ACT I
ACT II
ACT III
ACT IV
ACT V
West Side Story
100
Romeo and Juliet takes place in this city, in this time period.
1500s-era Verona, Italy.
100
The middle English word "wherefore" means this.
Why?
100
Romeo runs away to this city after he has been banished.
Mantua
100
When Juliet agrees to marry Paris, Capulet moves the wedding to this day.
Wednesday
100
This character explains the story of Romeo and Juliet's secret marriage to the rest of the characters.
Friar Lawrence
100
Instead of Montagues and Capulets, these are the names of the two rival gangs in WSS.
The Jets and the Sharks
200
The Prince says this will happen if the Montagues and Capulets ever fight in the streets again.
They will be killed
200
Romeo and Juliet are described as these kinds of lovers by the Chorus.
"star-crossed"
200
These two characters die right at the start of Act III.
Mercutio and Tybalt
200
This character is the first to discover that Juliet is "dead."
The Nurse
200
The apothecary sells the poison to Romeo for this reason.
"My poverty but not my will consents"
He only sells it to Romeo because he is poor and starving
200
In a stark contrast to the original story of Romeo and Juliet, this character survives in WSS.
Maria, or " the Juliet character"
300
Romeo cries over this woman's rejection at the start of the play.
Rosaline
300
Juliet is this age.
13.
300
Capulet and Paris plan the wedding for this day, just four days after Romeo and Juliet first met.
Thursday.
300
This is a slang term for having "game," as it refers to impressing a desirable other; something that Paris lacks so much that he has to have his marriage with Juliet arranged.
Rizz
300
The Capulets and Montagues "bury their strife" by agreeing to do this.
Make golden statues of Romeo and Juliet.
300
This person kills Tony.
Chino
400
Mercutio says "I see _________ hath been with you" when he and Romeo discuss each other's dreams.
Queen Mab
400
Friar Lawrence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet for this reason.
"For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your household's rancor to pure love."
He wants to end the fighting between their families
400
Juliet says Romeo's banishment is just as bad as this.
10,000 dead Tybalts
400
After discovering Juliet is "dead," Capulet says this person is his new son-in-law.
"Death is my son-in-law; Death is my heir. My daughter he hath wedded."
400
These characters hide in the bushes in the final scene, and are eventually discovered by the 3 Watchmen.
Page, Balthasar, Friar Lawrence
400
These two cops are the characters who represent the Prince.
Lt. Schrank and Officer Krupke
500
The Nurse tells Juliet that Paris is a "man of _______"
wax
500
When Romeo tries to prove his love to Juliet, he swears by this thing.
The moon.
"Oh swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon!"
500
Capulet tells Juliet this will happen to her if she refuses Paris's proposal.
"Starve, beg, die in the streets!"
Capulet essentially disowns her.
500
The definition of dramatic irony.
When the audience knows something the characters do not
500
Friar John was unable to deliver Romeo letters for this reason.
He was recently hanging around people who got the plague, so he was not allowed in to Mantua.
500
This is the complete setting of West Side Story.
New York City, 1950s
600
When Romeo first sees Juliet, he says this about her.
"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!"
600
DAILY DOUBLE! What 3 things does a poem need in order to be called a Shakespearian Sonnet?
ABABCDCDEFEFGG Rhyme Scheme
14 lines
Iambic pentameter: _ / _ / _ / _ / _ /
600
While Romeo is hiding at Friar Lawrence's, Juliet sends him a ring that has this phrase inscribed in it.
"I love thee"
600
Before Juliet takes the potion, she worries about several things. Name 3 things she worries about.
Correct answers: What if the potion doesn't work, and she still has to marry Paris? What if the potion kills her? What if she wakes up too early? What if she suffocates in the vault?
600
These characters die in the final scene.
Romeo, Juliet, Paris, Lady Montague
600
This is the word that Tony says "contains all the beautiful sounds of the world," and "is the most beautiful sound he's ever heard."
Maria