Characters
Literary Elements
Romeo and Juliet Act 4
Romeo and Juliet Act 5
Dead or Alive?
100

The character who tells Romeo that Juliet has "died."

Who is Balthasar?

100

A type of figurative language based on the multiple meanings of words.

What is a pun?

100

This character discovers Juliet unresponsive and believes she is dead.

Who is Nurse?

100

Romeo purchases this substance before going to the Capulet tomb.

What is poison?

100

The first person to die in Romeo and Juliet.

Who is Mercutio?

200

The character who has the last line in the play.

Who is the Prince?

200

Romeo saying: "Thou detestable maw, thou womb of death,

Gorged with the dearest morsel of the earth,

Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open

And, in despite, I'll cram thee with more food." is an example of this literary device.

What is personification or apostrophe?

200

Friar Lawrence's plan to get Juliet out of marrying Paris?

What is to have her take a poison that makes her seem to be dead, and notify Romeo by letter/

200

The punishment that could be given for selling deadly poison.

What is death?

200

This character dies by using Romeo's dagger.

Who is Juliet?

300

This character advises Juliet to marry Paris after Romeo's banishment.

Who is Nurse?

300

When a humourous scene is used to "lighten the mood."

What is comic relief?

300

The day Paris and Juliet's wedding is moved to.

What is Wednesday?

300

 This character is the first to discover Juliet's "dead" body in the tomb.

Who is Paris?

300

The first person to die in Act 5?

Who is Paris?

400

The character who says, "My poverty but not my will consents."

Who is the apothecary?

400

The three types of plays Shakespeare wrote.

What are tragedies, comedies, and histories?

400

What is the real reason for Juliet's change of mood in Act 4 Scene 2?

What is Friar Lawrence has told her about the plan to reunite her to Romeo?
400

The person who comes to the church yard just as Romeo drinks the poison.

Who is Friar Lawrence?

400

The two people killed by Romeo (other than himself).

Who are Tybalt and Paris?

500

The character tasked with bringing Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo.

Who is Friar John?

500

A type of play which focuses on the downfall of a main character.

What is a tragedy?

500

Juliet's state of mind before taking the poison.

What is nervous/anxious, but determined?

500

Romeo's mood at the beginning of act 5, and the reason.

What is happy, because he had dreamed of Juliet?

500

Dies from grief in Act 5

Who is Lady Montague?

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