The Balcony & Beyond
Juliet asks this famous question, meaning "Why are you a Montague?"
What is "Wherefore art thou, Romeo?"
The young man who was love-sick over Rosaline before meeting Juliet.
Who is Romeo?
The gesture that opens Act I, Scene I, sparks a street brawl.
What is biting your thumb?
The age of Juliet.
What is thirteen?
"A plague o' both your houses!"
Who is Mercutio?
Fill in the blank: "That which we call a(n) _____ by any other word would smell as sweet."
What is "a rose"?
The fiery Capulet cousin who hates the Montagues and loves to start fights.
Who is Tybalt?
The reason Friar Laurence agrees to secretly marry the couple?
What is ending the feud?
Romeo's peace-loving friend?
Benvolio
"Thy tears are womanish!"
Who is Friar Laurence?
The length of time Romeo and Juliet had known each other when they agreed to get married.
What is "less than a day".
The witty, hot-headed friend of Romeo, who is sarcastic and related to Prince Escalus.
Who is Mercutio?
The city to which Romeo is banished after killing Tybalt.
What is Mantua?
What do both families agree to do after the tragedy?
What is "end their feud"?
"If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
Who is Prince Escalus?
The number of times Romeo and Juliet kiss during the balcony scene?
What is "zero"?
The person who raised Juliet from infancy and provides much of the play's comic relief.
Who is the nurse?
The item Juliet raises to fake her death in the friar's cell, before he gives her the potion.
What is a knife or dagger?
A character's long speech delivered aloud to themselves when no one else is on stage.
What is a soliloquy?
Capulet, Montague, see what a scourge is laid upon your hate...?
Who is Prince Escalus?
Mercutio describes this fairy queen as the "fairies' midwife" in a famous monologue.
Who is "Queen Mab"?
The neutral ruler of Verona who threatens the feuding families with death?
Who is Prince Escalus?
The desperate character in Mantua who sells Romeo illegal poison because he is poor?
Who is the apothecary?
What era in British history did Shakespeare live and write?
What is the Elizabethan Era?
"I do protest I never injured thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise till thou shalt know the reason of my love."
Who is Romeo?