The Prologue/Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
100

In which Northern Italian City is the play set?

What is Verona?

100
What does Romeo compare Juliet to?
What is the morning sun?
100
When Romeo arrives on the scene, how does Tybalt insult him?
What is calling him a villian?
100
What day is set for the marriage of Paris and Juliet?
What is Thursday?
100

Why did the apothecary sell the poison to Romeo?

It is because he is poor and has little choice.

200
The prologue is written in the form of a ______________.
What is a sonnet?
200
Why does Juliet say that Romeo must not swear by the moon?
It is because the moon is inconstant and thus changing its shape during the course of the month.
200

How is Mercutio fatally wounded?

What is Mercutio is outraged by Romeo's cowardly reaction and he challenges Tybalt to a duel. Romeo tries to stop but gets in the way; Tybalt wounds Mercutio under Romeo's arm.

200

What is the Friar's plan to save Juliet from marrying Paris?

What is giving Juliet a sleeping potion and making her appear lifeless as a corpse? Then he and Romeo will go fetch her when she awakes in the ancient tomb.

200

Why didn't Friar John reach Romeo with the letter in time?

What is he was put into quarantine owing to an outbreak of plague?

300
Romeo and Juliet is a love story, but why does Shakespeare begins it with a violent street fight?
What is holding attentions of the audiences and immediate evidence of the feud?
300
"And she steals love's sweet bait from fearful hooks." What poetic devices can be seen here?
What is a metaphor and a simile?
300

What famous quote does Mercutio say before he dies?

What is a plague on both your houses?

300

Who said "Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins."

What is Juliet as she prepares to drink her potion?

300

"Unhappy fortune!" Who said this and what poetic device can be found here.

Friar Laurence said this and it's an oxymoron.

400

Gregory and Sampson belong to the family of which household?

What is the family of the Capulets?

400
Who said "Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? And where was the setting?
What is Juliet? She said this on the balcony.
400
Who says " Good King of Cats, only one of your nine lives!" And who is the King of Cats?

What is Mercutio referring to Tybalt?

400

Who was the first to find Juliet "dead" in her chambers?

What is the Nurse?

400

"This is that banished haughty Montague" Who said that to whom?

What is Paris? He was hiding in the tomb and he said that when he saw Romeo.

500

Who is Paris? What are three traits?

He is a Count, a lot older than Juliet, and related to Prince Escalus. He wants to marry Juliet but dies in a sword fight with Romeo in Act 5.

500

Who is the "Man of Wax"? Said by whom?

Who is Paris, said byLady Capulet?  She thinks he is as handsome as a statue.

500

When Juliet finally turns to the Nurse for help. How does the Nurse respond?

Nurse advises Juliet to marry Paris and provides no support towards the situation with Romeo.

500

The scene where Peter and the musician banter serves a good purpose. What is it called?

What is comic relief; bridges between a serious, sad mood to a funny, comical one? A contrast to two different moods.

500

At the end of the play, how many people were directly killed or indirectly killed by someone else? Name them and tell us how they died.

What is six? They are Romeo (poison), Juliet (knife wound), Paris (sword wound), Mercutio (sword wound), Tybalt (sword wound), and Lady Montague (a broken heart).

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