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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAct I of Romeo and Juliet is mainly about the Capulet-Montague family feud and ____________.Romeo and Juliet's first meetingRomeo's unrequited love for RosalineParis's desire to marry JulietJuliet's interest in marriage
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat is Benvolio's main function in Act I?He shows concern for Romeo and tries to keep peace when the servants begin to fight in the market.He threatens to challenge Tybalt to a duel.He secretly loves Juliet.He delivers an imaginative speech about the queen of fairies.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceIn his conversation with Benvolio in Scene 1, Romeo appears _____________.happy and pleasantsad and moodyrough and angrysarcastic and rude
- 4. Multiple Choice
What is the purpose of the Prologue?
to grab your attention
to explain why the families are fighting
so we know where the story takes place
to set the stage for the story as a whole
- 5. Multiple Choice
How many times have the Capulets/Montagues disturbed the streets of Verona?
1
2
3
4
- 6. Multiple Choice
How could we describe Tybalt's personality?
Contemplative
Aggressive
Thoughtful
Love-sick
- 7. Multiple Choice
Who is Rosaline?
A Montague
The girl Romeo is pining for (the girl he loves)
Tybalt's sister
Benvolio's wife
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why does Juliet's mother/nurse want her to marry Paris?
He's like a beautiful book; he's very handsome
He's important
He has a lot of money; he's wealthy
They do not want her to marry him
- 9. Multiple Choice
How could we describe Benvolio?
He is nosy
He is a fighter
He's a peace-maker
He hasn't showed very many character traits so far
- 10. Multiple Choice
How could we describe Mercutio?
He is deceitful and jolly
He is violent and aggressive
He is manipulative
He is playful and imaginative
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why does Capulet allowed Romeo to remain at the feast?
He wants to watch him carefully
He wants to make a deal with Romeo
He's heard that Romeo is well-mannered
He just wants to show power over Tybalt
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is a grievance?
Justice
Complaint
Mourning
Tolerance
- 13. Multiple Choice
What is Romeo's last name?
Capulet
Montague
Unknown
- 14. Multiple Choice
What is Juliet's last name?
Capulet
Montague
Unknown
- 15. Multiple Choice
Who is the author of the play?
William Shatner
William Shakespeare
William Blake
William Wordsworth
- 16. Multiple Choice
Which character is considered to be the governing body in Verona?
Prince Escalus
Paris
Romeo
Lord Capulet
- 17. Multiple Choice
Which character has cared for Juliet since her birth?
Tybalt
Mercutio
Nurse
Benvolio
- 18. Multiple Choice
Who is a cousin to Romeo?
Mercutio
Benvolio
Tybalt
Prince
- 19. Multiple Choice
Who is a friend of Romeo?
Mercutio
Benvolio
Tybalt
Paris
- 20. Multiple Choice
Who asks for permission to marry Juliet?
Paris
Tybalt
Romeo
Prince
- 21. Multiple Choice
What figurative language is included in this line: “But all so soon as the all-cheering sun should in the East begin to draw the shady curtain from Aurora’s bed…”
Oxymoron
allusion
Simile
Metaphor
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which figurative language is used in these lines: “Why then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
O any thing, of nothing first created!
O heavy lightness, serious vanity
Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health,
Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!”
Metaphor
Personification
Oxymoron
Simile
- 23. Multiple Choice
What figurative language is used in these lines: “Is love a tender thing? It is too rough,
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.”
Metaphor
simile
oxymoron
allusion
- 24. Multiple Choice
What figurative language can be found in these lines? “We’ll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf,
Bearing a Tartar’s painted bow of lath”
Simile
Metaphor
Allusion
Alliteration
- 25. Multiple Choice
When Capulet says “The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she,” he means ______.
I have no hope of having more children.
My wife can't have any children because she is barren.
My other children have covered themselves in dirty reputations.
I have buried all of my children but Juliet.
- 26. Multiple Choice
When the Prince says, “Will they not hear? What, ho! You men, you beasts that quench the fire of your pernicious rage with purple fountains issuing from your veins!” he means _______.
The people satisfy their anger by shedding the blood of their enemies.
The people are acting like beasts who have been to a watering place.
The people are raging like beasts.
Fountains are flowing with blood from the marketplace battle.
- 27. Multiple Choice
When Mercutio says, “True, I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy,” he means ______.
Children love to dream but are foolish.
Dreams are like children.
Dreams are the result of wishful thinking and a failure to focus.
Dreams are foolish; they mean nothing.
- 28. Multiple Choice
When Capulet says, “Let two more summers wither in their pride ere we may think her ripe to be a bride,” he means _______.
Juliet is not a ripened fruit.
Wait to years to marry Juliet; she is too young.
Juliet wants to travel for two summers, so Paris should wait for her.
Paris is too young, and he needs to wait two more years before getting married.
- 29. Multiple ChoiceWhat poetic form is the prologue?Free VerseSonnetHaikuCouplet
- 30. Multiple ChoiceWhat is dramatic irony?The characters know something the audience doesn't.The audience knows something main characters don't.Irony that is extra dramaticA drama that is ironic
- 31. Multiple ChoiceWhat makes Romeo and Juliet a tragedy by definition?The protagonists die in the end and the family is left to deal with their guilt.The play is sad.Many characters die by the end of the play.Two young lovers take their own lives.
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