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Romeo and Juliet Act I Prologue and Scene 1

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What family does Juliet belong to? 
a)
Capulet
b)
Montague
c)
Hatfield
d)
McCoy 
2.
What family does Romeo belong to? 
a)
Capulet
b)
Montague
c)
Hatfield
d)
McCoy 
3.
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
4.
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. 
5.
Where is the play set?
a)
Bologne
b)
Verona
c)
Rome
d)
Venice
6.

Who says, "What drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee"?

a)

Romeo

b)

Tybalt

c)

Prince

d)

Benvolio

7.
In his conversation with Benvolio in Scene 1, Romeo appears _____________.
a)
happy and pleasant
b)

sad and conflicted

c)

hot-headed and angry

d)
sarcastic and rude
8.

What, according to the prologue, are Romeo and Juliet?

a)

Rebellious youths

b)

Fatal enemies

c)

Star-crossed lovers

d)

The heads of their households

9.

How does Benvolio suggest Romeo could solve his love problem?

a)

Examine other beauties

b)

Ask her to marry him

c)

Take a vacation

10.
Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with Montague's men?
a)
because Sampson and Gregory are servants of the Capulet family and there is a feud between the Capulets and the Montagues
b)
because the Montague men "bit their thumbs" at Sampson and Gregory
c)
because Montegue's men were blocking the street and wouldn't let Sampson and Gregory pass
d)
because Lord Capulet ordered them to
11.
Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting. How do they react to the fight?
a)
Tybalt wants to stop the fight, Benvolio wants to join in
b)
Benvolio wants to stop the fight, Tybalt wants to join in
c)
They both order the men to stop fighting
d)
They both try to join in the fight
12.

What does the Prince do in Scene I?

a)

joins in the fight

b)

sends the heads of both households to prison

c)

punishes the servants with death

d)

stops the fight and threatens death to anyone caught fighting again

13.

The Prince says, "...you beasts that quench the fire of your __________ rage with purple fountains issuing from your veins!"

a)

pernicious

b)

augmenting

c)

grievance

d)

transgression

14.

Lord Montague describes Romeo saying, "Many a morning hath he there been seen with tears __________ the fresh morning's dew."

a)

transgression

b)

augmenting

c)

pernicious

d)

grievance

15.

Benvolio tells Lord Montague that he will find Romeo and "I'll know his __________ or be much denied."

a)

augmenting

b)

pernicious

c)

grievance

d)

transgression

16.

Romeo feels that love has wronged him. He says, "such is love's __________."

a)

pernicious

b)

transgression

c)

grievance

d)

augmenting

17.

Benvolio and Romeo are...

a)

Neighbors and enemies

b)

Brothers

c)

Cousins and friends

18.

What does "Two households, both alike in dignity" mean?

a)

Two families who hate each other.

b)

Two houses that look alike,

c)

Two lovers will die.

d)

Two families of the same social class.

19.

What does "star-crossed" mean?

a)

A match made in heaven

b)

An unbreakable bond

c)

Not meant to be

d)

Meant to be

20.

What is "the two hours' traffic of our stage"?

a)

The play

b)

The prologue

c)

The love

d)

The feud

21.

The prologue is a __________.

a)

haiku

b)

sonnet

c)

song

d)

dance

22.

Who was a monarch while Shakespeare was working?

a)

Elizabeth II

b)

Henry VIII

c)

Mary

d)

Elizabeth I

23.

Where did Shakespeare live?

a)

England

b)

Italy

c)

France

d)

Spain

24.

Around what year did Shakespeare live and work?

a)

1400

b)

1500

c)

1600

d)

1700

25.

How many quatrains are in a sonnet?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

26.

The last two lines of a sonnet are called a ______________.

a)

couple

b)

quatrain

c)

iambic pentameter

d)

couplet

27.

The heartbeat-like rhythm of a sonnet is called __________.

a)

quatrain

b)

iambic pentameter

c)

the beat

d)

rhyme scheme

28.

The rhyme scheme of a sonnet is...

a)

aabbccddeeffgg

b)

ababcdcdefef

c)

ababcdcdefefgg

d)

abcdefgabcdefg

29.

When Romeo says, "O brawling love, o loving hate", it is an example of...

a)

alliteration

b)

hyperbole

c)

oxymoron

d)

onomatopoeia

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