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Romeo and Juliet
Act I Questions
Define the following terms. These should be found in your book.
1. Aside
2. Monologue
3. Soliloquy
4. Extended Metaphor
Prologue
5. Explain the setting of this play.
6. Based off what you have learned so far, why are Romeo and Juliet considered “star-cross’d lovers?”
Act I, Scene 1
7. Describe the mood that is created in the first scene of the play. How does Shakespeare create this mood?
8. Why might Benvolio try to stop the fight?
9. Draw and inference, and explain why you think the prince threatens the Montagues and Capulets with death if he catches them
fighting again.
10. What has saddened Romeo’s heart?
11. Describe the advice Benvolio gives Romeo about this sadness.
Read the excerpt below and answer question 12.
Gregory: [to Sampson] Say “better.” Here comes one of my master’s kinsmen.
Sampson: Yes, better, sir.
Abram: You lie.
Sampson: Draw, if you be men. Gregory, remember they swashing blow.
[They fight.]
12. The underlined portion of the above excerpt is an example of?
A) monologue
B) aside
C) soliloquy
13. This quote is an example of what?
Tybalt~ What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.
Have at thee, coward!
A) alliteration
B) simile
C) metaphor
D) personification
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Read the following excerpt and use it to answer questions 14Romeo~ This love thou has shown
Doth add more grief to too much of mine own.
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs;
Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes;
Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears.
What is it else? A madness most discreet,
A choking gall, and a preserving sweet.
14. This underlined portion is an example of what?
A) personification
B) extended metaphor
C) simile
D) allusion
E) hyperbole
15. Explain your answer.
Act I, Scene 2
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Explain why Lord Capulet thinks it will be easy for the Montagues and Capulets to keep the peace?
Who is Paris, and explain his arrangement with Lord Capulet.
Describe Lord Capulet’s first response to Paris’s question.
Describe Lord Capulet’s second response to Paris’s question. What might motivate Lord Capulet to change his mind?
Evaluate the Capulets’ servant. What type of man is he, and what is his problem?
With whom is Romeo infatuated?
Why might Romeo and Benvolio decide to crash the Capulet party?
Act I, Scene 3
23. Describe the expectations Juliet’s family has put on her, and explain how these expectations are normal for the 1200’s- 1400’s.
Act I, Scene 4
24. How does Mercutio describe dreams?
25. The following quote is an example of
Mercutio~ You are a lover. Borrow Cupid’s wings and soar with them above a common bound.
A) metaphor
B) personification
C) allusion
D) hyperbole
26. Describe Romeo’s mood and outlook on life at the end of Scene 4
Act I, Scene 5
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Analyze Romeo’s reaction when he first sees Juliet. What can you infer, now, about his feelings for Rosaline?
Why does Tybalt seem threatened when he sees Romeo at the party?
Describe Romeo and Juliet’s conversation.
Examine the mood at the end of Scene 5. What events help contribute to this mood?