The Plot Thickens...
How do Romeo & Juliet first meet?
At the Capulets' masquerade ball.
Who is Juliet's cousin who is skilled in sword fighting and known for his hot temper?
Tybalt.
Complete the quote: "But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the ___."
Sun.
What literary device is used in the line, "My only love sprung from my only hate."?
Oxymoron.
Why does the Friar's letter to Romeo, intended to prevent tragedy, fail?
It fails to reach Romeo in time.
What happens in the opening scene of the play?
The street brawl between the Montagues and the Capulets
Who is Romeo's cousin and a peace-loving member of the Montague family?
Benvolio.
Who says, "A plague o' both your houses!"?
Mercutio.
What literary device is used in the line, "O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!"?
Metaphor.
What plan does Friar Laurence devise to reunite Romeo and Juliet after Romeo is banished from Verona?
He gives Juliet a potion to make her appear dead.
What do the heads of the Capulet and Montague family promise each other at the end of the play?
To make a statue for their child.
What is the name of the character who serves as the Prince of Verona and tries to keep peace in the city?
Prince Escalus
Who says, "O, I am fortune's fool!"?
Romeo.
What literary device is used in the line, "O happy dagger, This is thy sheath: there rust, and let me die."?
Personification.
What news does Balthasar bring to Romeo, leading to Romeo's decision to return to Verona?
He tells Romeo of Juliet's apparent death.
What is the original reason for the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues?
No one knows.
This Capulet servant is often seen with the nurse and is illiterate.
Peter.
Who says, "For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo."?
Prince Escalus.
What literary device is used in the line, "Parting is such sweet sorrow."?
Paradox.
What is the full name of the character who discovers Romeo’s body in the tomb?
Friar Laurence.
Who convinces Romeo to go to the Capulets' ball?
Benvolio
Who is Juliet's mother?
Lady Capulet.
Who says, "These violent delights have violent ends."?
Friar Laurence.
What literary device is used in the line, "Venus does not smile in a house of sorrow."?
Allusion.
Why doesn't lady Capulet want her husband to get involved in the fight in the beginning of the play?
Because he is too old to fight.