Love
Why does Romeo want to avoid fighting Tybalt?
Romeo has just married Juliet, Tybalt's cousin.
Romeo kills Tybalt because Tybalt fights and kills
Mercutio
What is the Prince's punishment for Romeo?
Banishment
Friar Laurence tells Juliet that his potion will make her
fall into a deep sleep.
Lord Capulet agrees to let Paris marry Juliet because Lord Capulet
wants to make Juliet happy.
Whose life does Juliet threaten to end in lines 242-243 of Scene 5 (page 69)?
her own
Which character reaches the Capulets' tomb first?
Paris
How does Juliet feel when she first visits Friar Laurence's cell?
hopeless
How does Paris feel about his upcoming wedding to Juliet?
eager
Romeo tells Balthasar to
take a letter to Romeo's father.
The change in the wedding date affects Friar Laurence's plan because
he will have less time to contact Romeo.
Friar Laurence's plan is that Romeo should
visit Juliet then hide in Mantua.
What does Lord Capulet do first after Juliet tells him that she will marry Paris?
moves up the wedding day.
Why does Friar Laurence leave Juliet alone in the tomb?
He is afraid of the guard.
The most likely reason that Shakespeare ends Act 4 with a conversation between musicians and a servant is to
lighten the mood with comic relief.
Why does Friar Laurence hurry to the Capulets' tomb?
to free Juliet.
Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead because
Balthasar tells him that Juliet is dead.
Lord Capulet calls Death his
son-in-law
What do the Montagues and Capulets do at the tomb?
end their feud
What does Romeo beg Paris to do?
leave him alone