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- 1. Multiple ChoiceIn the Prologue, what does the chorus say will happen to the two lovers?They will marry.They will die.They will be forced apart.They will live happily ever after.
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Prince Escalus say he will do to anyone who fights in the future?Put them in jail.Make them live together.Punish them with death.banish them from Verona
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat does Benvolio suggest to Romeo to take care of his lovesick problem?Look at other womenAsk Rosaline to marry himForce Rosaline to be with himBecome a priest
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat makes Romeo decide to go to the party?His friends pressure him to goRosaline will be thereHe wants to fight the TybaltHe has to spy on the Capulets for his father
- 5. Multiple ChoiceHow does Tybalt know Romeo is at the party?He sees Romeo without his mask on.He recognizes his voice.A servant tells him.The nurse tells him
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhen Tybalt tells Lord Capulet that Romeo is at the party, Lord Capulet tells him to _____.calm downgo kill Romeothrow Romeo out of the partyCall for the Prince
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAt the beginning of the play, Romeo is in love with:JulietRosalineLady CapuletNurse
- 8. Multiple Choice
How does Romeo find out Juliet is a Capulet and vice versa?
Juliet's Nurse tells them
A servant tells them
Tybalt tells them
Mercutio tells them
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which Tier 2 Vocabulary best describes the Nurse's role in the play?
Capricious
An Adversary
An Intermediary
Virtuous
- 10. Multiple Choice
Select all the devices used by Lord Capulet in his conflict with Tybalt to force him to step down
Anaphora, Exclamatories, Rhetorical Questions
Anaphora, Exclamatories, Pathetic Fallacy
Anaphora, Threats, Rhetorical Questions
Threats, Exclamatories, Violence
- 11. Multiple Choice
Why does Lord Capulet tell Tybalt to calm down? Select all that apply
He cannot "make a mutiny among [his] guests" and kill people in his home
He must wait until they leave the Capulet ball to redeem his honour
Lord Capulet has heard of Romeo's good reputation and is in a good mood to let this pass
Lord Escalus has threatened all with death if they continue to fight
- 12. Multiple Choice
Select the different types of conflict we have witnessed in Act 1 of the play
Romeo's internal conflict
Violence between Capulets and Montagues
Juliet's internal conflict
Male dominance in the Capulet household
Lord Capulet's dominance over Juliet in forcing her to marry Paris
- 13. Multiple Choice
When Romeo and Juliet meet they share a
Sonnet
Soliloquy
Dialogue
Duologue
- 14. Multiple Choice
The name 'Mercutio' means mercurial or
Good friend
Changeable
Loyal
Warlike
- 15. Multiple Choice
Which themes dominate Act 1?
Death and religion
Love, Fate, Violence
Youth, Age and Conflict
Conflict and Fate
- 16. Multiple Choice
What is the major universal force in the play that dictates events?
God
Luck
Fate
Lord Capulet
- 17. Multiple Choice
Select all the sin imagery used by Romeo to indicate he is not worthy of Juliet
"If I profane with my unworthiest hand"
"Dear saint, let lips do what hands do"
Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purg'd"
"Have my lips the sin that they have took"
- 18. Multiple Choice
Why does Shakespeare intersperse conflict with love throughout the play and in the sonnet shared by Romeo & Juliet when they first meet
Combining the imagery of sin and love suggests their love is infatuation
It creates intrigue for the audience through the sense of fortune
The language choice emphasises their "fatal" destiny from the Prologue as their love is inevitably doomed.
Shakespeare highlights that this is not just a conventional romance
- 19. Multiple Choice
Why is Act 1 Scene 4 between Lord Capulet and Tybalt important in the play? Select the best repsonse
It encourages Tybalt's revenge
Lord Capulet's dominance stokes Tybalt's vengeance and heightens the inevitability of the conflict later in the play as foreshadowed in the Prologue
Tybalt's role in the play is to act as a vehicle of fate
Lord Capulet reasserts his authority aggressively to reinforce themes of conflict and violence throughout the play
- 20. Multiple Choice
What is Tybalt's reason given for wanting to attack Romeo?
"Show a fair presence and put off these frowns"
"By the stock and honour of my kin"
"Our foe"
"I'll not endure him"
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