Romeo & Juliet Act I Test



Romeo & Juliet Act I Test

Multiple Choice: Label your paper Romeo and Juliet Act I Test and number from 1-20. Put the correct CAPITAL letter of your answer choice next to the correct number.

____ 1. What event does the Prologue foreshadow?

|a. |The deaths of Romeo and Juliet |

|b. |The marriage of Romeo and Juliet |

|c. |The death of Romeo’s and Juliet’s child |

|d. |The marriage of Paris and Juliet |

____ 2. Abram and Balthasar, who appear in Scene i, are examples of

|a. |flat characters. |c. |typical servants. |

|b. |round characters. |d. |hot-headed young men. |

____ 3. In these lines, what is Prince Escalus’ message to Capulet and Montague?

If ever you disturb our streets again,

Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.

|a. |Capulet and Montague have been responsible for three brawls. |

|b. |The city streets have been much disturbed. |

|c. |“Ancient citizens” have had to take up arms. |

|d. |Capulet and Montague will pay with their lives if there are further disturbances. |

____ 4. Choose the item that best restates Capulet’s answer to Paris’s request to marry Juliet.

But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart;

My will to her consent is but a part.

And she agreed, within her scope of choice

Lies my consent and fair according voice, . . . 

|a. |Woo her gently, Paris. When you get her heart, you will have my consent. |

|b. |Woo her until you win her over. I will ask her to consent as well. |

|c. |Win her heart, gentle Paris. My wanting her to consent is only a part of the process. If she agrees, then you have my |

| |consent as well. |

|d. |Win her heart, Paris. I shall will her to consent, for my part. Once she agrees, having had a fair choice, I will agree |

| |too. |

____ 5. Based on the information in the following passage and in the corresponding text aids, when is Juliet’s birthday?

|NURSE. I’ll lay fourteen of my teeth— |3teen: Sorrow. |

| |4Lasmmastide: August 1, a holiday celebrating |

| |the summer harvest. |

| |5A fortnight and odd days: Two weeks plus a few|

| |days. |

|And yet, to my teen3 be it spoken, I have but four— She’s not | |

|fourteen. How long is it now | |

|To Lammastide?4 | |

|LADY CAPULET. A fortnight and odd days.5 | |

|NURSE. Even or odd, of all days in the year, | |

|Come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen. | |

|a. |In fourteen days |c. |On Lammas Eve, or July 31 |

|b. |In four days |d. |On August 1 |

____ 6. Romeo agrees with Benvolio’s plan to go to Capulet’s party because he hopes to

|a. |forget his love for Rosaline. |c. |catch a glimpse of Rosaline. |

|b. |challenge Tybalt to a fight. |d. |make peace with the Capulets. |

____ 7. In Scene v at the Capulet feast, Capulet is a dramatic foil for Tybalt because

|a. |they both know the Montagues are present, but no one else is aware of it. |

|b. |his enjoyment of the guests differs from Tybalt’s experience. |

|c. |they are both somewhat upset. |

|d. |his tolerance of the Montagues contrasts with Tybalt’s outrage. |

____ 8. In Scene v, why does Capulet allow Romeo to remain at the feast?

|a. |He wants to keep an eye on him and see what he’s up to. |

|b. |He wants to confront Romeo later when there aren’t so many people around. |

|c. |He is annoyed and wants to deal with Romeo in his own way. |

|d. |He will not allow a well-mannered guest to be insulted in his home. |

____ 9. What obstacles to Romeo and Juliet’s relationship are already apparent in Act I?

|a. |The families’ rivalry and Lady Capulet’s refusal to allow Juliet to marry so young |

|b. |The families’ rivalry and Capulet’s desire for Juliet to marry Paris |

|c. |Montague’s refusal to allow the relationship and Benvolio’s own affection for Juliet |

|d. |The Prince’s refusal to allow the families to mix and Romeo’s affection for Rosaline |

____ 10. Act I of Romeo and Juliet is mainly about the Capulet-Montague family feud and

|a. |Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting. |

|b. |Romeo’s unrequited love for Rosaline. |

|c. |Paris’s desire to marry Juliet. |

|d. |Juliet’s interest in marriage. |

____ 11. What poetic device does Shakespeare use frequently in the play regarding the rhythym?

|a. |sonnetic device |c. |iambic perameter |

|b. |islambic realiter |d. |iambic pentameter |

____ 12. According to the Prologue, what is the result of Romeo and Juliet’s deaths?

|a. |the nurse also kills herself |c. |Romeo’s mother dies from grief |

|b. |the feud between the families ends |d. |Paris vows to never marry |

____ 13. Which one of the following motifs is NOT a motif in Romeo and Juliet?

|a. |light |c. |dark |

|b. |poison |d. |roses |

____ 14. Which one of these minor characters is NOT in Act I?

|a. |Second Servingman |c. |Sampson |

|b. |Friar John |d. |Gregory |

____ 15. Which one of these is a theme in Romeo and Juliet?

|a. |Love conquers all |c. |Nothing is purely good or evil |

|b. |Alls well that ends well |d. |Overcoming Adversity |

Vocabulary

____ 16. Dramatic Literature

|a. |play on two words similar in sound but different in |c. |The turning point in a story, at which the conflict |

| |meaning. | |reaches the highest point of crisis. |

|b. |The structure and relationship of actions and events in a|d. |The texts of plays that can be read as distinct from |

| |work of fiction. | |being seen and heard in performance. |

____ 17. Shakespearean Tragedy

|a. |A part of drama in which an actor has a speech they give |c. |Introduces the setting and characters. Begins laying the |

| |alone, but there may be other actors on the stage as | |foundation for what is to come. |

| |well. | | |

|b. |Plays which tend to have a protagonist that suffers a |d. |Giving humanlike qualities to animals or inanimate |

| |separation and shows bad judgment, has deaths, the | |objects. |

| |supernatural, revenge and comic relief. | | |

____ 18. Dialogue

|a. |The lines spoken by a character or characters in a play, |c. |Suggesting, hinting, indicating, or showing what will |

| |essay, story, or novel, especially a conversation between| |occur later in a narrative. Foreshadowing often provides |

| |two characters, or a literary work that takes the form of| |hints about what will happen next. |

| |such a discussion. | | |

|b. |A character that serves by contrast to highlight or |d. |The deliberate use of ambiguity in a phrase or |

| |emphasize opposing traits in another character. | |image--especially involving sexual or humorous meanings. |

____ 19. Aside

|a. |(also called sarcasm) – Irony in which a speaker makes a |c. |The events in a story that lead to the resolution. |

| |statement in which its actual meaning differs sharply | | |

| |from the meaning that the words supposedly express | | |

|b. |In drama, a few words or a short passage spoken by one |d. |A conspicuous recurring element, such as a type of |

| |character to the audience while the other actors on stage| |incident, a device, a reference, or verbal formula, which|

| |pretend their characters cannot hear the speaker's words.| |appears frequently in works of literature. |

____ 20. Dramatic monologue

|a. |A part of drama in which an actor has a speech they give |c. |A part of drama in which an actor has a speech they give |

| |alone, but there may be other actors on the stage as | |alone, but there may be other actors on the stage as |

| |well. | |well. |

|b. |Irony in which accidental events occur that seem oddly |d. |The turning point in a story, at which the conflict |

| |appropriate, such as the poetic justice of a pickpocket | |reaches the highest point of crisis. |

| |getting his own pocket picked. However, both the victim | | |

| |and the audience are simultaneously aware of the | | |

| |situation in situational irony--which is not the case in | | |

| |dramatic irony. | | |

Romeo & Juliet Act I Test

Answer Section

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. ANS: A PTS: 1

2. ANS: A PTS: 1

3. ANS: D PTS: 1

4. ANS: C PTS: 1

5. ANS: C PTS: 1

6. ANS: C PTS: 1

7. ANS: D PTS: 1

8. ANS: D PTS: 1

9. ANS: B PTS: 1

10. ANS: A PTS: 1

11. ANS: D PTS: 1

12. ANS: B PTS: 1

13. ANS: D PTS: 1

14. ANS: B PTS: 1

15. ANS: C PTS: 1

16. ANS: D PTS: 1

17. ANS: B PTS: 1

18. ANS: A PTS: 1

19. ANS: B PTS: 1

20. ANS: A,C PTS: 1

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