Characters
Which character dies by drinking poison?
Romeo
Paris and Romeo meet in Juliet's tomb and do what?
Fight
Romeo and Juliet both decide to kill themselves because they cannot live without each other.
Which theme of the play does this best connect to?
The power of love
Read this passage:
MONTAGUE
But I can give thee more,
For I will ray her statue in pure gold,
That whiles Verona by that name is known,
There shall no figure at such rate be set
As that of true and faithful Juliet.
What is the main idea of this passage?
Montague is promising to build a golden statue to honor Juliet in Verona.
What is the southern most city in the contiguous U.S.?
Key West
Which character dies by stabbing his/herself?
Juliet
What news does Romeo receive from Balthasar in the beginning of Act V?
That Juliet is dead
Prince Escalus says, "Capulet! Montague! See what a plague is laid upon your hate..."
Which theme does this best relate to?
Conflict
Close read this passage:
CAPULET
Ha, let me see her! Out, alas, she’s cold.
Her blood is settled, and her joints are stiff.
Life and these lips have long been separated.
Death lies on her like an untimely frost
Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.
What is the main idea of this passage?
Juliet is cold and stiff, meaning she's dead.
What is the only US state whose name is just one syllable?
Maine
Which character is killed by grief over their child?
Lady Montague
Before doing this thing, Juliet ponders her fears of things like her dead ancestors rising from the grave, her going mad and clubbing her brains out, or her suffocating.
Drinking the potion/faking her death
Prince Escalus says, "Heaven found ways to kill your offspring with love!"
Which theme does this best relate to?
Fate
Read this passage:
JULIET
How if, when I am laid into the tomb,
I wake before the time that Romeo
Come to redeem me? There’s a fearful point.
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault,
To whose foul mouth no healthsome air breathes in,
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?
What is the main idea of this passage?
Juliet is afraid Romeo might not come to rescue her from her tomb in time and she will suffocate.
What does the Latin word "Verbatim" literally means?
Word for word
Which character believes Juliet is in love with him before she fakes her death?
Paris
What do Lord Montague and Lord Capulet promise to do to honor each others' children?
Build golden statues in honor of each others' children
Juliet says to her father, "I have learned to repent the sin of disobedient opposition to you your requests, and I am told by holy Laurence to fall at your feet to beg your pardon. Pardon me, I beg you! From now on, I will be ruled by you."
Which theme does this best connect to?
Duty to Family
Read this passage:
JULIET
Go, get thee hence, for I will not away.
[He exits.]
What’s here? A cup closed in my true love’s hand?
Poison, I see, hath been his timeless end.—
O churl, drunk all, and left no friendly drop
To help me after! I will kiss thy lips.
Haply some poison yet doth hang on them,
To make me die with a restorative. [She kisses him.]
Thy lips are warm!
What is the main idea of this passage?
Juliet finds Romeo dead and tries to kiss Romeo to ingest some traces of poison so that she might die too.
What type of rock is formed by consolidation of molten magma?
Igneous
Which character fails to deliver a letter to Romeo?
Friar John
Lord Capulet sets a wedding day for Juliet and Paris. Which day of the week is it?
Thursday
Juliet drinks the potion to fake her death, despite all of her fears that horrible things could happen, like Friar Laurence trying to really kill her or Tybalt's corpse awakening.
Which theme does this best connect to?
The power of love
Read this passage:
ROMEO
If I may trust the flattering truth of sleep,
My dreams presage some joyful news at hand...
I dreamt my lady came and found me dead
(Strange dream that gives a dead man leave to
think!)
And breathed such life with kisses in my lips
That I revived and was an emperor.
Ah me, how sweet is love itself possessed
When but love’s shadows are so rich in joy!
What is the main idea of this passage?
Romeo had a dream that Juliet found him dead, kissed him, revived him, and he was made an emperor. He believes this is a good sign.
What is the name of the sword of King Arthur?
Excalibur