Characters
Vocab 1
Vocab 2
Plot
Quotes
100

What is the name of the Friar who helps Romeo and Juliet?

Friar Laurence

100

to make greater or bigger

Augment

100

anger

choler

100

Where is the play set?

Verona, Italy

100

What does this quote mean?

"But soft what light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun."

Romeo is comparing Juliet to the sun because she is the light of his whole world.

200

Who sells Romeo the deadly poison?

The Apothecary

200

Rowdy or Raucous

Boisterous

200

excellent morals

virtuous

200

Why does Tybalt challenge Romeo to a dual?

He saw that Romeo snuck into a Capulet party and was dancing with Juliet.

200

What does it mean?

"Deny thy father and refuse thy name or if though wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet" -Juliet

Drop your father and your name or if you will not, swear your love to me, and I'll drop my own name of Capulet.

300

Who asks Juliet's father if he can marry Juliet?

Count Paris

300

brave, courageous

Valiant

300

hasty, rushing

rash

300

What punishment does the Prince give Romeo for killing Tybalt?

Banishment

300

Who says this and why?

"A plague on both your houses!"

Mercutio says this when he dies because the feud between both famliies has been the death of him.

400

Romeo's last name vs Juliet's last name

Montagues vs Capulets

400

Deadly, Destructive

Pernicious

400

to forgive of sins

absolve

400

What event inspires Romeo to kill Tybalt?

Tybalt kills Mercutio in a street fight.
400

Who says this and why?

"O God, I have an ill divining soul! Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, as one dead in the bottom of a tomb."

Juliet says this to Romeo, the morning after their wedding, when he leaves for his banishment.

500

What is the name of Romeo's best friend who is murdered by Tybalt?

Mercutio

500

Omen

Portentous

500

extraordinary, marvellous

prodigious

500

How does Lord Capulet threaten Juliet if she chooses not to marry Count Paris?

He threatens to disown her.

500

Who says this and why?

"To answer me 'I'll not wed, I cannot love, I am too young, I pray you pardon me'. But if you will not wed... Graze where you will, you shall not house with me... hang, beg, starve, die in the streets, for by my soul, I'll ne'er acknowledge thee"

Juliet's father Lord Capulet says this when he threatens to disown her if she doesn't get married.