WorksheetsR & J Acts I - II
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 34mins
Write your full name, being careful with your spelling. Use a capital letter to start your first and last name.
Let's start easy! How many acts are in every Shakespeare play?
1
2
3
4
5
Romeo and Juliet is an example of this type of play:
history
comedy
musical
tragedy
The setting of Romeo and Juliet is
Stratford upon Avon, England
Verona, Italy
Santa Clarita, California
Rome, Italy
What is a soliloquy?
When a character speaks to another character and the audience can hear.
When a character speaks to the audience and the other characters on stage cannot hear them.
When a character silently acts out what they are trying to say.
When a character speaks to only one other person on stage but the audience cannot hear them.
Which of the following is the correct definition of dramatic irony?
When the audience knows something a character does not know
When a character realizes something before the reader does
When what happens in a story is the opposite of what the reader expects
The time and place of a story
We know Romeo is below Juliet's window listening to her while she has no idea is an example of:
aside
conflict
setting
dramatic irony
A character on the stage says something to the audience or to other characters AND the other actors on the stage pretend they cannot hear is a:
irony
aside
soliloquy
conflict
What is a foil character?
A character with opposite characteristics to the protagonist or another important character.
A character who shares the same characteristics as the protagonist or another key character.
A silly or ignorant character that acts rashly without thinking.
The time and place of the story.
When a character or event in a story predicts future events in the play is an example of:
rhyme
an aside
foreshadowing
monologue
After Benvolio is trying to convince Romeo to go to the party, Romeo replies, "I fear too early, for I have doubts. Something will begin with tonight's party." This is an example of ___________.
prologue
poem
soliloquy
foreshadowing
What is the purpose of the prologue?
To introduce the names of the characters and their conflicts.
To provide an overall preview of the play
To start the play with a Shakespeare poem
To sum up what happens in Act I
They will break up.
They will die.
They will have children.
They will live happily ever after.
Who is Tybalt?
Juliet's dad
Romeo's cousin
Romeo's mom
Juliet's cousin
Which character is most likely to start a fight in the streets?
Mercutio
Nurse
Benvolio
Tybalt
Which character could be considered "strange" and outgoing, and likes to give long speeches (usually making fun of his friends?)
Mercutio
Romeo
Tybalt
Benvolio
Which family does Juliet belong to?
Capulet
Montague
Which family does Romeo belong to?
Capulet
Montague
What does The Prince say he will do to anyone in the 2 families if they get caught fighting in the future?
Put them in jail.
Make them live together.
Punish them with death.
Exile them from the city.
Why is Romeo so sad in the first few scenes?
Romeo hates his mother and father
Romeo misses his cousin
Romeo is a teenager...enough said
Romeo is in love with someone who does not return the feelings
How does Romeo learn of the Capulet party?
He overhears a conversation
He talks to his father
He was invited by Rosaline
He reads the invitation for the servant because the servant cannot read
After Romeo and Juliet have kissed and fallen in love, who tells each of them the other's identity?
Benvolio tells Romeo; Nurse tells Juliet.
Juliet's Nurse tells them both.
Tybalt tells them both.
Juliet's mother tells Romeo; Lord Capulet tells Juliet.
Why is Juliet upset/sad when she learns who Romeo is?
He is her enemy.
He dated her cousin.
He has a bad reputation.
In Act II scene i, Mercutio and Benvolio are looking for Romeo. How do they try to get him to come out of hiding?
They call out to him and pretend Rosaline is nearby.
They threaten to tell his parents about Juliet.
They send out a pack of dogs to sniff him out.
They cry out in pain as if they are being attacked.
About how long have Romeo and Juliet known each other?
Forever
A year
almost a day
3 weeks
When Juliet says, "That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet", she is...
explaining why she is so upset that Romeo is a Capulet.
giving an example to prove that names are important.
stating that Romeo's last name does not make him a bad person.
commenting on the origin of the word "rose."
7. Why does Juliet tell Romeo not to swear his love by the moon?
Because swearing by the moon is bad luck
Because the moon is inconstant and variable
Because the moon is small and weak
Because the moon is a heavenly body
What does Juliet instruct Romeo to send her the next day?
a love poem.
a message about how much he hates Rosaline.
a message that tells her when and where their marriage will take place.
a legal documents that show he has changed his last name.
In Act 2, Scene 3, Friar Lawrence believes Romeo never went to bed because -----------.
He was with Rosaline.
He was fighting with Tybalt.
He was hiding from his father.
He was partying with his friends.
In Act 2, Scene 3 Romeo confesses that he has come to see Friar Lawrence because ----------------------------.
He wants to marry Rosaline today.
He wants to make confession.
He wants to marry Juliet today.
He wants to avoid going home.
Friar Lawrence believes the marriage might ----------------.
cause greater fighting among the families.
cause the Prince to remove the law against fighting.
allow more marriages between the families.
end the feud between the families.
In Act 2, Scene 4, Benvolio and Mercutio say that Tybalt has sent a letter to ______ asking to fight.
Juliet
Lord Montague
Romeo
Benvolio
Who wrote the letter that Benvolio and Mercutio discuss in Act II?
Tybalt
Friar Lawrence
Lady Capulet
the Nurse
Who is the "messenger" who arrives to talk with Romeo in Act 2, Scene 4?
Montague
Friar Lawrence
Tybalt
The Nurse
How does Mercutio act towards Nurse?
He makes rude jokes about her.
He mistakenly thinks that she is Rosaline.
He adores her and wants her to be his mother.
He mistakes her for Juliet's mom.
Romeo arranges to send a man to the Nurse with ----------.
a ladder for climbing up to Juliet's room.
a sword to fight Tybalt
money to bribe the guards outside Juliet's room.
money for vacation after the wedding.
What is humorous (comical) about the scene 5 when the Nurse returns to Juliet?
The Nurse continues to delay the news of Romeo's response.
The Nurse lies to Juliet about Romeo's response.
Nurse tells Juliet that he has forgotten Juliet already.
How does Act II end?
(a)
What do you think will cause the lovers to die?
(a)
