| The full name of Romeo and Juliet | The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet |
| What is the theme of Romeo and Juliet? | Excess |
| Where does the play take place? | Verona, Italy/Mantua |
| What are the name of the two servants to the Capulets that instigate the fight in Act I? | Sampson and Gregory |
| What is the gesture that is made by the Capulets servants to offend Romeo’s servant? | They bite their thumbs |
| What is the name of Romeo’s good friend and cousin? | Benvolio |
| What is Juliet’s last name? | Capulet |
| What is Romeo’s last name? | Montague |
| What is the title of Escalus? | Prince of Verona |
| Who is the nephew of Lady Capulet? | Tybalt |
| Which house do Gregory and Sampson belong to? | Capulet |
| Why do Gregory and Sampson not admit that they are biting their thumbs at the Montagues? | They want to start a fight but do not want to take the blame or get in trouble for starting it |
| What part does Benvolio play when he arrives on the scene? | He tries to stop the fight |
| Who arrives right before the fight? | Tybalt |
| The Prince says the penalty for anyone who disturbs the peace will be __________. | killed |
| Romeo has been crying, unhappy, and hiding. What is wrong with him? | He is in love with a girl who doesn’t love him back (Rosaline) |
| O brawling love! O loving hate! O heavy lightness! Are examples of __________. | Oxymorons |
| How do Romeo and Benvolio find out about the Capulet party? | A servant of Capulet ask Romeo to read the guest list not knowing that he is a Montague |
| How does Benvolio convince Romeo to go to the party? | He tells him Rosaline will be there |
| After Mercurio’s “dream speech”, what does Romeo predict? | He predicts the disastrous end with Juliet and his own death |
| The term used when on speaks to an inanimate object or a non present person | Apostrophe |
| Why does Romeo immediately fall in love with Juliet? | She is beautiful |
| The section about palms, saint’s lips, priests, etc, is written in a form of three quatrains and a rhyming couplet. The poetic form of these lines is | Shakespearean sonnet |
| Who are the two characters that bring the play back down to earth? | Friar Lawrence and the Nurse |
| A character that serves to contrast with another and bring out the personality traits of the other character is: | Dramatic foil |
| The famous scene in Act II where Juliet says, “Wherefore art thou, Romeo?” is called: | The balcony scene |
| The person who agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet is: | Friar Lawrence |
| What does Romeo really want Juliet to do when he asks if she is going to leave him unsatisfied? | Promise or say that she loves him |
| Why does Friar Lawrence agree to perform the marriage? | He believes their marriage will cause their families to unite and stop the violence between them |
| What flaw does Friar say Romeo has? | He loves with his eyes and not with his heart |
| Juliet’s cousin who kills Mercutio is: | Tybalt |
| The person who is supposed to wed Juliet is: | Paris |
| The name of Romeo’s servant is: | Balthasar |
| Who is the servant to the Montagues? | Abram |
| How does Mercutio criticize Benvolio’s apparent desire for peace? | Mercutio points out that Benvolio like to fight. Benvolio has been known to fight for the smallest reasons. He talks about wanting peace, but he is a hypocrite wanting to appear peaceful when he is really just as violent as everyone else |
| Knowing that Tybalt wants to fight (and kill) Romeo, what does Mercutio do? | Mercutio protects him by challenging Tybalt to a fight. He thinks Romeo cannot fight. |
| What crime does Tybalt commit? Why is this so shameful for Tybalt? | Tybalt kills Mercutio while he cannot fight back. This is shameful for Tybalt because he cheated. He killed someone while they couldn’t fight back. |
| As Mercutio is dying, what foreboding thing does he say to Romeo that cast a dark light on the rest of the play? | He says, “A plague o’er both houses!”. He is cursing both families, which contributes to the ultimate tragedy that both families will suffer from the deaths of Romeo and Juliet |
| Tybalt soon returns. What happens to Tybalt? | Romeo kills him out of revenge for killing Mercutio. |
| What sentence does the prince give Romeo? | He exiles Romeo from Verona |
| How did the nurse feel about Tybalt? | He was her best friend |
| What news does the friar deliver to Romeo, hiding in the church? | Romeo is not to be killed but banished from Verona |
| What are the three blessing for which the friar tells Romeo he should be thankful? | 1) Juliet is alive2) Tybalt is dead (he wanted to kill Romeo)3) He will not be put to death for killing Tybalt |
| How does Capulet assure Paris that Juliet will agree to marry him? | Capulet believes he can force her through authority |
| What must Romeo do as morning comes? | He must leave Verona |
| What is the importance of this comment by Juliet as Romeo jumps down from the window? “O God, I have an ill-driving soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art below, As one dead in the bottom of a tomb: Either my eyesight fails, or thou looks’t pale.” | She foresees the tragedy that will happen. She had a miraculous sense of the future that Romeo will die before her |
| What important piece of information does Juliet learn about the Capulets’ plans for Romeo, who has left for Mantua? | The Capulets sent an assassin to kill Romeo |
| What does Capulet say to Juliet about what will happen if she does not marry Paris? | Capulet will drag her to the church and force her. If she still refuses, he will kick her out and never help her |
| Who is the first to jump to Juliet’s aid against her father? Why? | The Nurse because she cares for Juliet like a real mother |
| Hints and preparations for later events in the play are called | Foreshadowing |
| What is the device whereby an audience’s undertaking of a character’s words or actions is quite different from the character’s understanding? | Dramatic Irony |
| What preparation does Juliet make before she drinks the poison just in case the potion doesn’t work? | She places a dagger near her bed side to kill herself if the potion doesn’t work |
| What temporary suspicion does Juliet have about the friar before taking the potion? | That the friar might want her dead to cover up the fact that he married her and Romeo in secret against the wishes of her family |
| How does Friar Lawrence explain that the family should not feel so bad for Juliet’s death? | He tells them that she is in heaven now, which is better for her |
| How long does Juliet appear to be dead? | 42 hours |
| What day of the week does Lord Capulet want Juliet to marry Paris? | Thursday |
| Where does Romeo go when he is exiled? | Mantua |
| Explain the differences between the Nurse’s, Capulet’s, and lady Capulet’s feelings about Juliet’s death. | 1) Nurse- the nurse is honestly sorry for the loss of Juliet2) Capulet- Lord Capulet is upset that his plans and chance of prosperity with the marriage of Paris and Juliet are ruined3) Lady Capulet- Lady Capulet is worried about how this will effect her and how her life will be troubled instead of mourning Juliet |
| Before the Friar gets the letter to Romeo, what does Balthasar tell Romeo? | Juliet is dead |
| What are the three fears Juliet has before drinking the potion? | 1) the friar gave her the potion to kill her because he married her and Romeo2) she will wake before Romeo comes to redeem her and wake up in the vault3) the poison won’t work and she will have to marry Paris |
| How does Romeo plan to kill himself? | He plans to take the poison |
| Why was the friar’s letter never delivered to Romeo? | The letter carrier was afraid that there was a sickness where Romeo was |
| Why does Paris go to Juliet’s tomb? | To weep and place flowers at her grave |
| Romeo tells Balthasar that he is only going to Juliet’s tomb to: | Retrieve a ring from her finger |
| What happens to Paris when he goes to Juliet’s tomb? | Romeo kills him |
| What is Paris’ last request to Romeo? | To be buried with Juliet in the tomb |
| Who are the three witnesses that construct the story of Romeo and Juliet to the Prince? | Friar Lawrence, Balthasar, and Paris’ Page |
| Who gives Juliet the poison? | Friar Lawrence |
| contains a subject and a predicate; can stand alone | Main Clause (Independent) |
| contains a subject and a predicate; cannot stand alone | Subordinate Clause (Dependent) |
| What kind of clause is the following: After the storm cleared. | Subordinate |
| What kind of clause is the following, Who sings in the chorus. | Subordinate |
| What kind of clause is the following, The kitten ran. | Main |
| What kind of clause is the following, The sun shone brightly. | Main |
| contains one main clause and no subordinate clause | Simple sentence |
| contains two or more main clauses that are usually joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction | Compound |
| What kind of sentence is this: The polio vaccine was developed by Jonas Salk and Albert Sabin. | Simple |
| What kind of sentence is this: We watched the baseball game, and we went for ice cream afterward. | Compound |
| contains one main clause and one or more subordinate clause | Complex sentence |
| has more than one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses | Compound-Complex sentence |
| What kind of sentence is this: Frederick Douglas, who fought to end slavery, was a leader in the abolitionist movement | Complex |
| What kind of sentence is this: After the doctor examined her, Darcy still felt ill, but she felt better in the morning. | Compound Complex |
| an incomplete sentence | Sentence Fragment |
Romeo and Juliet & Grammar
November 20, 2019