Vocabulary
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV/V
100

A joke that plays with words that sounds alike but have different meanings.

What is a pun?

100
The name of the girl Romeo loves first.
What is Rosaline?
100
The two people Romeo ditches to go back to Juliet.
What is Mercutio and Benvolio?
100
The person who kills Mercutio.
What is Tybalt?
100

The person who first believes Juliet has died.

Who is the Nurse?

200

A speech given by a character alone. Exposes a character's thoughts and feelings to the audience.

What is soliloquy?

200
The age of Juliet.
What is 13?
200
Juliet says, "A __________ by any other name would smell as sweet."
What is a rose?
200
The punishment given to Romeo.
What is banishment?
200
Something Juliet is afraid of when she's contemplating taking the potion.
What is it won't work, it will really kill her, she'll wake up early in a crypt.
300

When the audience knows more than the characters

What is dramatic irony?

300
The name of the Fairy Queen who gives people dreams.
What is Queen Mab?
300
Friar Lawrence agrees to help Romeo and Juliet because...
What is he believes he will end the feud
300
The thing Juliet asks the nurse to bring Romeo.
What is a ring?
300

The news Balthasar brought Romeo in the beginning of Act V.

What is Juliet has died?

400

The protagonist, or central character. Usually fails or dies because of a character flaw or cruel twist of fate

What is tragic hero?

400
The person who is angry that Romeo showed to a Capulet party.
What is Tybalt?
400

He was motivated to end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.

Who is Friar Laurence?

400
The place Romeo is going to go after he's been banished.
What is Mantua?
400

The reason Paris came to Juliet's tomb.

What is to put flowers on Juliet's grave?

500

a weakness in a character that brings about their destruction 

What is tragic/fatal flaw?

500
The premonition that Romeo has before the party.
What is he will die an early death because of something that will start that night.
500
Define foreshadowing and give an example from Act II
What is a hint of something to come. Examples: Friar Lawrence and Juliet both say the love is too quick; they're right, Romeo believes something bad will happen, Tybalt is angry at Romeo.
500
The reason Juliet's behavior has changed by the end of Act III (after she's seen the Friar)
What is she has a plan to get out of the marriage?
500
The names and families of all six people who died during the play.
What is Capulet: Juliet and Tybalt, Montague: Romeo and Lady Montague, Royal: Mercutio and Paris.
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