Monday

 You will need to finish Act 1 today and write a headline summary sentence for scene 5. After you finish please work on the questions below.

English 9: Romeo and Juliet ACT 1 - Questions

 

 

 

1. What do Samson and Gregory do at the beginning of the play?  What does Samson brag about?

 

 

 

 

 

2. What does Paris ask Lord Capulet?  What is Lord Capulet’s response?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. What does Lady Capulet want Juliet to do?  What expended metaphor does she use to describe Paris?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. What does the nurse talk about in Act 1 Scene 3?  The first time the nurse appears in the play. Why is this important?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. Briefly outline who the following characters are

 

 

1. Romeo:

 

 

 

 

 

2. Nurse

 

 

 

 

3. Paris

 

 

 

 

 

4. Tybalt

 

 

 

5. Benvolio

 

 

 

 

6. What is the inciting event of the play?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7. Give the speaker of the following quotes:

 

“Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, profaners of this neighbor-stained steel”

 

 

 

 

“Here in Verona, Ladies of esteem are made already mothers.”

 

 

 

 

 

“Why he’s a man of wax.”

 

 

“Compare her fact to some that I shall show/ and I’ll make thee think thy swan a crow”

 

 

           

8. How old is Juliet at the beginning of the play?

 

 

 

9. How are Mercutio and Romeo dramatic foils?

 

 

 

 

 

 

12.  What does Lord Montague want Benvolio to do in Act I.