How does the word dignity in line 1 of the prologue suggest both houses are alike? | Same social status |
Where does the play take place? | Verona |
Who do Sampson and Gregory first encounter in the city square? | Abram and Balthasar, of the Montagues |
Who tries to discourage the battle? | Benvolio |
Prince Escalus declares that the next time the families disturb the peace, they will pay | with their lives |
Montague and Lady Montague are concerned about Romeo because | he is depressed |
Capulet’s initial objection to Paris courting his daughter is due to | his daughter only being 13 |
What irony faces Capulet’s servant? | he cannot read |
The servant approaches Romeo to ask | if he can read |
The servant tells Romeo and Benvolio they may attend the party if | they are not Montagues |
Benvolio suggests Romeo attend the party in order to | see if he might find another woman better than Rosaline |
The first action Romeo takes at the dance is to | find out who Juliet is |
When Tybalt discovers Romeo’s presence at the feast, he | wants to duel him |
What does Juliet discover about Romeo through the nurse at the end of the scene? | he’s a Montague |
Benvolio asks Mercutio to | help him find Romeo |
Benvolio warns Mercutio that taunting Romeo will | make him mad |
In Romeo’s opening speech in Act 2, Scene 2, he refers to Juliet as | the sun |
Romeo claims he does not know what name he should identify himself by because | he is a Montague |
Juliet tells Romeo not to swear his love by the moon because | the moon changes |
Romeo confesses that he has come to see the friar because | he wants to marry Juliet today |
Romeo claims his love for Juliet is different from his love for Rosaline because | Juliet loves him |
When the friar says Romeo’s love “could read by rote, that could not spell,” he suggests | Romeo is playing the part of the lover but is not really in love |
Benvolio and Mercutio are discussing Tybalt because | Tybalt has challenged Romeo to a duel |
The nurse warns Romeo against | falsely leading Juliet on |
What is Juliet waiting for at the start of the scene? | for news from the nurse |
At the end of the scene the nurse finally reveals that Romeo will | marry Juliet in the friar’s cell |
What will be Juliet’s excuse for leaving the house to go to church that afternoon? | she will be in confession |
What advice does the friar give Romeo about love at the start of Act 2, scene 6? | love moderately |
The friar prays that the heavens will | smile upon Romeo and Juliet’s marriage. |
The friar compares too-passionate love to | fire and gunpowder. |
Juliet considers herself wealthy because | she has real love |
Test on Romeo and Juliet – Act 1 – Act 2
July 14, 2019