WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Act 1 Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Where is the setting of the play?
Mantua
Venice
Rome
Verona
What poetic form is the prologue?
Free Verse
Couplet
Sonnet
Haiku
The word "dignity" in line 1 of the Prologue suggests both houses are alike - "Two households, both alike in dignity/In fair Verona, where we lay our scene" in...
violence
social standing
sadness
relation to the Prince
The Prologue calls Romeo and Juliet "star-crossed lovers." What does "star-crossed" mean?
unlucky, doomed
lucky, blessed
hopeful, happy
shaped like a star
At the start of the play, after the fight, the Prince comes out and gives a speech to the crowd telling the Capulets and Montagues to stop. This speech is an example of...
monologue
aside
sonnet
soliloquy
What does Prince Escalus say he will do to anyone who fights in the future?
Put them in jail.
Make them live together.
torture them.
Punish them with death.
Looking at the highlighted portion, which of the following best translates what Benvolio is saying?
BENVOLIO
Madam, an hour before the worshipp'd sun
Peer'd forth the golden window of the east,
A troubled mind drave me to walk abroad;
Where, underneath the grove of sycamore
That westward rooteth from the city's side,
So early walking did I see your son:
Towards him I made, but he was ware of me
And stole into the covert of the wood:
I, measuring his affections by my own,
That most are busied when they're most alone,
Pursued my humour not pursuing his,
And gladly shunn'd who gladly fled from me.
MONTAGUE
Many a morning hath he there been seen,
With tears augmenting the fresh morning dew.
Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs;
But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
Should in the furthest east begin to draw
The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,
Away from the light steals home my heavy son,
And private in his chamber pens himself,
Shuts up his windows, locks far daylight out
And makes himself an artificial night:
Black and portentous must this humour prove,
Unless good counsel may the cause remove.
I saw Romeo walking, but he saw me and ran into the woods. I thought it best to not chase after him.
Romeo saw me walking restlessly and hid. When I saw him hiding, I laughed, and he ran away.
Romeo was following me in the early morning hours, but every time I turned to look for him, he hid in the woods. It was weird.
I was having a great morning until I saw Romeo looking gloomy outside the city walls. I chose to ignore him.
Why was Romeo is such a sad mood at the beginning of Act 1?
Romeo was in love with Rosaline, but she did not love him back.
Romeo was madly in love with Juliet but could not be with her because she is a Capulet.
Romeo was in love with Juliet, but Juliet did not love him back.
Romeo was in love with Juliet, and he found out she had to marry another suitor.
In Act I, when Romeo is in anguish because Rosalind does not love he says, "O loving hate..O heavy lightness...serious vanity, feather of lead..." These are all examples of
Metaphors
Similes
Oxymorons
Personifications
What is the problem with Capulet's statement? "Montague is bound as well as I,/ In penalty alike; and 'tis not hard, I think,/ For men so old as we to keep the peace."
Montague is only morally, not legally, bound to keep the peace.
Montague has already planned Capulet's demise.
The conflict has spread beyond just Montague and Capulet and affects the younger generations too.
The penalty is not heavy enough to prevent the feud from continuing.
Who wants to marry Juliet?
Paris
Romeo
Capulet
Montague
Which interpretation most accurately reflects the quote?
"My child is yet a stranger in this world; / She hath not seen the change of fourteen years"
Lady Capulet wants to wait for Juliet to get married as she is not yet fourteen.
Lord Capulet is presented as an aging patriarch who is keen for Juliet to marry to secure her future.
Lord Capulet wants Juliet to marry Paris when she is fourteen.
Lord Capulet is presented as being protective of his young, naïve, vulnerable daughter who does not have much experience of the world.
Which quotes show Lord Capulet deferring to Juliet's choice?
“She is the hopeful Lady of my earth”
“My will to her consent is but a part.”
“And she agreed, within her scope of choice /Lies my consent, and fair according voice”
“Like her most, whose merit most shall be”
When denied the opportunity to marry Juliet soon, what does Paris tells Lord Capulet?
Younger women are already married and have children.
Older women are already married and have children.
There are several women already married.
There are several women who already have children.
Which character is described as hot-headed?
Mercutio
Tybalt
Benvolio
Romeo
Why does Capulet allow Romeo to remain at the feast?
Capulet wants to watch Romeo carefully.
Capulet wants to make a deal with Romeo.
Capulet heard that Romeo is well-mannered.
Capulet just wants to show power over Tybalt.
When Tybalt says of Romeo crashing the Capulet's party..."this intrusion shall, now seeming sweet, convert to bitt'rest gall", this is an example of:
foreshadowing
oxymoron
metaphor
monologue
When Romeo first meets Juliet, he refers to her as "this holy shrine." This is an example of:
foreshadowing
simile
oxymoron
metaphor
When Romeo compares Juliet to a shrine and saint, this comparison does which of the following (select all that apply)
This demonstrates that he thinks she is perfect.
This demonstrates that Romeo is confusing Juliet with someone else.
This demonstrates that Juliet should be worshipped
This demonstrates Romeo wants to marry Juliet.
After Juliet learns that Romeo is a Montague at her party, Juliet says "my only love sprung from my only hate." This is an example of... (CHECK ALL THAT APPLY)
allusion
parallelism
a metaphor
a sonnet
