WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Prologue
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Where abouts is the prologue in the play?
Beginning
Middle
end
Who speaks the prologue?
Shakespeare
Romeo
Lord Capulet
Chorus
Complete the quotation: 'Two ______________, both alike in dignity.'
families
households
societies
people
Complete the quotation: 'In fair ___________, where we lay our scene.'
Venice
Naples
Verona
Rome
Complete the quotation: 'From ______________ grudge break to new mutiny.'
ancient
long-lasting
never-ending
old
Complete the quotation: 'Where _______ blood makes _____ hands unclean.'
royal
civil
Capulet
Montague
Complete the quotation: 'From forth the fatal loins of these two foes / A pair of _____________ lovers take their life'
opposite
star-fated
moon-like
star-cross'd
Complete the quotation: 'Whose misadventures piteous overthrows / Do with their death bury their ____________ strife.'
own
Prince's
families'
parents'
Which themes are linked to this quotation: 'A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life'?
death
love
fate
religion
What is the purpose of the prologue?
To welcome the guests as they take their seats
To explain why Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet
To introduce the key themes and events of the play
To inform us about Shakespeare's life
What do we learn about Romeo and Juliet from the prologue?
They get married.
They both die.
Their families are enemies.
It was fate for them to be in love.
What do we learn about the two families at the end of the play?
They decide to end their 'strife'.
They continue to be enemies.
They both move out of Verona so they don't have to remember their children's deaths.
They all die too.
Which poetic form is used for the prologue?
haiku
sonnet
ballad
dramatic monologue
Why is the poetic form chosen for the prologue appropriate?
It introduces and links to the theme of conflict.
It introduces and links to the theme of love.
It introduces and links to the theme of family.
It introduces and links to the theme of death.
Which contrasts are displayed in the prologue?
death and love
day and night
old and new
inside and outside
True or false: an Elizabethan audience were used to the conventions of a tragedy, therefore, they would not be surprised by the death of Romeo and Juliet.
True
False
