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Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
Act 4
Act 5
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The main purpose of the Prologue is what?
What is to set the scene for the play as a whole
100
Which character has a role that is most parallel to Friar Lawrence?
What is the nurse
100
Why does Romeo kill Tybalt?
What is Tybalt killed Mercutio
100
What is the true reason Friar Lawrence does not encourage Paris in his plan to marry Juliet?
What is Juliet is already married to Romeo
100
What is Romeo's character flaw?
What is very impulsive
200
Who are Abram and Balthasar?
What is Montagues' servants
200
Where should you make a full stop when reading this speech by Mercutio? " This cannot anger him. "Twould anger him / To raise a spirit in his mistress' circle / Of some strange nature, letting it there stand / Tull she had laid it and conjured it down."
What is after the first him and at the end of the last line.
200
Why does Romeo first want to stop the fight with Tybalt?
What is he wants to keep the peace between his family and his new family on his wife's side.
200
What decision does Capulet make after Juliet seems to agree to the wedding with Paris?
What is to hold the wedding the next day
300
What does Prince Escalus threaten if further violence breaks out between the Capulets and the Montagues?
What is death to those who participate in the violence
300
What form of poetry is used in this passage? "My name, dear saint, is hateful to myself / Because it is an enemy to thee. / Had I it written, I would tear the word."
What is blank verse
300
Juliet delivers a long speech directed to the nurse in Scene ii. What is that dramatic device called.
What is a monologue
300
Capulet: Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning cooks. Servingman: You shall have none ill, sir; for I'll try if they can lick their fingers. Capulet: How canst thou try them so? Servingman: Marry, sir, 'tis an ill cook that connot lick his own fingers. Therefore he that cannot lick his fingers goes not with me. What is this exchange an example of?
What is comic relief
300
What is the dramatic irony in Act V, Scene iii?
What is Romeo does not know that Juliet is not actually dead.
400
Who is Rosaline?
What is the lady for whom Romeo is pining?
400
What type of person is Mercutio?
What is fanciful best friend of Romeo
400
At the beginning of Scene ii, Juliet delivers a long speech while alone on stage. What is that dramatic device called?
What is soliloquy
400
Juliet delivers a soliloquy as she prepares to drink the potion. What subject does she dwell on in the speech?
What is her fear of what may happen when she awakens in the tomb
400
What event illustrates the workings of fate in bringing about Romeo's doom?
What is officials detail Father Lawrence's messenger because of the risk of plague.
500
What are the following lines comparing: "Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face, / And find delight writ there with beauty's pen"
What is Paris is like a beautiful book.
500
What is the point Juliet is making in these lines? "What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet"
What is she loves Romeo even though he's a Montague.
500
At the end of Act III, what does Juliet decide to do?
What is send a message to Romeo telling him it is not safe to remain in Verona.
500
What detail about Friar Lawrence, revealed earlier in the play, takes on new, important meaning?
What is he is an expert on the medicinal use of plants.
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What qualifies Juliet as a "tragic hero"?
What is she is a noble figure who meets with disaster as a result of fate and her own character flaws.