Romeo & Juliet #1
Who Performs Romeo and Juliet's marriage
Friar Lawrence.
Who is Romeo madly in love with in the very beginning of the play?
Rosaline.
What do Romeo and Juliet plan to do the day after the party and after they met on the balcony?
Get married
Who dies by drinking poision?
Romeo
What is the punishment if the Capulets and Montagues fight again?
Death
Tragedy
During a play, the area where poor people had to stand was called what?
The pit
Romeo and Juliet first meet here
Capulet's Masquerade Party
Who Kills Mercutio?
Tybalt.
Who rules Verona?
Prince (Escalus).
The apothecary agrees to sell Romeo poison because
What is he is poor, and needs the money.
Who asks Lord Capulet if he may marry Juliet?
Paris.
A brief reference to another work
allusion
Who was Queen of England during Shakespeare's time?
Queen Elizabeth I
City where Romeo goes after being exiled from Verona
Mantua.
Who is always starting fights to preserve the Capulet name? (Juliet's cousin)
Tybalt
Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabs herself dead?
Friar Lawrence.
Friar Lawrence finally agree to marry Romeo and Juliet because
What is he believes it will bring the families together again.
Who asks his uncle to kick Romeo out of the Capulet party?
Who is Tybalt?
humorous scene to relieve emotional intensity
comic relief
How much did it cost a poor person to attend a play?
One penny
Reason Romeo is exiled
What is for killing Tybalt.
Romeo first compares Juliet to this during the balcony scene
The morning sun.
Mythical fairy who controls people's dreams
Queen Mab
What country is William Shakespeare from?
England
What city and country does this story take place?
Verona, Italy
Character whose personality or attitude sharply contrasts with those of another character
foil
Name of the most famous acting company in Shakespeare's time
Lord Chamberlain's Men
Who takes care of Juliet while growing up and is like a mother to her?
Nurse
funeral
Why did Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He thought their union would bury their families' strife.
What tomb is Mercutio placed in?
Montague
Why was Paris also at the cemetery the night Romeo was there?
To give Juliet flowers
Speech a character gives when alone on stage
soliloquy
Where did medicine come from during the time of Romeo and Juliet?
Herbs
Both the Capulets and the Montagues.
Who discovers Juliet first the morning of her wedding?
Paris
Who does Romeo kill in Juliet's tomb?
Paris
The messenger is unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's message to Romeo in Mantua because
Balthazar got to Romeo first and told him that Juliet was dead. The messenger got stopped at a house with the plague.
Why did Romeo drag Paris into the tomb and place his body next to Juliet?
Romeo knew that Paris loved Juliet and he was sorry for killing him.
Character makes a remark either to the audience or to another character, which others on stage are not meant to hear
aside
Who dies of grief at the end of the play?
Lady Montague
After Tybalt's death, Nurse tells Juliet to
Marry Paris and forget Romeo
What disease was spreading in England during this time and what transmitted it?
Black Plague; rats
When Mercutio and Tybalt are fighting, what does Romeo do?
Beg them to stop because Tybalt is now his family
Where did many of Shakespeare's plays perform?
The Globe Theatre
After Tybalt's death, Juliet's father tells her what?
She must marry Paris on Thursday
Nobly born character who has one or more flaws that lead to their downfall
tragic hero
What century did Shakespeare write his plays?
Late 16th and early 17th century