in Scene 1?
Capulet
The Prince
Montague
What warning does the Prince give the fighting families?
Anyone that continues fighting will die.
Anyone that continues fighting will go to jail.
Go ahead and fight to death.
Why is Romeo depressed?
He loves Juliet, but she is from an enemy's family
He loves Rosaline, but she has vowed to remain a virgin forever.
He is just being an emo teenager.
Who is Count Paris?
A friend of Romeo's
A servant in Capulet's house.
A man who wants to marry Juliet.
How old is Juliet?
13
12
14
Select 2 reasons why Capulet does not give his permission for Count Paris to marry Juliet (select 2)
Juliet is too young.
Count Paris must win Juliet's affection.
Juliet doesn't want to get married.
Why does Romeo decide to go to the party?
Because Juliet will be there
Because Rosaline will be there.
His friends force him to go.
Why does Romeo's cousin want Romeo to go to the party?
To get his mind off of Rosaline.
To crash the party and cause problems.
To introduce him to Juliet.
Who does Juliet have a close motherly relationship with.
Romeo
Lady Montague
The Nurse
Lady Capulet encourages Juliet to marry Count Paris
She does not support the marriage.
She wants grandchildren
She was also married young
How does Juliet feel about marrying Count Paris?
She does not want to marry him.
She is excited to marry him.
She wants to become a nun.
Romeo says "Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, and it pricks like a thorn." What does it show about the way he feels about love?
He feels excited for love.
He is head over heels in love.
He feels depressed about love.
Who is Queen Mab?
She brings good dreams.
She makes men's dreams come true.
She causes nightmares.
Romeo has a bad dream. This is an example of what literary device?
theme
foreshadowing
Imagery
Romeo falls in love with Juliet at first sight. What does he compare her to?
A bird
A jewel
A flower
Irreverence or contempt for god/what is sacred
augment
posterity
heretics
to make greater
augment
languish
obscured
future generations
heretics
posterity
profaners
to become weak or feeble
heretics
languish
esteem
evil/wicked
heretics
profaners
esteem
regard with respect
esteem
boisterous
augment
keep from being seen
boisterous
obscured
loathed
to dislike greatly
heretics
posterity
loathed
