History
Who wrote the play?
William Shakespeare
Romeo’s last name is _________.
Montague
Juliet’s last name is ___________.
Capulet
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name may smell as sweet.”
Juliet
Commits suicide upon seeing his “dead” wife.
Romeo
Where and when to the play take place?
1300s, Verona, Italy
To get together with Juliet, Romeo arranges ____________ to marry them.
Friar Lawrence
Juliet is ______ years old.
Thirteen.
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?”
Romeo
Commits suicide upon seeing her dead husband.
Juliet.
What does it mean that Romeo and Juliet are "star-crossed?"
They are destined to be together, but also fated for tragedy.
The girl Romeo loves at the beginning of the play is _______.
Rosaline.
Juliet’s father wants her to marry ______.
Paris.
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
Stabbed by Tybalt
Mercutio
Shakespeare’s meter of ten-syllable lines is called ________.
Iambic pentameter.
Romeo doesn’t want to kill Tybalt because __________.
_____ is Juliet’s closest friend and caretaker.
The Nurse.
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”
Prince Escalus
DAILY DOUBLE:
Which three people does Romeo kill, and how?
Tybalt, Paris, himself.
Shakespeare based his play on a poem by ___________.
Albert Brooke.
Why is Romeo exiled?
He kills Tybalt.
In “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo,” what messes up the iambic pentameter.
Romeo's Name
Mercutio
Dies of a broken heart because of Romeo's exile.
Lady Montague