CTBC Characters
CTBC Plot
R + J Characters
R + J Plot
Themes
100
The name of Stephen's son
Who is Absalom
100
Name of the club that Arthur Jarvis helped
What is the Claremont African Boys Club
100
The names of Romeo's best friends
Who are Benvolio and Mercutio (Balthasar)
100
The conceit Romeo uses to describe Juliet's hand
What is a holy shrine
100
Name a motif from Cry, the Beloved Country
What is People leaving the village restoration the land/nature crying loss of tradition fear hope
200
Worked for reform in South Africa
Who is Arthur Jarvis
200
The name of Stephen's hometown
What is Ndotsheni
200
The name of Romeo's lover (before Juliet)
Who is Rosaline
200
Lines from the Prologue that foreshadow/give away the ending
What is "a pair of star-crossed lovers take their life...." or "whose misadventured piteous overthrows/ Doth with their death bury their parent's strife"
200
Name a central theme of Romeo and Juliet and give an example
What is Love Fate Counsel Beauty Tragic hero Foreshadowing
300
Was suffering and living a sinful life in Johannesburg until her brother came to help her
Who is Gertrude
300
The event that sets the plot in motion
What is the delivery of Msimangu's letter to Stephen
300
Reprimands Romeo for complaining about banishment
Who is Friar Laurence
300
Responsible for Mercutio's death
Who is Tybalt
300
Name an example of Romeo or Juliet's use of hyperbole
What is (anything from balcony scene) "O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art/As glorious to this night, being o'er my head/ As is a winged messenger of heaven" "Call me but love, and I'll be new baptized"
400
A grieving father who shows great change of character in the novel; helps Stephen and his town
Who is James Jarvis
400
The kind of lawyer who defends Absalom and his name
What is pro deo (for God, without charge); Mr. Carmichael
400
Two characters who encourage Juliet to give Paris a chance; praise Paris's beauty
Who are Lady Capulet and the Nurse
400
Responsible for Tybalt's death
Who is Romeo
400
Give a brief description of apartheid and explain how it factors into Cry, the Beloved Country
What is racial separation instituted in 1948 (CTBC published 1948, set in 1946). lack of opportunities and mistreatment of African people groups, fear and stereotyping, mixed-racial gatherings prohibited, Arthur Jarvis's writings and work to reform
500
Has a loud voice
Who is John Kumalo
500
Learns Zulu from Stephen
Who is Arthur Jarvis's son
500
Sells Romeo poison
Who is the apothecary
500
The rhyming couplet that ends the play
What is "For never was a story of more woe/ Than this of Juliet and her Romeo"
500
Discuss and explain what themes Cry, the Beloved Country and Romeo and Juliet might have in common
What is conflict rash decisions grief parent/children relationships love forgiveness reconciliation