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Romeo & Juliet Act 1
Romeo & Juliet Act 1
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A practice quiz for freshman.
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1
A ____________ introduces the scene by outlining the basic plot and alluding to the conflict.
dialogue
intermission
summary
prologue
2
A contradicting description of something or someone used to establish a sense of conflict is an
meter
oxymoron
lie
pun
3
Romeo & Juliet serves as a commentary on all of the following EXCEPT...
educational systems
gender roles
conflict between social classes
love versus lust
4
At first, Juliet denies Romeo a kiss to spare her modesty and instead tells him to...
go away
touch her hand to his own
brush his teeth
Ask her father
5
W.S. uses subtle & overt humor throughout the play for all of the following reasons EXCEPT
To reengage the audience
Mock the society of his time
Diffuse the tension in a scene
Because it is a comedy
6
All are examples of oxymorons EXCEPT...
Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire,Sick health!
Why, then, O brawling love! O loving hate!
We'll not carry coals. No, for then we should be colliers.
...Should, without eyes, see pathways to his will!
7
Literary technique in which the author hints at an event that will happen later in the text
metaphor
flashback
foreshadowing
inference
8
Which line best demonstrates the main conflict that is revealed at the end of Act 1?
My love, only sprung from my only hate!
A rhyme I learn'd even nowOf one I danced withal.
If he be married, My grave is like to be my wedding bed.
I tell you he that can lay hold of her Shall have the chinks
9
Two characters that contrast Romeo are...
Mercutio and Tybalt
Nurse and Juliet
Paris and Benvolio
Lord Capulet and Friar Lawrence
10
Shakespeare uses true rhyme and perfect sonnet form when Romeo and Juliet meet in order to...
Establish a sense of romance with the rhythm of the language
Switch up the tempo of the play
11
The meter that Shakespeare uses in his writing is...
straight rhyme
slant rhyme
iambic pentameter
free verse
12
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word is a...
insult
pun
synonym
sarcasm
