What are the names of the two feuding families in the play?
The Montagues and the Capulets
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What is the subject of the conversation between the Nurse and Juliet at the end of Act 1?
Juliet wants the Nurse to identify Romeo.
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At first, Romeo doesn't want to fight Tybalt because Romeo...
Is now related to Tybalt by marriage.
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What plans do Friar Lawrence and Juliet make?
Juliet should agree to marry Paris. On the eve of her wedding, she should drink a potion that make her appear dead. After it wears off, she should go to Mantua to be with Romeo.
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After she wakes up from being drugged, why does Juliet kill herself with Romeo's dagger?
She sees Romeo dead from the poison. Since there is no poison left, she kills herself with the dagger.
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In what city does the play take place?
Verona, Italy
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When Juliet appears on her balcony, what does Romeo compare her to?
"It is the east and Juliet is the SUN"
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How do Mercutio and Tybalt die?
Tybalt kills Mercutio, and Romeo kills Tybalt.
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After Juliet asks her father to forgive her for her sin, he makes a change to the wedding plans. What is the change?
Move the date to tomorrow (Wednesday)
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Who is the last person to see Juliet alive before she stabs herself?
Friar Lawrence.
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In the beginning of the play, why is Romeo sad?
The girl he loves does not want to get married.
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Unaware of his presence, what does Juliet ask Romeo to say?
He will change his name from Montague.
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Whom does Mercutio curse as he lies dying after a duel?
The Capulets and the Montagues.
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What news does Balthasar bring Romeo? How does Romeo react?
Balthasar tells Romeo of Juliet's death. Romeo rushes out to the apothecary to get poison. He goes to Juliet's grave to drink the poison.
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How does, "heaven," or "fate," punish the Capulets and Montagues for their feud?
Their children fall in love but lose their lives as a result of the feud.
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Why does Romeo decide to go to the Capulet party even though he wasn't invited?
Rosaline, the girl he loves, will be there.
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Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He hopes that it will help to end the feud between the families.
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What punishment did the Prince give Romeo for fighting?
Death.
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What went wrong with the Friar's plan?
His letter never got to Romeo, so Romeo didn't know that Juliet was not really dead.
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At the end of the play, both families intend to:
Build each other statues of their children to remind them of what their fighting has caused.
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Which character vow to take revenge on Romeo for intruding on the Capulets' party?
Tybalt.
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Who gets married at the end of Act 2?
Romeo and Juliet
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The turning point in Romeo and Juliet occurs when...
Romeo kills Tybalt.
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What are the circumstances of Paris' death?
Paris and Romeo meet at Juliet's tomb. Paris starts a fight, and Romeo kills him.