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Romeo and Juliet Acts 1-5

Total questions: 53

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Who is Romeo in love with at the beginning? 
a)
Juliet
b)
Mary
c)
Caroline 
d)
Rosaline 
2.

Where is the play set?

a)

Bologne, Italy

b)

Verona, Italy

c)

Rome, Italy

d)

London, England

3.
"What drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!"
a)
Romeo
b)
Tybalt
c)
Prince
d)
Benvolio
4.
In the Prologue, what does the chorus say will happen to the two lovers?
a)
They will marry.
b)
They will die.
c)
They will be forced apart.
d)
They will live happily ever after.
5.
 Romeo happened to read the guest list for the Capulet party because
a)
Benvolio had a copy
b)
An illiterate servant asked for help
c)
Nurse showed it to him
d)
Mercutio stole it
6.
What is Juliet’s age? 
a)
21
b)
14
c)
16
d)
13
7.
What does Prince Escalus say he will do to anyone who fights in the future?
a)
Put them in jail.
b)
Make them live together.
c)
Punish them with death.
d)
banish them from Verona
8.
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
a)
They are in love.
b)
Juliet is pregnant.
c)
Romeo is going to war.
d)
The families will stop fighting.
9.

Who has been waiting for Romeo since he didn't return home from the party?

a)

Benvolio and Mercutio

b)

Lord and Lady Montague

c)

Juliet

d)

Friar Lawrence

10.

Who knows about Romeo and Juliet's plan to get married?

a)

The Nurse and Benvolio

b)

Benvolio, Mercutio and Friar Laurence

c)

The Nurse, Friar Laurence and Romeo's servant

d)

Benvolio and Tybalt

11.

Why does Tybalt want to fight Romeo?

a)

Because he saw Romeo and Juliet, his cousin, talking

b)

Because Romeo crashed the Capulet party

c)

Because he finds Romeo a threat

d)

Because Romeo threatened him first

12.

How does Romeo contribute to Mercutio's death?

a)

He duels Mercutio.

b)

He tells Tybalt what Mercutio's weakness is.

c)

He interferes with the fight to break it up and Tybalt stabs Mercutio.

d)

He holds back Mercutio so Tybalt can kill him.

13.
When the Nurse first enters Juliet's room to tell her someone has died, who does she first worry is dead? 
a)
Tybalt 
b)
Her mother
c)
The Nurse
d)
Romeo 
14.
Which characters die in Act 3
a)
Tybalt and Romeo 
b)
Benvolio and Mercutio 
c)
Mercutio and Tybalt 
d)
Benvolio and Tybalt 
15.
Which two characters foil each other?
a)
Nurse and Benvolio 
b)
Romeo and Mercutio
c)
Juliet and Friar Lawrence
d)
Romeo and Lord Capulet 
16.
At the end of Act 3, Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for what reason?
a)
To go to confession 
b)
To divorce Romeo before marrying Paris
c)
To get advice.
d)
To get medicine to sleep better. 
17.
Why does Juliet lose trust in the Nurse at the end of Act 3?
a)
Nurse wants Juliet to kill herself.
b)
Nurse tells Juliet to run away.
c)
Nurse tells Juliet to marry Paris.
d)
Nurse tells Juliet's parents about Romeo. 
18.

According to Juliet, what was her "sin?"

a)

She lied to her father.

b)

She opposed her father's wishes.

c)

She raised her voice at her father.

d)

She spoke ill of her father.

19.

Lord Capulet's excitement to wake Juliet and get her ready for the wedding is an example of...

a)

foreshadowing

b)

dramatic irony

c)

suspense

d)

plot twist

20.
In Scene 1, what does Juliet’s threat to harm herself reveal about her personality?
a)
She is spoiled and selfish
b)
She is very deliberate and careful.
c)
She reacts emotionally to situations.
d)
She often makes idle threats to get her own way.
21.
The change in the wedding date affects Friar Laurence’s plan because
a)
Juliet must take even more of the potion.
b)
he will have to share his secret with the Nurse.
c)
he has another important event scheduled for that day.
d)
he will have less time to contact Romeo.
22.
Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead because
a)
Balthasar brings him news of her funeral.
b)
he receives a letter from the Nurse.
c)
he has dreamed about her death.
d)
Paris tells him in the graveyard.
23.
In Scene 2, Friar Laurence hurries to the Capulets’ tomb 
a)
so that he can hide from the Prince.
b)
to stop Romeo from killing Paris.
c)
because Balthasar told him Juliet was dead.
d)
to reach Juliet before she wakes up.
24.
When Romeo enters the tomb, he notices that Juliet
a)
is still beautiful.
b)
has been poisoned.
c)
is not actually dead.
d)
has vanished.
25.
Why does Friar Laurence leave Juliet alone in the tomb?
a)
She refuses to have anything more to do with him.
b)
He wants to teach her a lesson.
c)
The Prince has forbidden him from ever seeing her again.
d)
He is afraid of the guard.
26.
Juliet kisses Romeo in the tomb because she
a)
wants to prove to everyone that she will always love only Romeo.
b)
believes that kissing Romeo might bring him back to life.
c)
hopes to drain all the poison out of Romeo.
d)
thinks that Romeo has poison on his lips and the kiss will kill her.
27.
Why do Capulet and Montague stop their feud at the end of the play?
a)
They realize that their hatred has destroyed their own children.
b)
No one in either family is left to continue fighting for them.
c)
They have finally heeded Friar Laurence’s sound advice.
d)
The Prince will punish them severely if they do not end their feud.
28.

Why doesn't Romeo know that Juliet is not truly dead?

a)

The message was never delivered to him.

b)

He was in another town.

c)

Friar John didn't want to deliver the news to Romeo.

d)

Romeo had a heart attack.

29.

"This sight of death is like a bell that warns me I'm old and I'll die soon."


This quote by Lady Capulet is an example of .........?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

soliloquy

30.

In Act 5, ___________________ irony is used when Romeo and the Capulet family believe that Juliet is dead. This is because the audience knows that she still alive.

a)

situational

b)

verbal

c)

dramatic

31.

Why has Romeo broken into the Capulet's burial chamber?

a)

He wants steal Juliet's valuables to sell to the local pawn shop.

b)

He wants to poison himself next to his wife's body to join her in death.

c)

He wants to take Juliet's body back to Mantua with him for a proper burial.

d)

He was told to get her when she wakes up and run back to Mantua.

32.

When Juliet awakens to find Romeo and Paris dead, how does she decide to take her own life?

a)

She drinks the remaining poison next to Romeo's body.

b)

She slides the lid of her tomb back on to trap herself inside.

c)

Juliet doesn't die.

d)

She stabs herself with a dagger.

33.

What could be viewed as a positive outcome from the ending of the play?

a)

There is nothing positive that happens.

b)

The family feud ends between the Montagues and Capulets.

c)

The feud continues between the families.

34.

When Scene 1 opens, in Romeo's soliloquy he reveals that he dreamed that Juliet found him dead. What literary element is this?

a)

personification

b)

flashback

c)

foreshadowing

d)

preview

35.

When Romeo states, "That detestable maw, thou womb of death" what is he referring to? What literary element is this an example of? (5.3.45)

a)

The tomb, a simile

b)

The tomb, a metaphor

c)

Death, a simile

d)

Death, a metaphor

36.

What's it called when we know what Romeo is there for, but Paris does not?

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Conflict

c)

Verbal Irony

d)

Dramatic Irony

37.

Romeo performs a long______________ before he drinks the potion and dies

a)

soliloquy

b)

monologue

c)

Dialogue

38.

Who does the prince blame for the deaths? He says all are to blame for the deaths of the two young lovers. Parents are at fault, the Nurse is at fault, the Friar is at fault, and even HE is at fault (he blames himself for being lenient with the feud and not putting an end to it sooner.) Due to them all being to blame, all are punished because all had a hand in the deaths and lost priceless young lives of the city.

a)

everyone had a hand in it

b)

the feud

c)

Friar

d)

The Nurse

39.

___________ is a debate in the play. Romeo and Juliet continues to be a play that charges a debate on whether the two star-crossed lovers were at the hands of fate throughout the plot or if their own free will propelled the plot.

a)

Fate vs. Life

b)

Free will vs. Choice

c)

Fate vs. Free Will

d)

Fate vs. the gods

40.

Dramatic Foil:

a)

A character who is the same as another character in personality.

b)

A character who is opposite of another character in personality.

c)

A silly character who adds humor to a play.

d)

A serious character who adds drama to a play.

41.

Oxymoron:

a)

“Juliet is the sun.”

b)

“Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie.”

c)

“A damned saint, an honorable villain”

d)

“Smoke made with the fume of sighs.”

42.

Personification:

a)

“Juliet is the sun.”

b)

Juliet alone on the balcony

c)

Romeo has a bad dream.

d)

“Smoke made with the fume of sighs.”

43.

Dramatic Irony:

a)

Juliet is alive, which the audience knows, but Romeo thinks she is dead

b)

Juliet is alone on the balcony and the audience listens to her soliloquy.

c)

The silly nurse from Romeo and Juliet

d)

“A damned saint, an honorable villain”

44.

Pun:

a)

A group of words that starts with the same consonant sound.

b)

A hint of what is to come

c)

A play on words, two meanings are intended for a word

d)

A figure of speech that compares two unlike things.

45.

Soliloquy:

a)

A type of drama that ends sadly

b)

A reference to something or someone in history

c)

A speech given to a group of people

d)

A speech given alone on the stage

46.

Allusion:

a)

A reference to something or someone in history

b)

a magic trick

c)

Something humorous

d)

A speech given alone on the stage

47.

"It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."

a)

oxymoron

b)

metaphor

c)

irony

d)

euphemism

48.

"My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words."

a)

analogy

b)

personification

c)

malapropism

d)

metaphor

49.

"My life were better ended by their hate."

a)

conceit

b)

oxymoron

c)

apostrophe

d)

foreshadowing

50.

"A thousand times goodnight."

a)

pathetic fallacy

b)

hyperbole

c)

double entendre

d)

epiphora

51.

"bright smoke; cold fire; sick health"

a)

double entendre

b)

oxymoron

c)

anastrophe

d)

simile

52.

"Ask for me tomorrow,and you shall find me a grave man."

a)

metaphor

b)

chiasmus

c)

double entendre

d)

pun

53.

The prologue in Romeo and Juliet.The balcony scene in Romeo and Juliet.

a)

oxymoron

b)

dramatic irony

c)

analogy

d)

pathetic fallacy