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WorksheetsRomeo & Juliet
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
"What if it be poison...
I fear it is: and yet, methinks it should not,
For he hath still been tried a holy man"
In these lines from Act 4, Scene 3, the reader can infer that -
The friar gave Juliet poison to kill herself.
Juliet doesn't really think a priest would give her poison.
Romeo wouldn't have poison because he is a holy man.
A holy man would not help Juliet to be with Romeo.
Shakespeare's primary purpose of writing the Prologue is to -
show how ridiculous the whole play is
caution the audience
introduce the audience to the story
explain the themes of the play
"The which if you with patient ears attend,
What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend."
Shakespeare is asking the audience to -
listen and pay attention
ask questions
applaud their efforts
toil
"She is the Fairies' midwife, and she comes
In shape no bigger than an agate-stone
On the forefinger of an alderman"
Mercutio's Queen Mab speech uses fairytale imagery to emphasize -
Romeo is going to die.
people should follow their dreams
dreams are real
believing things you dream will really happen is childish
A soliloquy is -
a speech by a character who is all alone (talking to himself or herself)
when a character speaks directly to the audience
when a character gives a speech to another character(s)
dancing solo
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale with grief,
That thou, her maid, art far more fair than she."
Romeo compares Juliet to the sun to suggest that she is -
friendly
such a happy person
beautiful
on fire
"And, in this rage, with some great kinsman's bone,
As with a club, dash out my desperate brains?"
The tone of this soliloquy could be described as -
understanding
enthusiastic
fearful and anxious
nostalgic
"Nurse! What should she do here?
My dismal scene I needs must act alone.
Come, vial."
In this excerpt, the word dismal means -
courageous
depressing
cheerful
peaceful
"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?
Deny thy father and refuse thy name.
Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,
And I’ll no longer be a Capulet."
This is an example of which Romeo and Juliet theme?
senseless violence
toxic love
fate
puppy love
"My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words
Of that tongue’s uttering, yet I know the sound."
This is an example of which type of figurative language?
imagery
simile
metaphor
personification
"My life were better ended by their hate
Than death proroguèd, wanting of thy love."
The reader can infer that -
Romeo does not want to delay his death.
Romeo would rather die than not be loved by Juliet.
Juliet's relatives are savage rogues.
Romeo wants Juliet's family to love him.
"Thou, why, thou wilt quarrel with a man that hath a hair more or a hair less in his beard than thou hast. Thou wilt quarrel with a man for cracking nuts, having no other reason but because thou hast hazel eyes."
In this scene, the reader can infer that -
Mercutio is offended by hazel eyes.
Benvolio is always looking for a fight.
Mercutio is joking, and Benvolio does not like to fight.
Mercutio is mad at Benvolio.
Dramatic irony is -
sarcasm
when something unexpected happens
when the audience knows something the character doesn't
ironing costumes in a play
Romeo and Juliet is a/an -
example of love always prevailing.
the epitome of what love should be like.
a tragedy about two teenagers who think they are in love after knowing each other a couple of days and then die.
a comedy.
"I am hurt.
A plague o' both your houses! I am sped."
The reader can infer -
Mercutio's curse foreshadows that something bad will happen to both the Montagues and Capulets.
A plague is spreading in the city of Verona.
Mercutio is kidding.
Mercutio just wants everyone to get along.
Mercutio's Queen Mab speech is an example of -
an aside
a monolouge
a soliloquy
dramatic irony
Romeo learns of Juliet's "death" from
Benvolio
Friar Laurence
Friar John
his servant Balthasar
Friar Laurence can be seen as "responsible" for the tragedy because
the Friar is an evil character.
the Church should not take sides in a family feud.
he devised the plan to marry Romeo and Juliet and to help them try to run away together.
he supported the Montagues against the Capulets.
In the Prologue, Romeo and Juliet are described as
"star-struck lovers".
"star-crossed lovers".
"star-crazed lovers".
"star-bright lovers".
"Two households, both alike in dignity
(In fair Verona, where we lay our scene)"
The word "dignity" in line 1 of the Prologue suggests both houses are alike -
In violence
In social standing
In sadness
in relation to the Prince
