Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 Test

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Escalus

prince, no house

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Paris

wants to marry juliet, Capulet

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Montague

romeo’s father, montague

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Capulet

juliet’s father, capulet

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5

Romeo

montague

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Mercutio

friend of romeo, montague

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Benvolio

cousin of Romeo, really good friend, montague

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Tybalt

cousin of juliet, wants to fight, capulet

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Friar Laurence

priest, no house

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Sampson, Gregory

servants, capulet

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Lady Montague

romeo’s mother, montague

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Lady Capulet

juliets’s mother, capulet

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13

Juliet

capulet

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14

Nurse to Juliet

raised her her whole life, capulet

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15

Rosaline

won’t be with Romeo, wants to be a nun, no house

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16

True or False: There are 3 parts of drama.

true

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17

True or False: Shakespeare’s tragic heroes are generally good.

true

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18

True or False: The climax in a drama is called crisis in a tragedy. 

true

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True or False: A tragic flaw in a character is ironic.

true

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20

True or False: The denouement in a drama is called catastrophe in a tragedy.

true

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21

True or False: The scenery is the most important thing in drama.

false

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22

True or False: One example of abnormal conditions of the mind is hallucinations.

true

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23

True or False: In Shakespearean tragedy, the hero is spoken about before he appears.

true

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True or False: In Shakespearean tragedy, the hero dies.

true

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True or False: All of Shakespeare’s tragedies befall one person.

false

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A division of play

act

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Hints or clues that tell what is to come.

foreshadowing

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Where a story or play takes place

setting

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The audience knows more than the characters on stage

dramatic irony

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A speech by a character while alone on stage that is used to inform the audience.

soliloquy

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Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action

plot structure

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The words mean the opposite of what they seem to say.


verbal irony 

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Something that has meaning in itself, but also stands for something else.

symbol

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An untruth accepted by the public as real

dramatic convention 

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35

A lighter form of drama that aims to amuse

Comedy

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36

Quote: “Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace”

Prince

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Quote: “Prodigious birth of love it is to me/ That I must love a loathed enemy.”

Juliet

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Quote: “True, I talk of dreams; Which are the children of an idle brain,”

Mercutio

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39

Quote: “My child hath not seen the change of fourteen years.”

Lord Capulet

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Quote:  “Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, Which mannerly devotion shows in this; For saints have hands that pilgrims’ hands do touch, And palm to palm is holy palmers’ kiss.”

Juliet

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Quote:  “Talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee.”

Tybalt

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Quote:  “His name is Romeo and a Montague. The only son of your great enemy.”

Nurse

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43

Quote:  “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!”

Romeo

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Quote: “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword.”

Benvolio

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Quote:  “Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace! Thou talk’st of nothing.”

Romeo

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46

Quote: “Where is Romeo? Saw you him today?” Right glad I am he was not at this fray.”

Lady Montague

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Quote: “Well, think of marriage now, younger than you…are already mothers made.”

Lady Capulet

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Quote: “This by voice should be a Montague! Fetch me, my rapier boy!”

Tybalt

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49

In the Prologue, what does the Chorus speech do?

foreshadows, gives exposition, sets tone and mood, produces a sense of fate

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50

In Act 1, what does the Prince’s speech do?

gives exposition, emphasizes the seriousness of the feud

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51

What is a quote from Romeo’s speech in Scene 4?

"I fear too early…" - he foreshadows his own death

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52

In Scene 5, what does Tybalt’s presence at the Capulet’s party give?

It reminds us that Romeo and Juliet’s love is impossible and foreshadows the fight between Romeo and him.

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53

Which quote from Juliet is a paradox?

"My only love, sprung from my only hate."

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54

humor inserted into a play to break a tragic or serious mood

comic relief

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contradiction that is true

paradox

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