Recall
Elizabethan English
Textual Evidence
Inference
100

What kind of ball is this party? 

A masquerade ball.
100

"Come hither, nurse. What is yond gentleman?"

Come here, nurse. Who is that gentleman over there? 

100
Find an example of an aside. 

Act 1 Scene 5 line 115, 135

200

What does Tybalt do when he recognizes Romeo as a Montague? 

He asks a servant to bring him his rapier. 

200

"Content thee, gentle coz, let him alone: / A bears him like a portly gentleman." 

"Be content, gentle cousin, and leave him alone. He carries himself like a gentleman." 

300

What does Capulet tell Tybalt when Tybalt tells him about Romeo's intrusion into the party? 

Capulet tells Tybalt that "[Romeo] shall be endured." "Am I the master, here, or you? Go to. You'll not endure him? You'll make a mutiny among my guests." 

300

What does Romeo compare Juliet's hand to? 

He compares Juliet's hand to a "holy shrine." 

300

What do we learn about Mercutio's personality from Scene 4?  

He frequently makes jokes and uses wordplay. He's optimistic and has high energy, and he tries to cheer up Romeo.

400

Find an example of irony in Act 1 Scene 5. 

Romeo had been talking in Act 1 scene 3 about how no one is as beautiful as Rosaline and that he's going to the Capulets' party just for her, but as soon as he sees Juliet, he says, "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight, / For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night." 

500

Find the foreshadowing in Act 1 Scene 4.

See Romeo's lines in line 106 onwards.

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