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Romeo loves Juliet
100

What is the setting of the play in Act 1

Verona or the Capulet party

100

This is the suitor that Lord and Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry

Paris

100
"If you ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

Prince Escalus forbids them to fight anymore

100

what does "star-crossed" mean?

ill-fated, thwarted by bad luck, destined for a tragedy

100

At the party, who is Juliet's cousin who calls Romeo a villian and wants to fight him?

Tybalt

200

Who is characterized as ignorant when he is unable to read the guest list for the Capulet party.

servant of the Capulet house

200

Juliet's personal servant and guardian

Nurse

200

"I'll look to like, if looking liking move, but no more deep will I endart mine eyethan your consent gives strngth to make it fly."

Juliet says she will give Romeo a try.

200

Romeo refers to Juliet as "this holy shrine. Define shrine

A place that is worshipped for being holy.

200

Who informs Juliet at the party that Romeo is a Montague?

Nurse

300

In Act 1, Scene 1, Romeo says, "O heavy lightness...feather of lead." What literary term is this?

Oxymoron

300

Romeo's spiritul mentor who he goes to for advice

Friar Lawrence

300

"O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of nights like a rich jewel in an Ethiop's ear."

Romeo is adoring Juliet

300

Romeo has "unrequited" love for Rosaline. What does unrequited mean?

one-sided feelings that are not returned

300

Who does Romeo go to the Capulet party to see?

Rosaline

400

Romeo says, "Love is a smoke made with a fume of sighs" (1:1:197) What literary term is this?

metaphor

400

Romeo's first love who has broken his heart

Rosaline

400
"And to say the truth, Verona brags of him to be a virtuous and well-governed youth"

Capulet is saying Romeo is harmless.

400

Friar Lawrence is considered an "apothecary." Define apothecary.

Someone who prepares and sells medicines or drugs.

400

Nurse claims she "can tell her age unto an hour." How old is Juliet

Almost 14, but not quite.

500

"My Master is the great rich Capulet, and if you be not of the house of Montagues, I pray come and crush a cup of wine."

Irony

500

List one of Romeo's friends who try to convince him to attend the Capulet party.

Mercutio or Benvolio

500

"My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!"

Juliet finds out Romeo is a Montague.

500

The Capulets and Montagues are having a "brawl" in the street. Define "brawl."

A rough or noinsy fight or quarrel.

500

"Thus from my lips, by thine, my sin is purged." (1:5:118) Does Romeo kiss Juliet at the party?

yes