Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Scene 1

Question 1

What happens in scene 1

Answer 1

the capulet servants are talking about their hate for montagues Montague servants come in and start a fight
Benvolio tries to stop the fight but Tybalt makes things worse
fight begins including Lord Montague and Lord Capulet
prince escalus stops fight – says people will pay with their lives
Lord and Lady Montague talk to Benvolio about Romeo – missing all day
Romeo reveals to Benvolio that he is in love with Rosaline but she doesn’t love him in return.

Question 2

blank verse is a type of poetry that follows the following three rules:

Answer 2

lines usually do not rhyme
each line contains 10-11 syllables
each line has 5 big beats

Question 3

what does mutiny mean

Answer 3

violence

Question 4

Where… unclean…: people ______; blood of a city’s own _____ is the result of these civil wars; people are ______ their own

Answer 4

fight
citizens
killing

Question 5

what does star-crossed mean

Answer 5

fate

Question 6

Whose… overthrows…:

Answer 6

destruction

Question 7

dignity:

Answer 7

high social rank

Question 8

iamb:

Answer 8

unstressed short and stressed long syllables

Question 9

iambic pentameter: __ syllables; emphasis on the _____ syllables

Answer 9

10
2 4 6 8

Question 10

what are the characteristics of a Shakespearean sonnet

Answer 10

14 lines
1 couplet
3 quatrains
iambic pentameter

Question 11

what is a couplet

Answer 11

2 lines that rhyme

Question 12

what is a quatrain

Answer 12

4 line stanzas

Question 13

rhyme scheme is always…

Answer 13

abab
cdcd
efef
gg

Question 14

an opening speech in a play or other literary work

Answer 14

prologue

Question 15

the prologue introduces the _____

Answer 15

exposition

Question 16

what is the exposition

Answer 16

plot
settings
characteristics

Question 17

a figure or group of figures who comment on a plays actions

Answer 17

chorus

Question 18

the _____ is delivered by the chorus

Answer 18

exposition

Question 19

where is the setting

Answer 19

verona
manuta
(northern italy)
late 1597

Question 20

The purpose of scene one is to …

Answer 20

reveal the main conflict

Question 21

bucklers:

Answer 21

sheilds that accompany swords

Question 22

carry coals:

Answer 22

to endure insults

Question 23

who is Benvolio Montague

Answer 23

romeos cousin

Question 24

who os tybalt caupulet

Answer 24

juliets cousin

Question 25

who accelerates the disagreement in scene 1

Answer 25

Tybalt capulet

Question 26

the capulet family thinks that tybalt is a _____ guy, but fears he is _____

Answer 26

good, sneaky

Question 27

who is prince escalus

Answer 27

prince of verona

Question 28

prince escalus almost always speaks in

Answer 28

blank verse

Question 29

how would you describe prince escalus

Answer 29

patient, mature

Question 30

what does prince escalus think about the two families

Answer 30

that the fighting is ruining the city

Question 31

What are romeo and juliets last names

Answer 31

romeo montague
juliet capulet

Question 32

what does lady montague think about the violence

Answer 32

maintaining honor is more important than stopping th eviolence

Question 33

Lady montague is pleased that Romeo did not ….

Answer 33

witness the disagreement in the street

Question 34

Aurona: Goddess of _____ (_____)

Answer 34

dawn, morning

Question 35

oxymoron:

Answer 35

form of the greek word oxys meaning stupid