| Why are the Montague and Capulet servants involved in the feud? | Servants are considered family |
| Who plays a foil to Sampson in Act I? | Gregory |
| What does the Prince mean when he says, “Rebellious subjects enemies/Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel/Will they not hear?” | They are quick to fight |
| What does the Prince say will happen if the fighting does not stop? | They will be punished by death |
| What word can describe Tybalt? | Quick-tempered |
| What is Romeo’s attitude at the beginning of Act I? | Depressed |
| What three things does Lord Capulet say when Paris first asks to marry Juliet? | She is too young, she must give her consent, she is his only hope |
| Why does Romeo agree to go to the Capulet feast in Act I? | To see Rosaline |
| What is Romeo’s biggest flaw? | Falls in love too easily |
| What happens when Romeo and Juliet first meet? | They “fall in love” |
| What is Benvolio referring to when he says “Blind is his love and best befits the dark”? | An infatuated Romeo |
| What does Juliet mean by “That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet”? | Names of things do not change their basic traits |
| “This bud of love, by summer’s ripening breath/May prove a beautiful flower when we next meet” is an example of what literary element? | Metaphor |
| “There lies more peril in thine eye than 20 of their swords” is an example of what literary element? | Hyperbole |
| The line “the more I give to thee the more I have, for both are infinite” refers to what feeling/emotion? | Love |
| Why does Shakespeare introduce Friar Lawrence to the reader while the friar is in the herb garden? | Foreshadowing the use of the herbal brew |
| What does Romeo ask the Friar to do in Act II? | Marry him and Juliet |
| What does Mercutio mean when he uses the phrase “Prince of Cats” to refer to Tybalt? | Insults Tybalt’s skill with a sword |
| What does the Nurse mean when she says that Juliet has “a good soul, had a lieve see a toad, a very toad as see him”? | She has no interest in Paris |
| What does the Nurse tell Juliet at the end of Act II, Scene 5? | To marry Romeo |
| What does Tybalt call Romeo at the beginning of Act III? | A villain |
| How does Romeo respond to Tybalt’s insults and challenge to a fight? | He tells him that he loves him |
| How is Mercutio killed? | Stabbed under Romeo’s arm |
| What does Juliet mean when she says “So tedious is this day/As the night before the festival/To an impatient child that hath new robes/And may not wear them”? | The day is endless |
| In Act III, Scene 2 what is the misunderstanding between the Nurse and Juliet? | Juliet thinks Romeo is dead |
| What literary device is used in the following lines: “Beautiful tyrant! Fiend anglical! Dove-feathered raven, wolvish ravening lamb!” | Oxymoron |
| What is Juliet’s mood when she realizes that Tybalt is dead and Romeo is banished? | Sorrowful |
| Why does Juliet say, “Villian and he be miles asunder”? | Tells the audience her thoughts of Romeo |
| Why does Juliet tell her parents that she would rather marry Romeo than Paris? | She is already married to Romeo |
| Why does Juliet want to die in Act IV? | She doesn’t want to marry Paris |
| What literary element is used when Juliet says, “O’ercovered quite with dead men’s rattling bones/With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls”? | Creates a realistic image of the burial site |
| What is Friar Lawrence’s plan to reunite Romeo and Juliet? | Juliet takes herbal potion, Juliet is buried in the Capulet tomb, Romeo returns from Mantua to get her |
| How does Juliet feel when she says, “I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins/That almost freezes up the heat of life”? | Afraid |
| What is Juliet thinking about in her soliloquy on pages 781-782 in lines 14-58? | Finding herself in the tomb with the bodies of her dead relatives |
| What type of irony is it when Paris says Juliet “weeps for Tybalt’s death”? | Dramatic irony |
| “Death is my son-in-law” is an example of what literary element? | Personification |
| What is the Nurse exhibiting when she says “O woe! O woeful, woeful, woeful day! Most lamentable day, most woeful day…”? | Uncontrollable sorrow |
| What is the dramatic function of the musicians at the end of Act IV? | Comic relief |
| When does the reader first realize that the Friar’s plan will fail in Act V? | Balthasar tells Romeo of Juliet’s “death” |
| How does Romeo react to the news from Balthasar? | Takes action without thinking clearly |
| Why does Romeo visit the apothecary? | Buy poison |
| What is the second clue that the Friar’s plan will not work? | Friar John is unable to deliver the letters to Romeo |
| Who is the first to arrive at Juliet’s tomb? | Paris |
| When Juliet awakens to find the Friar with her and Romeo dead, what is the Friar’s plan for her? | To become a nun |
| How does Juliet die? | She stabs herself |
| Who is the last person to die in the play? | Lady Montague |
| What is the Prince’s final comment at the end of the play? | There never was a sadder story than that of Romeo and Juliet |
| Why did Benvolio think there would be a fight at the beginning of Act III? | The heat brings out the worst in men |
| Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt at first? | They are now related |
| What is Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt? | Banishment to Mantua |
| What is Romeo’s reaction to the news of his banishment? | He thinks that it is worse than death |
| Why does Romeo tell Friar Lawrence that he cannot possibly know how he feels? | He has never been married |
| When Tybalt and Mercutio start arguing, what does Benvolio try to get them to do? | Stop fighting or go to a private location |
| As Romeo is preparing to leave Juliet in Act III, what argument does she use to convince him to stay? | It is not yet day |
| Why may Romeo not have access “to breath such vows as lovers use to swear”? | They are supposed to be enemies |
| Where does Friar Lawrence say young men’s love resides? | In their eyes |
| Why does Juliet not want Romeo to swear by the moon? | The moon often changes |
| What does Juliet say Romeo should do about his name? | Refuse thy name |
| In what poetic form is the Prologue? | Shakespearean (Elizabethan) Sonnet |
| How does Shakespeare start the play that gains the attention of the groundlings? | Uses commoners to start |
| What does Lady Capulet compare Paris to in Act I? | A book |
| Who speaks the Prologue? | The chorus |
| What is the purpose of the Prologue? | It is a plot summary |
| How long does the Prologue state that the play should last? | Two hours |
| At the beginning of the play, Benvolio and Mercutio attribute Romeo’s strange behavior to who? | Rosaline |
| How does Romeo say that he discovered Juliet’s location in Act II? | Through love |
| What persuades Friar Lawrence to marry Romeo and Juliet? | To lessen hatred |
| What does Lord Capulet threaten to do if Juliet refuses to marry Paris? | Disown her |
| Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in his dreams? | Queen MAB |
| Where do Romeo and Juliet meet? | At Capulet’s feast |
| Which character first persuades Romeo to attend Capulet’s feast? | Benvolio |
| What does Juliet claim that Romeo hears the morning after their wedding night? | The nightingale |
| Who is the last person to see Juliet before she commits suicide? | Friar Lawrence |
| Why is Friar Lawrence unable to deliver the letter to Romeo? | He is quarantined in a house |
| Why does the apothecary agree to sell the poison? | He needs the money |
| How long does the entire play last? | Five days |
| Who finds Juliet after she drinks the vial? | Nurse |
Romeo and Juliet Unit Test
November 22, 2019