Prologue, Act I scenes i-ii
1. What is the setting of the play?
1. Verona, Italy
1. What is Benvolio's role in Act I?
1. He is a confidant to Romeo and tries to calm the fighting.
1. What does Mercutio assume when he can not find Romeo at the end of Act II scene i?
1. Romeo has gone home
1. Which literary term is used in "Now old desire doth in his death-bed lie"?
1. Personification
1. What form of poetry uses Iambic Pentameter, but no rhyme scheme?
Blank Verse
"Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything 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--This love feel I, that feel no love in this."
1. According to this passage, what is wrong with Romeo?
2. What literary device is being used in this passage?
1. He is depressed because Rosaline rejected him.
2. Oxymorons are being used.
1. Which scene is written as a sonnet?
2. What rhyming method does Romeo and Benvolio's conversation use?
1. Prologue
2. Couplets
1. Why is Friar Lawrence shocked that Romeo wants to marry Juliet?
2. Why does Friar Lawrence agree to perform the wedding ceremony?
1. Romeo was in love with Rosaline yesterday
2. He hopes that it will calm the fighting between the families.
1. What can you conclude about Prince Escalus?
2. What penalty does Escalus threaten if further violence breaks out?
3. How could you describe Tybalt?
1. He is an important figure in Verona
2. Death to the Lords Capulet and Montague
3. Aggressive
1. How old is Juliet?
2. How does Juliet feel about marriage?
3. What metaphor does Lady Capulet make when speaking of Paris?
1. 13
2. She is not interested
3. She compares Paris to a beautiful book
1. In "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, who is already sick and pale with grief that thou her maid art far more fair than she" to whom/what does the word she refer?
2. "Deny they ______ and refuse ______. Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love and I'll no longer be a Capulet."
3. What does Juliet mean when she says, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"?
1. The moon
2. father; name
3. She loves Romeo even though his name is Montague
1. In Act I, scene i, which character starts a street brawl?
2. From the dialogue and stage directions, what can you conclude about Abram and Balthasar?
3. What does Sampson do to irritate Abram?
4. Why would Shakespeare create such a difference between Sampson and Gregory's conversation at the beginning of scene i and Lord Capulet's speech in scene ii?
1. Sampson
2. They are Montagues' servants
3. He bites his thumb
4. To illustrate character differences
1. What can we conclude about Mercutio from his Queen Mab speech?
2. What literary device is being used when Mercutio mentions Cupid?
3. Who is Queen Mab?
4. Mercutio suggests that Romeo be what with love since love is unkind to him?
1. He is playful and imaginative
2. Allusion
3. Queen of the fairies
4. Rough
1. After her visit to Romeo, how does the Nurse increase Juliet's suspense?
2. How could we characterize Juliet's feelings as she waits to hear Romeo's message?
3. What does "These violent delights have violent ends" mean?
4. To what does Friar Lawrence compare Romeo and Juliet?
1. She complains about her bones and feet.
2. Impatient
3. Friar Lawrence fears the swiftness of the marriage will produce a violent end.
4. Fire and Powder
1. How do Romeo and Benvolio learn about the Capulet party?
2. Who asks Lord Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage?
3. What is the main purpose of the Prologue?
4. How many lines are in a sonnet, and how many syllables in each line?
5. What meter are sonnets written in?
1. An illiterate serving man asks them to read the guest list for him.
2. Paris.
3. To set the scene for the play
4. 14 lines; 10 syllables
5. Iambic Pentameter
1. Who recognizes Romeo at the party?
2. How is Romeo recognized at the party?
3. Why does Capulet not kick Romeo out of the party?
4. Which literary device is being used in "If he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed"?
5. Who says, "My only love sprung from my only hate!"?
1. Tybalt
2. By his voice
3. Romeo is well-mannered
4. Simile
5. Juliet
1. Who wrote the letter that Benvolio and Mercutio discuss in Act II scene iv?
2. Which character most often speaks in blank verse?
3. Which event is the most important development in the plot?
4. What role does Friar Lawrence primarily serve in Act II?
5. What role does the Nurse primarily serve in Act II?
1. Tybalt
2. Nurse
3. Romeo and Juliet's decision to get married
4. Romeo's spiritual advisor
5. Juliet's spiritual advisor