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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Review
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 8hrs 31mins
In this performance of the first encounter scene from Romeo and Juliet, how does the actor playing Romeo show what he means by these lines?
“If I profane with my unworthiest hand / This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this, / My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” (90–91)
Choose the TWO best answers.
He holds Juliet's hand.
He tries to kiss Juliet's hand.
He looks into Juliet's eyes.
He smiles at Juliet.
What does Romeo mean by these words and gestures?
“If I profane with my unworthiest hand / This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this, / My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand / To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” (90–91)
If I have insulted your pure hand by touching it with mine, my lips can fix this insult with a kiss.
If I have done something evil by touching this holy place, my lips will recite the pilgrim’s prayer to right this wrong.
In this performance of the first encounter scene from Romeo and Juliet, how does the actor playing Romeo show what he means when he says,
“O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do, / They pray” (100–101)?
He holds Juliet’s hand.
He places his palm against Juliet’s palm.
He kisses Juliet’s hand.
He kisses Juliet’s lips.
What does Romeo mean by these words and gestures?
“O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do, / They pray” (100–101)?
Then, dear Juliet, let our lips pray while our hands are joined together.
Then, dear Juliet, let our lips do what hands do when they pray—they join together.
When Romeo first meets Juliet, he calls her hand...
a shrine
a saint
a pilgrim
two blushing pilgrims
When Romeo first meets Juliet, he calls his lips
a shrine
a saint
two blushing pilgrims
a pilgrim
When Romeo first meets Juliet, throughout the sonnet, Romeo calls Juliet
a shrine
a saint
a pilgrim
two blushing pilgrims
When Romeo first meets Juliet, Juliet calls him
a shrine
a saint
a pilgrim
two blushing pilgrims
Read line 94 from the text:
“Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much.”
Based on the context, what does Juliet mean by the underlined text?
You're wrong to call my hand a shrine.
It's wrong for you to kiss my hand so boldly.
You're using your hand the wrong way.
You should not consider your hand unworthy of touching mine.
Read line 97 from the text:
"And palm to palm is holy palmers'kiss."
By "palm" Juliet means
a part of the hand
a way of hiding something with one's hand
a way of covering one's face with one's hand
The leaves of a kind of tropical tree
A pilgrim traveling to a holy shrine
Read line 97 from the text:
"And palm to palm is holy palmers'kiss."
By "palmers'" Juliet means
a part of the hand
a way of hiding something with one's hand
a way of covering one's face with one's hand
The leaves of a kind of tropical tree
A pilgrim traveling to a holy shrine
Read line 103 from the text:
“Then move not while my prayer's effect I take.”
Based on the context, what does Romeo mean by this line?
Don't move while I wait for my prayer to come true.
Don't move while I make what I've been praying for happen.
Don't move until after we finish praying.
My prayer is that you don't move.
Select the word that BEST completes the sentence.
In the first encounter sonnet, Romeo and Juliet use__________ metaphors.
masquerade
religious
sun and stars
Select the word that BEST completes the sentence.
In the first encounter sonnet, Romeo and Juliet use metaphors in order to ____________.
flirt with each other.
learn each other's identity.
make sure they share the same religious beliefs.
How do Romeo and Juliet connect the image of hands in prayer to the idea of kissing?
Select the TWO best answer choices.
Romeo says that his kiss will smooth over his hand's rough touch.
Juliet says that hands in prayer are like a religious pilgrim's kiss.
Juliet says that a saint's lips must be used for prayer.
Romeo says that lips can pray like hands do.
Juliet says that saints grant the wishes of prayers.
In which ONE of the following lines does Juliet discourage Romeo's flirtation?
“Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much” (94)
“For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch” (96)
“And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.” (97)
“Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray’r.” (99)
A student is writing a paragraph arguing that Romeo flatters Juliet when he first meets her. Which TWO underlined quotes from the first encounter scene provide the BEST evidence to include in this paragraph?
If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this,
My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.
O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do,
They pray—grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.
Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take.
Have not saints lips, and holy palmers too?
Choose the word to correctly complete the sentence.
The dialogue between Romeo and Juliet is structured as a ________ because it has 14 lines and follows a strict rhyme scheme.
riddle
limerick
haiku
sonnet
At first, Romeo rhymes with his own lines (90–93) and Juliet rhymes with her own lines (94–97). The fact that, by the end, they rhyme with each other’s lines is meant to suggest that they are________________________________
a good match for each other.
not meant to be.
students of poetry.
experienced at these kinds of interactions.
Read this quote from lines 103–106:
“Shall I believe / That unsubstantial Death is amorous, / And that the lean abhorred monster keeps / Thee here in dark to be his paramour?”
Who is speaking these lines?
Romeo
Juliet
Read this quote from lines 103–106:
“Shall I believe / That unsubstantial Death is amorous, / And that the lean abhorred monster keeps / Thee here in dark to be his paramour?”
What is death compared to?
Romeo
Juliet
a monster
Read this quote from lines 103–106:
“Shall I believe / That unsubstantial Death is amorous, / And that the lean abhorred monster keeps / Thee here in dark to be his paramour?”
Who is death in love with?
Romeo
Juliet
a monster
Read this quote from lines 103–106:
“Shall I believe / That unsubstantial Death is amorous, / And that the lean abhorred monster keeps / Thee here in dark to be his paramour?”
Death traps Juliet in a tomb with him to be his?
Romeo
lover
monster
Why does Romeo say he will stay with Juliet forever?
She is too beautiful to abandon.
He must protect her from death.
He can't imaging living life without her.
He wants to teach their families a lesson.
Which quote from the text BEST supports the idea that Romeo is protecting Juliet from death?
“Why art thou yet so fair?” (103)
“For fear of that, I still will stay with thee” (107)
“O, here / Will I set up my everlasting rest” (110–111)
“Eyes, look your last! / Arms, take your last embrace!” (113–114)
Read this quote from lines 109–110:
“Here, here I will remain / With worms that are thy chambermaids.”
What does Romeo mean when he uses the figurative language in the underlined part of the sentence?
He is saying that Juliet is literally being waited on by worms in her tomb.
He is saying that Juliet is literally being waited on by chambermaids in her tomb.
He is saying that he will stay in the tomb like a chambermaid who is devoted to caring for Juliet.
He is saying that he will stay in the tomb with the worms that feast on dead bodies.
Which selection from the passage (lines 103–116) does NOT communicate that Romeo is willing to die to be with Juliet?
Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe
That unsubstantial Death is amorous,
And that the lean abhorred monster keeps
Thee here in dark to be his paramour?
For fear of that, I still will stay with thee,
And never from this palace of dim night
Depart again.
Here, here will I remain
With worms that are thy chambermaids; O, here
Will I set up my everlasting rest,
And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars
From this world-wearied flesh.
Eyes, look your last!
Arms, take your last embrace! And, lips, O you
The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss
A dateless bargain to engrossing death!
Read this quote from lines 107–110:
“For fear of that, I still will stay with thee, / And never from this palace of dim night / Depart again.”
Based on the context, what does the underlined phrase refer to?
The palace where Juliet grew up
The night that Juliet died
The tomb where Juliet's body lies
The place where night never ends
In which TWO quotes does Romeo directly refer to the setting of this scene?
“Shall I believe / That unsubstantial Death is amorous, / And that the lean abhorred monster keeps / Thee here in dark to be his paramour?” (103–106)
“For fear of that, I still will stay with thee, / And never from this palace of dim night / Depart again.” (107–109)
“Eyes, look your last! / Arms, take your last embrace!” (113–114)
“And, lips, O you / The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss / A dateless bargain to engrossing death!” (114–116)
“Come, bitter conduct, come, unsavory guide! / Thou desperate pilot, now at once run on / The dashing rocks thy sea-sick weary bark!” (117–119)
Read this quote from lines 110–113:
“O, here / Will I set up my everlasting rest, / And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars / From this world-wearied flesh.”
Complete the paraphrase of Romeo's words to show what he means by the underlined figurative language.
By dying and staying in your tomb, I will
free myself from my unlucky fate
disturb the plan my family made for me
stay with my true love until the end of time
make a wish upon a star that you and I will never be separated again
Why did Shakespeare end Romeo's final speech with six sentences that all end with exclamation points?
To show that Romeo is angry
To show that Romeo is passionate
To show that Romeo is calling out for help
To show that Romeo regrets what he’s about to do
