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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Act 1, Prologue, the chorus asks the audience to be what?
(a) Participatory.
(b) Quiet.
(c) Fair.
(d) Patient.

2. Benvolio suggests Romeo attend the Capulet party in order to ______________.
(a) Pick a fight with Tybalt.
(b) Apologize to Capulet.
(c) Challenge Paris' courtship of Juliet.
(d) Compare Rosaline to other beauties.

3. in Act 1, Scene, what does Juliet agrees to do?
(a) Discuss marriage with Paris that evening.
(b) Consider Romeo as a husband, if that is what her parents want.
(c) Consider marriage, but not with Paris.
(d) Consider Paris as a husband, if that is what her parents want.

4. The prologue is supposed to ______________.
(a) Describe the town and the time period.
(b) Tell the ending of the play.
(c) Give a brief overview of the story.
(d) Reveal the murderers.

5. Where does the play take place?
(a) Rome, Italy.
(b) Naples, Italy.
(c) Verona, Italy.
(d) Florence, Italy.

Short Answer Questions

1. Capulet allows that his consent is one part of the courtship agreement, but the other part is ___________.

2. In Act 1, Scene 2, Romeo compares his thwarted love for Rosaline to ______________.

3. How does the word dignity in line 1 of the prologue suggest both houses are alike?

4. In lines 186-196, Romeo compares love to all of the following EXCEPT what?

5. Who does Montague ask for an account of the brawl in Act 1, Scene 1?

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