WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Act I-III Review
Total questions: 48
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the definition of a sonnet in poetry?
a)
a) A poem with fourteen lines
b)
b) A poem with ten lines
c)
c) A poem with twelve lines
d)
d) A poem with sixteen lines
2.
What is the setting of the play "Romeo and Juliet"?
a)
a) Verona, Italy
b)
b) Athens, Greece
c)
c) London, England
d)
d) Paris, France
3.
What is the relationship between the two households mentioned in the play?
a)
a) They are business partners
b)
b) They are friends
c)
c) They are enemies
d)
d) They are related by marriage
4.
What does Shakespeare mean by "star-crossed lovers" in the play?
a)
a) They are in love with each other but cannot be together
b)
b) They are from different social classes
c)
c) They are related by blood
d)
d) They are in a forbidden relationship
5.
What happens to the lovers in the play?
a)
a) They get married and live happily ever after
b)
b) They die tragically
c)
c) They break up and move on with their lives
d)
d) They elope and start a new life together
6.
About how long does the Chorus assume the play will be staged?
a)
a) Three hours
b)
b) Two hours
c)
c) One hour
d)
d) Four hours
7.
Who is fighting at the beginning of the first scene?
a)
a) The Montagues and the Capulets
b)
b) The Montagues and the Prince 's army
c)
c) The Capulets and the citizens of Verona
d)
d) The Montagues and the citizens of Verona
8.
Who tries to break up the fighting in the first scene?
a)
a) Lord Montague
b)
b) Lord Capulet
c)
c) Benvolio
d)
d) The Prince
9.
What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet?
a)
a) They will be fined heavily if there is another disturbance of the peace
b)
b) They will be thrown in jail if there is another disturbance of the peace
c)
c) The next person who disturbs the peace of Verona will die
d)
d) The Prince will personally punish them if there is another disturbance of the peace
10.
What do Benvolio and Montague say about Romeo's behavior?
a)
a) He has been partying too much
b)
b) He has been fighting with other young men
c)
c) He has been hiding in his room and crying
d)
d) He has been studying hard for his exams
11.
Why is Romeo so sad?
a)
a) He lost his job
b)
b) He failed a test
c)
c) He is in love with a woman who does not love him back
d)
d) His best friend moved away
12.
What is Benvolio's advice to Romeo?
a)
a) To talk to the woman he loves
b)
b) To forget about the woman he loves and find someone else
c)
c) To drink and party to forget his troubles
d)
d) To seek revenge on the woman who rejected him
13.
Why does Capulet think it will be easy for Montague and him to keep the peace?
a)
a) They have a long history of friendship
b)
b) They are both wealthy and powerful
c)
c) They both have large families to protected
d)
They both face the consequence of death if there is any disturbance of the peace
14.
What does Paris ask Capulet?
a)
a) If he can marry Juliet
b)
b) If he can borrow some money
c)
c) If he can join the Capulet household
d)
d) If he can become a soldier in Capulet' s army
15.
What problem does the servant have in Act I?
a)
a) He can 't find his way to the party
b)
b) He can 't find his master 's house
c)
c) He can 't find the people whose names are written on his list because he can 't read
d)
d) He is too shy to talk to the people at the party
16.
What is the name of the woman that Romeo loves at the beginning of Act I?
a)
a) Rosaline
b)
b) Juliet
c)
c) Catherine
d)
d) Isabella
17.
After her monologue that Romeo overhears, why is Juliet embarrassed?
a)
A. Because she has to marry Paris
b)
B. Because she is in love with Romeo
c)
C. Because she fell down in public
d)
D. Because her dress is torn
18.
Why is Juliet going to send someone to Romeo on the following day?
a)
A. To invite him to a party
b)
B. To ask him to marry her
c)
C. To get a message about when and where to meet her
d)
D. To challenge him to a duel
19.
When we meet Friar Laurence, what has he been gathering in his basket?
a)
A. Flowers and herbs
b)
B. Fruits and vegetables
c)
C. Nuts and berries
d)
D. Mushrooms and fungi
20.
What does Friar Laurence mean when he says, "Young men ’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes"?
a)
A. Young men only love what they see, not what they feel.
b)
B. Young men love too deeply and too quickly .
c)
C. Young men are fickle in their affections.
d)
D. Young men do not understand the true meaning of love.
21.
Why does Friar Laurence agree to perform the marriage ceremony for Romeo and Juliet?
a)
A. Because he wants to unite the Capulet and Montague families
b)
B. Because he believes their love is true and could end the feud
c)
C. Because he is paid a large sum of money to do so
d)
D. Because he is afraid of what will happen if he refuses
22.
According to Mercutio, what kind of man is Tybalt?
a)
A. Brave and honorable
b)
B. Foolish and cowardly
c)
C. Cunning and deceitful
d)
D. Cruel and violent
23.
How long is the nurse gone when she is supposed to be gone for only a half hour?
a)
A. 1 hour
b)
B. 2 hours
c)
C. 3 hours
d)
D. 4 hours
24.
How is the nurse behaving that is frustrating to Juliet?
a)
A. She is talking too much and not getting to the point.
b)
B. She is telling Juliet to forget about Romeo and marry Paris.
c)
C. She is being too slow and forgetful.
d)
D. She is being too demanding and bossy .
25.
What does Friar Laurence mean when he says, "Therefore, love moderately; long love doth so "?
a)
A. Love only a little so you don't get hurt too much.
b)
B. Love passionately and deeply for a short time.
c)
C. Love patiently and with self-control for a long time.
d)
D. Love someone who is also moderate in their affections.
26.
At the beginning of the scene, why does Benvolio think that there will be a fight?
a)
A. He sees Tybalt approaching with his sword drawn.
b)
B. He hears Mercutio taunting the Capulet servants.
c)
C. He sees Romeo, who is upset and ready to fight.
d)
D. He knows that the Montagues and Capulets have a long-standing feud.
27.
What does Mercutio accuse Benvolio of in lines?
a)
A. Being a coward and always trying to avoid fights
b)
B. Being too quick to draw his sword and start fights
c)
C. Being a spy for the Capulets
d)
D. Being in love with Rosaline
28.
When Tybalt and Mercutio first begin arguing, what does Benvolio try to them to do?
a)
A. He tries to calm them down and get them to talk things out peacefully .
b)
B. He tells them to stop arguing and start fighting.
c)
C. He tries to run away and avoid the conflict.
d)
D. He joins in the argument and takes Mercutio's side.
29.
What does Tybalt call Romeo?
a)
A. A villain
b)
B. A coward
c)
C. A traitor
d)
D. A Montague
30.
Why won ’t Romeo fight Tybalt?
a)
A. He is afraid of getting hurt or killed.
b)
B. He loves Tybalt and doesn 't want to hurt him.
c)
C. He doesn 't want to break the Prince 's law against fighting in the streets.
d)
D. He believes that he is now r elated to Tybalt through his marriage to Juliet.
31.
What does Mercutio think is the reason Romeo refuses to fight?
a)
A. He thinks Romeo is a coward.
b)
B. He thinks Romeo is too in love with Juliet t o fight.
c)
C. He thinks Romeo is too afraid of Tybalt to fight.
d)
D. He doesn 't know why Romeo won 't fight.
32.
Why does Mercutio keep repeating, “ A plague o ’ both your houses”?
a)
A. He is angry with both the Montagues and the Capulets for causing the fight.
b)
B. He is cursing Romeo and Tybalt for their actions.
c)
C. He is blaming the Prince for not stopping the feud.
d)
D. He is expressing his frustration with the whole situation.
33.
What does Romeo say that Juliet ’s love has done to him?
a)
A. Made him stronger and braver
b)
B. Made him more confident and self-assured
c)
C. Cured him of his love for Rosaline
d)
D. Made him weak and foolish
34.
Why does Romeo call himself “fortune’s fool”?
a)
A. He believes that his love for Juliet is just a twist of fate, controlled by luck or chance.
b)
B. He thinks that everything that has happened to him is just bad luck.
c)
C. He thinks that he is destined to be unhappy and unlucky in love.
d)
D. He thinks that his actions have been foolish and have caused his own misfortune.
35.
When Benvolio relates to the Prince what happened, what does he say Romeo tried to do before Mercutio was killed?
a)
A. He tried to run away and avoid the fight.
b)
B. He tried to reason with Tybalt and prevent the fight.
c)
C. He tried to calm down Mercutio and get him to stop taunting Tybalt.
d)
D. He tried to draw his sword and defend himself against Tybalt.
36.
Which literary device is used in the following passage: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet. "?
a)
a. Simile
b)
b. Metaphor
c)
c. Personification
d)
d. Allusion
37.
Which literary device is used in the following passage: "O brawling love, O loving hate, / O any thing of nothing first create!"?
a)
a. Oxymoron
b)
b. Hyperbole
c)
c. Irony
d)
d. Symbolism
38.
Which literary device is used in the following passage: "Two households, both alike in dignity , / In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, / From ancient grudge break to new mutiny , / Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. "?
a)
a. Foreshadowing
b)
b. Allusion
c)
c. Imagery
d)
d. Rhyme
39.
Which literary device is used in the following passage: "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. "?
a)
a. Metaphor
b)
b. Simile
c)
c. Personification
d)
d. Allusion
40.
Which literary device is used in the following passage: "My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My love as deep; the more I give to thee, / The more I have, for both are infinite. "?
a)
a. Simile
b)
b. Metaphor
c)
c. Hyperbole
d)
d. Personification
41.
44. Who says "Oh, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!"?
a)
a) Romeo
b)
b) Benvolio
c)
c) Mercutio
d)
d) Friar Laur ence
42.
Who says "What' s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. "?
a)
a) Juliet
b)
b) Lady Capulet
c)
c) Friar Laur ence
d)
d) Nurse
43.
Who says "If love be rough with you, be rough with love"?
a)
a) Romeo
b)
b) Benvolio
c)
c) Mercutio
d)
d) Tybalt
44.
Who says "My only love sprung from my only hate!"?
a)
a) Juliet
b)
b) Lady Capulet
c)
c) Nurse
d)
d) Mercutio
45.
49. Who says "I dreamt a dream tonight"?
a)
a) Romeo
b)
b) Friar Laur ence
c)
c) Juliet
d)
d) Mercutio
46.
Who says "Wisely and slow . They stumble that run fast. "?
a)
a) Friar Laur ence
b)
b) Nurse
c)
c) Romeo
d)
d) Juliet
47.
Who says "A plague o ' both your houses!"?
a)
a) Romeo
b)
b) Tybalt
c)
c) Mercutio
d)
d) Benvolio
48.
Who says "O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?"?
a)
a) Juliet
b)
b) Lady Capulet
c)
c) Nurse
d)
d) Friar Laurence
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