Prologue + Scene 1
Scene 2
Scene 3
Scene 4
Scene 5
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In what city does the story take place?
Verona
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What is Benvolio's relationship to Romeo?
He's his cousin (and his friend)
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How old is Juliet?
Almost 14
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True or False: It is rare to hear Mercutio offer his opinion or speak much at all
False
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What does Lord Capulet say that compels many of the women to dance with him?
That everyone will think they have corns on their feet if they do not
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After the fight in Scene 1, what does the prince say is the punishment if any more street fights occur?
Death
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At the beginning of the play (first 2 scenes), Romeo can best be characterized with what word?
Melodramatic; morose
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Why is Juliet more comfortable with the Nurse than with Lady Capulet?
Because the Nurse is the person who raised her
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How do Romeo and his friends get into the Capulet party?
They go in disguise with masks on
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Who recognizes Romeo's voice as a Montague, enemy of the Capulets?
Tybalt
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Who tries to break up the street fight between the Capulets and Montagues?
Benvolio
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What is the name of the man that Lord and Lady Capulet want to marry Juliet?
Paris
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Why does Lady Capulet allow the Nurse to stay during her heart-to-heart with Juliet?
Because the Nurse knows all their secrets anyway
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What does Benvolio suggest they do at the party?
Dance
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Why does Lord Capulet allow Romeo to remain at the ball?
Because he does not want his festivities to be interrupted
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With whom is Romeo madly in love for the first two scenes of the play?
Rosaline
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What is Lord Capulet's initial objection to the idea to arrange a marriage for Juliet?
She's too young
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How does Juliet reply when her mother asks her if she is ready for marriage?
She says that she had not given it any thought
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Who is Queen Mab? What is she the queen of?
Queen of the fairies
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When Romeo first sees Juliet, he refers to her as a _____.
Pilgrim
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What rude gesture do Capulet servants, Sampson and Gregory, do to irritate Abram, a servant of the Montague family?
They bite their thumbs
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Why does Benvolio want Romeo to go to the Capulet feast?
To forget about Rosaline and meet new, other women
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What "selling points" does Lady Capulet stress about Paris to Juliet?
His good looks
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At the end of scene 4, what is Romeo's premonition about?
His early death
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What does Romeo think of Juliet the first time he sees her?
She's beautiful - "Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night (My eyes were liars, then, because I never saw true beauty before tonight).