Romeo & Juliet Act I Quiz  Mrs. McDonald         Name__________________________________

 

True/False

 

1._____ _________________The place setting of the play is Rome, Italy.

 

2._____ _________________The time setting of the play is the 1400s.

 

3._____ _________________The two feuding families are the Capulets and the Montabellos.

 

4._____ _________________The play will run 4 hours.

 

5._____ _________________Mercutio asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage.

 

6._____ _________________Prince Laurence is the ruler of this area.

 

7._____ _________________Benvolio has a dream that foreshadows his death.

 

8._____ _________________At the beginning of the play, Romeo is madly in love with Juliet.

 

9._____ _________________Mercutio is very angry that Romeo is allowed to stay at the banquet.

 

10._____ ________________Romeo confesses to Mercutio that he is depressed over Rosaline.

 

11.Explain the following quote.  “Find a new infection in your eye, and the poison of the old infection will die”


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Speaker:__________________                            Spoken to:________________________

12.”...That I must love a loathed enemy.”

 

Speaker:_________________ enemy refers to:____________________

 

 

Define the following on the back:     wet nurse     betrothal        prologue

 

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