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Romeo and Juliet Acts 1-3

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 8hrs 15mins

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Class
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1.

We know from the beginning that Romeo and Juliet will end with...

a)

Comedy

b)

Marriage

c)

Death

d)

A cliffhanger

2.

Who is Tybalt?

a)

Juliet's dad

b)

Romeo's cousin

c)

Romeo's mom

d)

Juliet's cousin

3.

Why does Juliet freak out when she learns who Romeo is?

a)

He's her enemy

b)

He dated her cousin

c)

He has a reputation

d)

She doesn't freak out

4.

What is foreshadowing?

a)

Looking back at past events

b)

Any quote with a very sad tone

c)

When a character talks about death

d)

Hinting about events that will happen in the future

5.

a figure of speech that combines apparently contradictory ideas

a)

oxymoron

b)

forshadowing

c)

situational irony

d)

genre

6.
At the beginning of the play, Romeo is in love with:
a)

Juliet

b)

Rosaline

c)

Lady Capulet

d)

Nurse

7.

What does The Prince say he will do to anyone in the 2 families if they get caught fighting in the future?

a)

Put them in jail.

b)

Make them live together.

c)

Punish them with death.

d)

Exile them from the city.

8.

She's 13 years old and engaged to Paris.

a)

Nurse

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Lawrence

d)

Lady Capulet

9.
To what does Juliet not want Romeo to swear his love?
a)

a light in the dark

b)

the sun

c)

the moon

d)

a rose

10.

Which family does Juliet belong to?

a)

Capulet

b)

Montague

11.

About how long have Romeo and Juliet known each other?

a)

Forever

b)

A year

c)

about a day

d)

3 weeks

12.

Why do Benvolio and Mercutio really want to convince Romeo to go to the party in Act 1?

a)

Mercutio likes a girl there

b)

To irritate the Capulets, their enemy

c)

They know he wants to see Juliet

d)

So he will get over his crush on Rosaline

13.

Romeo and Juliet takes place in

a)

Stratford upon Avon, England

b)

Verona, Italy

c)

Santa Clarita, California

d)

Rome, Italy

14.

Which family does Romeo belong to?

a)

Capulet

b)

Montague

15.

He performs the marriage ceremony for Romeo and Juliet and acts as Romeo's confidant.

a)

Benvolio

b)

Romeo

c)

Friar Laurence

d)

Paris

16.

Tybalt murders him and he is also Romeo's close friend.

a)

Benvolio

b)

Mercutio

c)

Lord Montague

d)

Paris

17.

A wealthy man who wants to marry Juliet and does become Juliet's fiance

a)

Paris

b)

Prince

c)

Romeo

d)

Tybalt

18.

A "character" that comments on the play's plot for the audience. This is usually a group of singers.

a)

Scene

b)

Chorus

c)

Romeo

d)

Act

19.

Juliet is closest to...

a)

Her mother

b)

Her father

c)

Her nurse

d)

Her teacher

20.

Which of the following examples of figurative language helps create a romantic mood in the balcony scene?

a)

“I have no joy in this contract tonight. It is too rash, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be ere one can say ‘It lightens.’”

b)

“At lovers’ perjuries they say Jove laughs.”

c)

“My ears have not yet drunk a hundred words of that tongue’s uttering, yet I know the sound.”

d)

“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”

21.

What is the significance of the stage directions in the following selection?

ROMEO: (draws his sword) Draw, Benvolio. Beat down their weapons. Gentlemen, for shame! Forebear this outrage. Tybalt, Mercutio! The Prince expressly hath forbidden bandying in Verona streets. Hold, Tybalt! Good Mercutio! (Romeo tries to break up the fight. Tybalt stabs Mercutio under Romeo’s arm.)

a)

They show that Mercutio is hurt in part due to Romeo’s interference in the fight

b)

They show that Romeo was ready to fight Tybalt on his own

c)

They show that Mercutio started the fight

d)

They show that Tybalt intended to stab Romeo

22.

Which of the following is a tragic flaw in Romeo?

a)

Lazy and irresponsible

b)

Arrogant about his abilities

c)

Envious of others

d)

Driven by emotions rather than logic

23.

Which of the following quotes best illustrates that Juliet is more cautious than Romeo?

a)

“I have no joy in this contract tonight. It is too rash, too sudden, too like the lightning, which doth cease to be ere one can say ‘It lightens.’” (Act II, Scene 2)

b)

“…swear by thy gracious self, which is the god of my idolatry.” (Act II, Scene 2)

c)

“Be not so long to speak, I long to die if what thou speak’st speak not of remedy.” (Act IV, Scene 1)

d)

“So please you, let me now be left alone, and let the Nurse this night sit up with you.” (Act IV, Scene 3)

24.

After he is wounded, Mercutio says, "A plague a both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me." Which of these statements is the best paraphrase of Mercutio's words?

a)

Curse both the Capulets and the Montagues. Their feud has killed me.

b)

I am too weak to enter any of the houses. Tybalt and his friends have killed me.

c)

My wounds are like a plague spreading in people's houses. They will kill me.

d)

The feud between the two families is like a plague whose germs are like fat worms.

25.

Why does Romeo at first try to stop the fight with Tybalt?

a)

Romeo wants peace between his own family and his new wife's relatives.

b)

Romeo fears that Mercutio will be severely injured or killed.

c)

Romeo fears fighting will force him into exile from his new wife.

d)

Romeo admires Tybalt, even though he is a Capulet.

26.

Which of the following actions by Romeo indirectly characterizes him as impulsive?

a)

Falling in love with Juliet the moment he sees her

b)

Refusing to fight Tybalt

c)

Agreeing to go to the Capulet party

d)

Locking himself in his room in sadness over Rosaline

27.

“sweet sorrow” or “loving hate” are examples of a

a)

verbal irony

b)

oxymoron

c)

genre

d)

conflict

28.
Who says, "What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee"?
a)

Romeo

b)

Capulet

c)

Tybalt

d)

Montague

29.

Who said this?

"Did my heart love till now? Forswear it sight

For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night."

a)

Romeo

b)

Paris

c)

Juliet

d)

Benvolio

30.

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

a)

Romeo

b)

Mercutio

c)

Paris

d)

Tybalt

e)

Benvolio

31.

How does the family feud drive the lovers' actions? Explain your reasoning.

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32.

Who is to blame for the death of Tybalt? Explain your reasoning.

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33.

Is the friar a good advisor to Romeo? Explain your reasoning.

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