Romeo and Juliet: Act 1 Test

Escalus

prince, no house

Paris

wants to marry juliet, Capulet

Montague

romeo’s father, montague

Capulet

juliet’s father, capulet

Romeo

montague

Mercutio

friend of romeo, montague

Benvolio

cousin of Romeo, really good friend, montague

Tybalt

cousin of juliet, wants to fight, capulet

Friar Laurence

priest, no house

Sampson, Gregory

servants, capulet

Lady Montague

romeo’s mother, montague

Lady Capulet

juliets’s mother, capulet

Juliet

capulet

Nurse to Juliet

raised her her whole life, capulet

Rosaline

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

True or False: There are 3 parts of drama.

true

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

true

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

true

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

true

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

true

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

false

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

true

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

true

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

true

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

false

A division of play

act

Hints or clues that tell what is to come.

foreshadowing

Where a story or play takes place

setting

The audience knows more than the characters on stage

dramatic irony

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

soliloquy

Exposition, rising action, climax, falling action

plot structure

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

verbal irony 

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

symbol

An untruth accepted by the public as real

dramatic convention 

A lighter form of drama that aims to amuse

Comedy

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

Prince

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

Juliet

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

Mercutio

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

Lord Capulet

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

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

Tybalt

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

Nurse

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

Romeo

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

Benvolio

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

Romeo

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

Lady Montague

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

Lady Capulet

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

Tybalt

In the Prologue, what does the Chorus speech do?

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

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

gives exposition, emphasizes the seriousness of the feud

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

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

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.

Which quote from Juliet is a paradox?

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

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

comic relief

contradiction that is true

paradox