R&J Act 1

Question 1

The play opens with the __________________ spoken by a chorus and is in the form of a 14-line poem called a sonnet.

Answer 1

Prologue

Question 2

The setting of the play is__________.

Answer 2

Verona

Question 3

The feud is between what two families?

Answer 3

The Montagues and the Capulets

Question 4

Romeoś family is called

Answer 4

The Montagues

Question 5

Julietś family is called

Answer 5

The Capulets

Question 6

Who orders the fighting to stop?

Answer 6

The Prince

Question 7

Who says….”on pain of death”

Answer 7

The Prince

Question 8

Who does Romeo love at the start of the play who does not love him back

Answer 8

Rosaline

Question 9

Who wants Juliet to wait two more summers before marrying?

Answer 9

Lord Capulet

Question 10

Juliet is about to turn__________years old

Answer 10

14 years old

Question 11

Wants to marry Juliet

Answer 11

Paris

Question 12

Who says, “it is an honor that I dream not of”

Answer 12

Juliet

Question 13

Who says “examine other beauties”

Answer 13

Benvolio

Question 14

Who brings you dreams

Answer 14

Queen Mab

Question 15

the belief that everything in life is pre-determined

Answer 15

Fate

Question 16

the belief that your actions determine what happens

Answer 16

Free Will

Question 17

Mercutio thinks we dream about what we_____________

Answer 17

desire

Question 18

Who is worried about their “untimely death”

Answer 18

Romeo

Question 19

Romeo’s cousin who tries to help him.

Answer 19

Benvolio

Question 20

Juliet’s cousin who recognizes Romeo at Capulet’s party.

Answer 20

Tybalt

Question 21

Is like a mother to Juliet.

Answer 21

The Nurse

Question 22

Tells a story about Queen Mab, the fairies’ midwife.

Answer 22

Mercutio

Question 23

rhyme scheme of a sonnet

Answer 23

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

Question 24

There are three stanzas in a sonnet called

Answer 24

Quatrains

Question 25

There are two lines in this stanza in a sonnet

Answer 25

Couplet

Question 26

A sonnet has these many syllables in each line

Answer 26

ten

Question 27

Who says, “If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.”

Answer 27

The Prince

Question 28

Who says, “Younger than she are happy mothers made.”

Answer 28

Paris

Question 29

Who says, “What, drawn and talk of peace! I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.”

Answer 29

Tybalt

Question 30

Who says, “O’ then I see Queen Mab hath been with you.”

Answer 30

Mercutio

Question 31

Who says, “My only love, sprung from my only hate”

Answer 31

Juliet

Question 32

Who does Romeo learn about the Capulet party from?

Answer 32

A (Capulet) Servant

Question 33

Romeo’s reason for going to the Capulet party is to see who?

Answer 33

Rosaline

Question 34

Romeo & Juliet learn that their families are…

Answer 34

enemies

Question 35

At the end of the party, this character, when asked, tells both Romeo & Juliet who one another is.

Answer 35

The Nurse

Question 36

Gives Romeo Advice

Answer 36

Benvolio (his cousin)

Question 37

During the street scene, at the beginning of the play, who is the character who says he/she hates the Montagues?

Answer 37

Tybalt

Question 38

He/she falls in love easily

Answer 38

Romeo

Question 39

Who says: “woo her….get her heart”

Answer 39

Lord Capulet