Act 1

Question 1

very dangerous; hazardous

Answer 1

perilous

Question 2

bold resistance; opposition

Answer 2

defiance

Question 3

ominous; foreboding

Answer 3

portentous

Question 4

courageous; determined

Answer 4

valiant

Question 5

increasing; adding to

Answer 5

augmenting

Question 6

celebrations; festivities

Answer 6

revels

Question 7

facial expression; countenance

Answer 7

visage

Question 8

foreshadows; warns

Answer 8

bodes

Question 9

a cruel and oppressive ruler

Answer 9

tyrant

Question 10

sprightly; lively

Answer 10

nimble

Question 11

harmful; destructive

Answer 11

pernicious

Question 12

sad; pitiful

Answer 12

piteous

Question 13

descendants; family lineage

Answer 13

posterity

Question 14

hated; detested

Answer 14

loathed

Question 15

a minister; a pastor

Answer 15

parson

Question 16

“Two households, both alike in dignity

• In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,*
• From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,*
• Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.”*

Answer 16

the opening setting of the prologue

Question 17

“I fear, too early; for my mind misgives

• Some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,*
• shall bitterly begin his fearful date*
• With this might’s revels and expires the term*
• Of a despised life clos’d in my breast,*
• By some vile forfeit of untimely death.”*

Answer 17

Romeo

Question 18

“Black and portentous must this humour prove,

Unless good counsel may the cause remove.”

Answer 18

Central One Idea for the play

Question 19

a statement that is self-contradictory on the surface, yet seems to evoke a truth nonetheless

Answer 19

paradox

Question 20

“Put up your swords; you know what you do.”

Answer 20

Benvolio

Question 21

“A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life;

• Whose misadventur’d piteous overthrows*
• Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife.”*

Answer 21

the dénouement announced

Question 22

“What, drawn and talk of peace! I hate the word,

As I hate hell, all Mantagues, and thee.”

Answer 22

Tybalt

Question 23

• “Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, P*
• rofaners of this neighbor-stained steel -*
• Will htey not hear? What, ho! you men,*
• you beasts,*
• That quench the fire of your pernicious rage*
• With purple fountains issuing from your veins.!”*

Answer 23

Prince Escalus

Question 24

a succession of similar sounds in nearby words

Answer 24

alliteration

Question 25

the metaphor used for Romeo and Juliet’s first kiss

Answer 25

sin

Question 26

“Well, in that hit you miss: she’ll not be hit

• With Cupid’s arrow. she hath Dian’s wit,*
• And in strong proof of chastity well arm’d,*
• From Love’s week childish bow she lives*
• unharm’d.”*

Answer 26

refers to Rosaline

Question 27

“Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she;

She is the hopeful lady of my earth.”

Answer 27

Capulet

Question 28

• “My will to her consent is but a part,*
• And, she agreed, within her scope of choice*
• Lies my consent and fair according voice.”*

Answer 28

refers to Paris’s suit of Juliet

Question 29

Give up thinking about Rosaline; look at other pretty women.

Answer 29

Benvolio’s advice