Romeo's cousin and best friend. His name means "good-natured."
Who is Benvolio?
100
Enemy. Opponent.
What is "adversary?"
100
Benvolio and Mercutio tell Romeo to crash the party because of this.
What is to forget about Rosalind and look at other women?
100
Capulet's first response when Paris asks to marry Juliet.
What is to wait a couple years for Juliet to mature and get older? She is too young right now.
100
The city where "Romeo & Juliet" takes place.
What is Verona?
200
She has cared for Juliet since she was born and is Juliet's trusted confidant.
Who is the Nurse?
200
Loud, energetic, noisy.
What is "boisterous?"
200
Tybalt recognizes Romeo is at the party because of this specific characteristic.
What is Romeo's voice?
200
This is why Romeo & Juliet are called "star-crossed lovers."
What is The Chorus’s remark that Romeo and Juliet are “star-crossed” and fated to “take their li[ves]” informs the audience that the lovers are destined to die tragically?
200
The fairie midwife of dreams.
Who is Queen Mab?
300
This character is illiterate and has to get help to invite guests to Capulet's masquerade party.
Who is Peter, the Capulet servant?
300
Unrhymed free verse set in a certain meter or rhythm.
What is "blank verse?"
300
Romeo discovers that Juliet is a Capulet because of this person.
Who is the Nurse?
300
He is invited to the party already, but brings friends.
Who is Mercutio?
300
Juliet's thoughts about marriage in Act 1.
What is she has never thought about marriage before, but will try if her mother and the nurse wish her to.
400
She is Romeo's first true love.
Who is Rosalind?
400
A pair of successive lines, usually found in poetry, that rhyme.
What is a "couplet?"
400
This man goes to the party to "woo" Juliet so she will agree to marry him.
Who is Paris?
400
This causes Romeo to second-guess himself about crashing the party.
What is the dream he had the night before that told him of an untimely death?
400
The reason Romeo is so sad in the beginning of the play.
What is he loves a woman who does not return that love?
500
He threatens the Capulets and the Montagues with death if they do not stop disturbing the peace.
Who is the Prince?
500
The three types of external conflict seen in "Romeo & Juliet."
What is "man vs. man", "man vs. nature" and "man vs. society?"
500
Lord Capulet tells Tybalt this so he will not fight with Romeo at the party.
What is to leave him be as Romeo is not starting a fight and is acting like a perfect gentleman.
500
This is what Romeo thinks of Juliet when he first sees her.