WorksheetsRomeo & Juliet Review (Act 1, Scene 5)
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 11mins
Part 1: In this performance of the first encounter scene from Romeo & Juliet, how does the actor playing Romeo show what he means by these lines.
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand/ This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this,/ My lips two blushing pilgrims, ready stand/ To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss." (90-93)
Choose the TWO best answers.
He holds Juliet's hand.
He looks into Juliet's eyes.
He smiles at Juliet.
He tries to kiss Juliet's hand.
Part 2: What does Romeo mean by these words and gestures?
If I have insulted your pure hand by touching it with mine, my lips can fix this insult.
If I have done something evil by touching this holy place, my lips will recite the pilgrim's prayer to right this wrong.
Read line 97 from the text:
"And palm to palm is holy palmer's kiss"
By "palm" Juliet means __________.
By "palmers" Juliet means _________.
A part of the hand.
A way of covering one's face.
A pilgrim traveling to a holy place.
The leaves of a kind of tropical tree.
How do Romeo and Juliet connect the image of hands in prayer to the idea of kissing?
Select the TWO best answer choices.
Romeo says that his kiss will smooth over his hand's rough touch.
Juliet says that hands in prayer are like a religious pilgrim's kiss.
Juliet says that a saint's lips must be used in prayer.
Romeo says that lips can pray like hands do.
This question has two parts.
Part 1: In this performance of the first encounter scene from Romeo and Juliet, how does the actor playing Romeo show what he means when he says:
"O then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do, / They pray" (100-101)?
Choose the best answer.
He holds Juliet's hand.
He kisses Juliet's hand.
He places his palm against Juliet's palm.
He kisses Juliet's lips.
Part 2: What does Romeo mean by these words and gestures?
Then, dear Juliet, let our lips pray while our hands are joined together.
Then, dear Juliet, let our lips do what hands do when they pray- they join together.
Read line 94 from the text:
"Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much."
Based on the context, what does Juliet mean by the underlined text?
You're wrong to call my hand a shrine.
You're using your hand the wrong way.
It's wrong for you to kiss my hand so boldly.
You should not consider your hand unworthy of touching mine.
Fill in each blank with the words that BEST complete the sentences.
When Romeo first meets Juliet, he calls her hand ________ and his lips ________.
A shrine
A saint
A pilgrim
two blushing pilgrims
Fill in the blank with the words that BEST complete the sentences.
Throughout the sonnet, Romeo calls Juliet __________, and Juliet calls Romeo ___________.
a shrine
a saint
a pilgrim
two blushing pilgrims
Fill in the blanks with the words that BEST complete the sentence.
In the first encounter sonnet, Romeo and Juliet use ________ metaphors in order to _______.
religious
sun and stars
flirt with each other
make sure they have the same religious beliefs
In which ONE of the following lines does Juliet discourage Romeo's flirtation?
"For saints have hands that pilgrims' hands do touch" (96)
"And palm to palm is holy palmers' kiss." (97)
"Ay, pilgrim, lips that they must use in pray'r." (99)
"Saints do not move, though grant for prayers sake." (102)
A student is writing a paragraph arguing that Romeo flatters, or compliments, Juliet when he first meets her. Which TWO phrases from the first encounter scene provide the BEST evidence to include in this paragraph?
holy shrine
two blushing pilgrims
holy palmers
dear saint
Read line 103 from the text:
"Then move not while my prayer's effect I take."
Based on the context, what does Romeo mean by this line?
Don't move while I wait for my prayer to come true.
Don't move until after we finish praying.
Don't move while I make what I've been praying to do.
My prayer is that you don't move.
Choose the words that best complete the sentences.
The dialogue between Romeo and Juliet is structured as a _______ because it has 14 lines and follows a strict rhyme scheme. At first, Romeo rhymes with his own lines (90-93) and Juliet rhymes with her own lines (94-97). The fact that, by the end, they rhyme with each other's lines is meant to suggest that they are ______.
riddle
sonnet
a good match for each other
not meant to be
