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Who is Mercutio?

Romeo’s best friend

100

What is the Capulet’s party?

Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time at this party

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Who is Juliet?

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet

100

What is Verona?

The city where the story takes place

100

What is family conflict?

The theme represented by the feud between the Montagues and Capulets

200

Who is Tybalt?

Juliet’s cousin

200

Who is Mercutio?

Romeo kills Tybalt in revenge for Mercutio’s death

200

Who is Juliet?

O Romeo, Romeo! wherefore art thou Romeo

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What is Juliet’s balcony

The place where Romeo and Juliet declare their love for each other

200

What is forbidden love?

The theme illustrated by Romeo and Juliet’s relationship

300

Who is Friar Laurence?

The character who marries Romeo and Juliet

300

What is a sleeping potion?

Juliet takes this to avoid marrying Paris.

300

Who is Romeo?

Thus with a kiss I die

300

What is Mantua

The location where Romeo is banished to

300

What is fate?

The theme shown by the tragic ending of the story

400

Who is the Nurse?

Who takes care of Juliet and acts as a messenger between her and Romeo

400

Who is the Apothecary?

Romeo buys poison from this character

400

Who is Friar Laurence?

These violent delights have violent ends

400

What is Friar Laurence’s cell?

The place where Romeo and Juliet secretly get married

400

What is haste?

The theme represented by the characters’ impulsive actions

500

Who is Benvolio?

Romeo’s cousin

500

What is the miscommunication about Juliet’s fake death?

The event that leads to Romeo and Juliet’s tragic deaths

500

Who is the Prince?

For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo

500

What is the Capulet’s tomb?

The location of the final tragic scene

500

What is social norms?

The theme illustrated by the societal expectations and pressures faced by the characters