Reading Check questions are designed for in-class review on key plot points or for quick verbal or written assessments. Multiple Choice and Short Answer Quizzes create ideal summative assessments, and collectively function to convey a sense of the work’s tone and themes.

Acts I-II

Reading Check

1. What longstanding conflict is present in Verona?

2. How old is Juliet at the start of the play?

3. At what event do Juliet and Romeo meet?

4. Who seeks to fight Romeo in the street?

5. What two characters know about Romeo and Juliet’s plan to marry (besides them)?

6. On what excuse does Juliet go to the church when she is secretly wed to Romeo?

Multiple Choice

1. Which of these descriptions best explains the goals of the Chorus’s Prologue of the play?

A) to establish guidelines for audience behavior, and to promote additional performances

B) to pose a question, invite discussion and debate, and reveal the unsolved mystery

C) to mention the conflict, reveal the ending, and prepare to present the whole story

D) to forewarn sensitive audience members, and to allow those who are squeamish to leave

2. Which line spoken by the Prince best conveys his strong desire to control the feud?

A) “Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace.”

B) “You, Capulet, shall go along with me;/And, Montague, come you this afternoon…”