The Basics
Characters
Shakespeare (+ the era)
Literary Devices
Plot (the finer points)
100

the author of this play

Who is William Shakespeare

100

Juliet's mother-like figure

Who is the nurse
100
The three types of plays that Shakespeare wrote
What are comedies, tragedies, and histories
100
A type of stressed and unstressed meter (rhythm) commonly used by Shakespeare
What is iambic pentameter 
100
This character informs Romeo and friends of the Capulet's party
Who is an illiterate servant
200

The setting of the play

What is Verona, Italy

200

Marries Romeo and Juliet

Who is Friar Laurence 
200
The city where Shakespeare lived during the Renaissance Era 
What is London
200

An expression designed to call something to mind without mentioning it explicitly

What is allusion
200
This character is, at first, not in favor of Romeo and Juliet's plan to marry; however, he eventually changes his mind because it could end their families' fighting
Who is Friar Laurence
300

The two families involved

Who are the Capulets and Montagues

300

Fast-talking friend of Romeo whose life is taken by a foe

Who is Mercutio 

300
Took the throne after Henry VIII
Who is Elizabeth I
300

The act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by oneself (a type of monologue) 

What is soliloquy 
300
THIS is the order in which the main characters die in the play...
What is Mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, Juliet, (extra: Lady Montague)
400
Where did Romeo and Juliet meet? 
What is the Capulet's party
400

Cousin to Juliet who spots Romeo at the party and wants to fight

Who is Tybalt
400
Held in high esteem during the Renaissance Era 
What are "the arts"
400

A situation of a drama that is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play

What is dramatic irony
400

THIS is the reason Friar Laurence's plan fails  

Who is Friar John OR What is the unreceived letter to Romeo
500

The event which ends the families' strife 

What are the deaths/suicides of Romeo and Juliet
500
Impoverished man who sells poison illegally 
Who is the apothecary 
500
Played the role of female characters in plays during the Elizabethian Age
Who are young/pre-puberty boys
500

A feeling that something bad will happen

What is foreboding
500
When the Prince asks for the truth of the events that occurred leading up to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet, Friar Laurence tells the story. His story is confirmed by THIS 
What is the letter Romeo wrote to his father (to be delivered by his servant, Balthasar) 
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