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Worksheets'Romeo and Juliet'
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 18mins
Around what year was 'Romeo and Juliet' first performed?
1594
1686
1842
1901
Which two British monarchs were in power when William Shakespeare wrote his plays?
Queen Elizabeth I
Queen Elizabeth II
King James I
King Edward VI
Why did Shakespeare frequently engage with and set his plays in Italy?
Select ALL relevant answers.
He travelled there between the 1580s and 90s
His contemporaries had a keen interest in the country
It was an advanced and beautiful country
He lived there during the early 1600s
Which of the below statements best describes attitudes to religion in Elizabethan times?
Europe was deeply religious and predominantly Catholic or Protestant.
Europe wasn't as religious as other parts of the world.
The rise of atheism meant that religion wasn't taken too seriously.
Religion was just beginning to take hold in Europe.
What term describes the nature of a society in which women are considered inferior to men, where women belong to their fathers and then their husbands?
(a)
What is the correct definition of 'Hamartia', a key feature of a Shakespearean tragedy?
The release of the audience's emotions through empathy with the characters.
The struggle a hero engages in with their own fatal flaw.
The fatal character flaw of the tragic hero.
A main character cursed by fate and possessed of a tragic flaw.
Which of the following could be described as Romeo's hamartia (his fatal flaw)?
His passion
His impulsiveness
His empathy
His insincerity
What is the correct definition of 'Catharsis', another key feature of a Shakespearean tragedy?
The release of the audience's emotions through empathy with the characters.
The struggle a hero engages in with their own fatal flaw.
The fatal character flaw of the tragic hero.
A main character cursed by fate and possessed of a tragic flaw.
Which character is considered the most powerful in the play?
Friar Laurence
Lord Capulet
Lord Montague
Prince Escalus
The following is a description of which character in the play?
One of the Prince's kinsman and Romeo's closest friend, this character demonstrates his wit through lots of word-play and puns in his speeches. His hot-headed nature becomes his downfall.
(a)
Which of the following do we NOT find out in the prologue of 'Romeo and Juliet'?
There are two warring households of similar social standing
Two lovers die at the end of the play
The conflict between the families is resolved at end of the play
The play is set in Verona
The ancient grudge began because one head of the family killed another
'Once more, on pain of death, all men depart'
In Act 1 Scene 1, what does the Prince say will be the consequence of further fighting?
Everyone involved will be jailed
Those responsible will be put to death
Lords Capulet and Montague will be banished
The households will have to pay a substantial fine
Why did Lord Capulet arrange the Capulet Ball, where Romeo and Juliet first meet?
So Paris could woo Juliet
To celebrate his birthday
To commemorate a victory over the Montagues
Because his wife asked him to
'If love be rough with you, be rough with love' (1.4)
Before the ball, Mercutio mocks Romeo with tales of which supernatural being?
The Fairy Queen
Queen Mab
Aphrodite
A Siren
When Romeo first meets Juliet, which metaphor does he use to woo her?
'My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss'
'Here's much to do with hate, but more with love'
'Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars, Shall bitterly begin'
'stony limits cannot hold love out'
Which of the following IS NOT an insult that Mercutio uses when addressing Tybalt?
'you ratcatcher, will you walk?'
'King of Cats, [I'll take] nothing but one of your nine lives'
'Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here'
'Here’s my fiddlestick. Here’s that shall make you dance'
When Mercutio is stabbed by Tybalt, he curses both families and blames them for his death. Fill in the blank in this quotation from Act 3, Scene 1:
A (a) on both your houses
When Romeo learns that he is to be banished instead of put to death for killing Tybalt, what is his response?
He is relieved because now he can escape with Juliet
He says he would prefer death because that would be easier than life without Juliet
He is angry because the fight wasn't his fault and he shouldn't be being punished
He is happy because now he has an excuse to escape the warring families in Verona
When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, her father is furious at her disobedience.
Select ALL of the following terms Lord Capulet uses to describe his daughter in Act 3, Scene 5.
'Disobedient wretch!'
'hang, beg, die, starve in the streets'
'young baggage!'
'we have a curse in having her'
Desperate, Juliet seeks help from the Friar and declares that the 'bloody knife will play the umpire'.
What language technique is used in this quotation?
Alliteration
Foreshadowing
Sibilance
Simile
When Romeo and Juliet are discovered dead, what do Lord Capulet and Lord Montague elect to do to commemorate the young lovers?
Build their statues in gold
Tell stories of them for generations
Bury them separately in their family tombs
Carve their names into the city walls
Which of the following are key themes in 'Romeo and Juliet'?
Select ALL relevant options.
Love
Fate
Violence
Man Vs Society
Man Vs Nature
How confident are you in answering questions on 'Romeo and Juliet'?
Easy, I could do this in my sleep.
Not bad, I just need to brush up with some revision.
I understand the plot, but need more help looking at the language.
Not confident on the plot or language - can we please go over some of the content again?
