A | B |
At the beginning of the play who asks for Juliet's hand in marriage? | Paris |
What is the rhyme scheme for the Prologue? | ababcdcdefefgg |
According to the Prince's opening speech, brawls between the Montagues and Capulets have disturbed the streets of Verona how often: | 3 times |
The fight in Scene 1 starts when | Capulet and Montague servants quarrel over petty insults |
When does the story take place? | 14th century/1300 |
Lady Capulet opposes Juliet's intended marriage to Paris. True or False | False |
Anger flares at the ball when Romeo | is recognized by Tybalt |
When the play begins, Juliet is how old? | 13 |
In the speech that begins "I fear, too early", Romeo announces that he has a sense that | he will die an untimely death |
Lady Capulet tells her daughter that she | should consider marrying Paris, who wants to marry her |
The most important action in Act 1 is when | Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love |
Te most unpleasant, unlikable character in Act 1 is | Tybalt |
Romeo and Juliet declare theri love after knowing each other | few hours |
Mercutio can be described opposite to Romeo because | unlike Romeo, he does not take love seriously |
At the ball, Romeo and Juliet | fall in love |
Romeo goes to the Capulets' ball to see | Rosaline |
___ is the setting of the play | Verona |
How much time elapses in the play? | 5 days |
After the ball, Juliet stands on her balcony | dreaming of her love |
Shakespeare uses a prologue to inform the audience that | the lovers from the long-feuding families will die |
Romeo runs off form his friends and climbs the garden wall to | get a glimpse of Juliet |
The Prologue to the play | briefly summarizes the play's plot |
Name Romeo's family. | Montague |
When the play begins Romeo is in love with | Rosaline |
Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the feast? | Benvolio |
Benvolio ures Romeo to go to the party so that Romeo can | compare Rosaline with other beautiful women there |
Who does not stand in the way of Romeo and Juliet's love? | The Nurse |
What is the Prologue an example of? | sonnett |
What event is predicted Romeo >>> my mind misgives Some con sequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin his fearful date With this night's reels and expire the erm Of a despised life, closed in my breast, By some vile forfeit of untimely death | Romeo's death |
The following line is an example of ____ "From forth the fatal loins of these two foes | alliteration |
Which term does the Chorus use to describe the lovers? | star-crossed |
What is Prince Escalus' warning to the two families? | death |
Name Juliet's family? | Capulet |
Because Shakespeare labeled Romeo and Juliet a tragedy, we can be sure that the main character will | suffer a major downfall |
When the play begins, Juliet is in love with | no one |