An Introduction to Shakespeare and Romeo and Juliet, Part 1 - Quiz Quiz

Question 1

Which line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet reveals the ending of the play?

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B: A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life

Question 2

Read the last line of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet . What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Which best restates the meaning of this line?

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D: The play we are about to read will fill in the details of this story.

Question 3

Read this line from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet . A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life; Having heard this line in the prologue, the audience can

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D: predict that Romeo and Juliet do not survive at the end of the play.

Question 4

This question has two parts. First, answer Part 1. Then, answer Part 2. Part 1 What can the audience conclude about the families based on the prologue of Romeo and Juliet ?

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C: They are responsible for the suffering of the townspeople.

Question 5

Part 2 Which quotation best supports the correct answer to Part 1?

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B: “Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.”

Question 6

Read these lines from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet . And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove, What is the best paraphrasing of these lines?

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A: Nothing but their children’s deaths could stop the parents’ anger.

Question 7

The prologue of Romeo and Juliet introduces which elements of the play? Choose three correct answers.

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A: the setting of a lovely city; B: the conflict of a grudge between the two families; D: the characters of the lovers

Question 8

Read this excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet . Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. In addition to introducing two families in the play, this excerpt helps

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B: build interest about what happens in the story.

Question 9

Read the excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet . The which if you with patient ears attend, Which best restates this line?

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A: Listen well and carefully to our show.

Question 10

Read this excerpt from the prologue of Romeo and Juliet . The fearful passage of their death-mark’d love, 10 And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffick of our stage; Which best states the purpose of this excerpt?

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C: It foreshadows the outcome of the play.

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