Act I
Act II
Act III
What Does it Mean?
Who Said It?
100
Where does our play take place? Name the city AND country.
Verona, Italy
100
Why is Juliet afraid to have Romeo at her balcony?
She's afraid her family (specifically Tybalt) will find and kill him.
100
Which two characters die in Act III, Scene I, and who kills them?
Tybalt kills Mercutio. Romeo kills Tybalt.
100
When Capulet calls Tybalt a "saucy boy," what does he mean?
Tybalt is being bold and disrespectful.
100
"I conjure thee by Rosaline's bright eyes, by her high forehead and her scarlet lip, by her fine foot, straight leg, and quivering thigh..."
Mercutio
200
What troubles Lord Montague at the end of Act I, Scene i?
Romeo is depressed and he doesn't know why
200
What promise does Romeo make to Juliet before he leaves her window?
He will send word via a messenger with a time and place for their marriage.
200
What devastating news does Romeo learn of in this Act?
He is to be banished from Verona.
200
"Two households, both alike in dignity," means what?
The Montagues and Capulets were similar in the way they behaved and the pride they had.
200
"Tybalt, my cousin! O my brother's child! O Prince! O cousin! O husband! O, the blood is spilled Of my dear kinsman! Prince, as thou art true, for blood of ours shed blood of Montague!"
Lady Capulet
300
Explain Tybalt's conflict with Lord Capulet during the Capulet party.
Tybalt is upset that Romeo crashed the party, but Lord Capulet wants him left alone and instead yells at Tybalt.
300
When Mercutio and Benvolio make fun of the Nurse, what do they compare her to?
A prostitute
300
What does Romeo mean when he says, "I do protest I never injured thee, but love thee better than thou canst devise till thou shalt know the reason of my love. And so, good Capulet, which name I tender as dearly as mine own, be satisfied"?
Romeo does not want to fight Tybalt. He said he never did him any harm, and furthermore, loves him because he recently married Juliet. Tybalt is now Romeo's kinsman, and he says the Capulet name is just as valuable as the Montague name to him.
300
Friar Lawrence says, "What a deal of brine hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline! How much salt water thrown away in waste to season love, that of it doth not taste!"
You've cried forever and ever about Rosaline and for nothing. Your tears are in vain because you never even got together with her.
300
"Come, young waverer, go with me. In one respect I'll thy assistant be; for this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love."
Friar Lawrence
400
What literary device is being used when Juliet says, "Go ask his name - if he be married, my grave is like to be my wedding bed."
foreshadowing
400
Explain the quote, "These violent delights have violent ends, and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume. The sweetest honey is loathsome in his own deliciousness..."
Rushing too quickly into marriage will cause the marriage to end as abruptly as it began. Too much of a good thing is a bad thing.
400
What does Juliet say would be better news than discovering Romeo is banished, and how does this show her priorities have changed?
She says it would be better to hear that her entire family, Romeo, and herself were killed than Romeo be banished. Juliet has turned her back on family loyalties and shows a grave disregard for the value of human life.
400
Mercutio says, "O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!"
He's upset with Romeo for refusing to fight Tybalt, not knowing that Romeo just married Juliet. He's saying Romeo's refusal to fight is shameful. 
400
"How hast thou the heart, being a divine, a sin-absolver, and my friend professed, to mangle me with that word "banished?"
Romeo
500
Explain how dramatic irony is at work in Act I.
varied responses
500
What comments does Friar Lawrence make concerning the duality of both plants and people?
Some plants, when used one way, can make a medicine. The same plant, when misused, can make a poison. In the same way, people can be kind or cruel depending on circumstances.
500
What town is Romeo banished to?
Mantua.
500
Romeo says, "O, I am fortune's fool!"
Romeo realizes he's in the hands of fate and is powerless against his own destiny. He realizes that things will end poorly because they're supposed to, no matter what he does.
500
"First let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool's paradise, as they say, it were a very gross kind of behavior, as they say; for the gentlewoman is young..."
Nurse
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