What Italian city is the setting of Romeo and Juliet? | Verona |
The street fight in the opening scene is between servants of what two families? | The Montague and Capulet servants |
Benvolio tries to stop the fight. Who attacks him? | Tybalt(A Capulet) |
What does the prince say will happen to anyone who disturbs the peace? | They will be killed/executed |
How does Benvolio plan to cure Romeo’s love sickness for Rosaline? | By trying to convince him to look at other girls |
How many children does Lord Capulet have? | 1 child(Juliet) |
Who is the young man who asks Capulet’s permission to woo Juliet? | Count Paris |
Who tells Juliet that Count Paris would be fine husband? | Lady Capulet and Nurse |
Who wants to attack Romeo at the Capulets’ masked ball? Who stopped this person from engaging a fight? | Tybalt wanted to attack him.Lord Capulet told him to keep peace (mostly because he didn’t want the Prince to kill him or Tybalt) |
After Romeo and Juliet have fallen in love at first sight, who tells each of them the other’s identity? | Juliet’s Nurse tells them both |
After the Capulets’ ball, why does Romeo run away from his friends Benvolio and Mercutio? | He wants to go see Juliet and doesn’t want to leave his love |
Who says: “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”What does this mean? | JulietShe is asking why is Romeo a Montague |
Who overhears Juliet speaking along her loving thoughts of Romeo? | Romeo |
Why does Juliet say she doesn’t want Romeo to swear his love by the moon? | because it always change, the phases of the moon |
Before parting, the young lovers decide what? | to meet the next day and get married |
What uses does Friar Lawrence have for the herbs, plants, and stones he gathers in his basket? | medicinal purposes |
Who agrees to perform the wedding ceremony of Romeo and Juliet? | Friar Lawrence |
Why is Mercutio worried about Tybalt’s challenge to the Montagues? | Tybalt is a good fighter and families would be killed for fighting |
What excuse does Juliet use for going Friar Lawrence’s cell? | confession |
Who carries the message about wedding arrangements from Romeo to Juliet? | Nurse |
How does Romeo plan to enter Juliet’s house? | a ropeladder |
Why does Romeo slay Tybalt? | Tybalt killed Mercutio |
Why does Romeo not want to fight? | Tybalt is now Romeo’s cousin as well |
What is Juliet’s reaction to the fight? | first mad at Romeo but then forgives and says she wants to see him |
When Romeo is hiding away at Friar Lawrence’s cell after killing Tybalt and finding out he was banished, what did he want to do? | kill himself |
What is Friar Lawrence’s plan for Romeo? | when things settle down, he will bring Romeo back to Verona and put an end to the family feud |
Why does Lady Capulet think Juliet is grieving? | Tybalt, her cousin, died |
How does Capulet react to Juliet’s refusal to Count Paris’s proposal? | he becomes furious and threatens to disown her if she doesn’t marry him |
What is the Nurse’s advice to Juliet? Is it good advice? | to marry Paris, thinking that the second marriage will be better than the firstJuliet loves Romeo and is married to him |
Who is visiting Friar Lawrence when Juliet arrives? | Paris |
What does Juliet threaten to do if she is forced to marry Paris and the Friar doesn’t have any idea to stop it? | kill herself |
Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a potion that makes her sleep for how long? | 42 hourse |
How will Romeo be told that Juliet is not dead? | a letter sent by Friar Lawrence |
What change does Capulet make in the wedding plans? Why? | he moves the wedding to Wednesdaydoes this because he is so happy that Friar Lawrence was able to convince Juliet to marry Paris |
What is Juliet afraid will happen if she drink if she drinks the potion? | -it won’t work-it’s poison-she will wake up to early & go crazy from staying in the tomb |
Who rakes charge of the wedding feast preparations? | Capulet |
Who tries to wake Juliet and finds out she is “dead”? | the Nurse |
According to the bereaved Father Capulet, who is now his son-in-law | Paris |
The Friar says that tears of grief are natural, but there is also a reason to rejoice. What is the reason? | she is now in a better place (Heaven) |
Romeo’s servant Balthasar arrives in Mantua with what news for Romeo | that Juliet is “dead” |
What does Romeo obtain from the poor apothecary? How did he bribe the apothecary to sell it to him? | poisonsays that the apothecary needs the money, since he is poor |
What has kept Friar Lawrence’s letter from Romeo? | the messenger (Friar John) went to get his friend t accompany him and was locked in a house because people thought they had the plague. |
What has Count Paris come to the tomb of Juliet? | pay respects and lay flowers on her tomb |
Where does Friar Lawrence want to take Juliet? | the convent |
Juliet kisses the lips of her dead Romeo and then does what? | Stabs and kills herself |
Who explains to the Prince and the families what has happened? | Friar Lawrence (and a bit from Benvolio) |
What do Montague and Capulet vow to do and build? | vow to keep peace and build gold statues in honor of Romeo and JulietCapulet builds Romeo’s statueMontague builds Juliet’s statue |
Romeo and Juliet
July 28, 2019