ROMEO AND JULIET
Act One Study Guide
1.
Capulet or Montague?
a. Tybalt
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b. Benvolio
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c. Romeo
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d. Nurse
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e. Juliet
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f. Paris
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g. Mercutio
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2. Where does the story take place?
3.
What threat does the Prince make to Lord Montague and Lord Capulet?
4. Why is Romeo sad?
5. What advice does Benvolio give Romeo?
6. Summarize the conversation between Paris and Lord Capulet.
7. How do Romeo and Benvolio find out about Capulet’s ball?
8. How old is Juliet?
9. How does Juliet feel about marriage?
10. Who/what is Queen Mab?
11. How do Romeo and Juliet first meet?
12. Pun or Oxymoron?
a. “That dreamers often lie”
b. “Fighting love”
c. “Loving hate”
13. Who said it?
a. “O! she doth teach the torches to burn bright.”
b. “It seems she hangs upon the check of night like a rich jewel in Ehtiope’s
ear.”
c. “One fire burns out another’s burning, One pain is lessen’d by another’s
anguish.”
d. “True, I talk of dreams, Which are the children of idle brain . . .”
e. “…why, he is a man of wax.”
f. “It is an honor I dream not of.”