Act I: Romeo and Juliet

Shakespeare uses the prologue to inform the audience that _____________.

• Romeo is a Montague & Juliet is a Capulet

• Juliet is a widow

• Romeo is a fugitive

• The lovers from two feuding families will die

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The Prologue calls Romeo and Juliet "star-crossed lovers."

What does "star-crossed" mean?

• unlucky, doomed

• lucky, blessed

• hopeful, happy

• shaped like a star

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Where is the play set?

• Bologne
• Verona
• Rome
• Venice

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Romeo is a _______________ and Juliet is a _______________. 

• Capulet, Montague
• Montague, Capulet
• Tybalt, Mercutio
• Mercutio, Tybalt

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What insulting gesture is made at the beginning of the play? 

• Flip off with the middle finger
• A crude gesture pointed at someone's mother
• The gesture of cutting the throat. 
• The gesture of biting the thumb. 

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Who says this quote? "What? Drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word as I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!"

• Romeo

• Tybalt

• Prince

• Benvolio

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What does Prince Escalus say he will do to anyone who fights in the future?

• Put them in jail.
• Make them live together.
• Punish them with death.
• banish them from Verona

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In his conversation with Benvolio in Scene 1, Romeo appears _____________.

• happy and pleasant
• sad and moody
• rough and angry
• sarcastic and rude

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Out of the options below, which TWO are the most accurate reasons why Romeo decides to go to the Capulet party?

• His friends pressure him to go

• Rosaline will be there

• He wants to fight the Tybalt

• He has to spy on the Capulets for his father

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Who wants to marry Juliet?

• Mercutio

• Benvolio

• Prince Escalus

• Paris

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