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Q 1/19
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This character threatens death if the feud between the families does not stop.
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Mercutio
Prince Escalus
Romeo
Paris
Q 2/19
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This character is a fickle young man.
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Mercutio
Prince Escalus
Paris
Romeo
19 questions
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This character threatens death if the feud between the families does not stop.
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This character is a fickle young man.
2
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This character is a kinsman of the prince and friend of Romeo who is ready to fight at any time.
3
30 sec
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This character asked for Juliet's hand in marriage.
4
30 sec
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This character is Juliet's cousin who is upset when he sees Romeo at the party.
5
30 sec
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This character loves Juliet but refuses to part with her because she is his only child.
6
30 sec
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This character loves Juliet like her own child.
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30 sec
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This character is Romeo's kind cousin who attempts to break up a fight between the two families.
8
30 sec
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This character wants Juliet to marry a particular individual because he is wealthy and handsome.
9
30 sec
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In the lines below from Act 1, Scene 1, what is Prince Escalus' message to Capulet and Montague?
Prince: If ever you distub our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace.
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At the beginning of the play, Romeo's parents are worried about him. Based on the lines below, why?
Montague: Many a morning hath he there been seen,
With tears augmenting the fresh morning's dew,
Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs;
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In the following lines, Romeo tells us of his dream in Scene 4. What does it foreshadow?
Romeo: I fear, too early; for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his feaful date
With a despised life, closed in my breast,
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
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Choose the item that best restates Capulet’s answer to Paris’s request to marry Juliet.
Capulet: But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart;
My will to her consent is but a part.
An she agree, within her scope of choice
Lies my consent and fair according voice. . .
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30 sec
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In the following lines, Romeo tells us of his dream in Scene 4. What does it foreshadow?
Romeo: I fear, too early; for my mind misgives
Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Shall bitterly begin his fearful date
With a despised life, closed in my breast,
By some vile forfeit of untimely death.
14
30 sec
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Based on the previous quote, at the end of Scene 4, why is Romeo reluctant to go to the Capulets’ party?
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Scene 1 begins with Sampson and Gregory, two servingmen from the house of Capulet. What is the best interpretation of Shakespeare's main purpose of starting that way?
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In Scene 4, lines 14-16, Romeo is feeling sad, so he does not want to dance. Based on the lines below, what literary term is used?
Romeo: You have dancing shoes
With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead
so stakes me to the ground I cannot move.
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In Scene 1, line 217, Romeo says that Rosaline “hath Dian’s wit.” This is an example of what?
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What is the purpose of text aids when reading Shakespeare?
