Characters
Plot and Events
Quotes and Language
Love and Theme
Challenge
100

Who is Romeo in love with at the beginning of the play?

Rosaline

100

What city does Romeo and Juliet take place in?

Verona

100

Finish the line: “O brawling love! O ______ hate!”

loving

100

How does Romeo fall in love with Juliet?

Love at first sight.

100

What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?

Tragedy

200

Who is Juliet’s cousin that is quick to anger and wants to fight Romeo?

Tybalt

200

How is Romeo able to sneak into the Capulet party unnoticed (by most)? 

It is a mark/masquerade party.

200

What does “Wherefore art thou Romeo?” actually mean?

Why are you Romeo? 

200

What warning does Friar Laurence give about love?

Don't rush / love can be dangerous

200

What two families are in conflict?

Montagues and Capulets

300

Who tries to keep the peace during the opening fight?

Benvolio

300

What punishment does the Prince threaten if the families continue fighting?

Death

300

What literary device is used in “loving hate” and “cold fire”?

Oxymoron

300

What theme is suggested by Romeo’s line about “some consequence yet hanging in the stars”?

Fate / destiny

300

Why is Romeo in danger at the Capulet party?

He an enemy of the Montagues

400

Who agrees to secretly marry Romeo and Juliet?

Friar Laurence

400

Why does Romeo go to the Capulet party?

To see Rosaline / because Benvolio convinces him

400

Who says: “These violent delights have violent ends”?

Friar Laurence

400

How does Juliet initially feel about love in Act 1, Scene 3 when her mother and nurse bring up the subject? 

She is not in love / open but cautious

400

Why does Romeo say he was able to get over the orchard walls to talk to Juliet outside her balcony? 

Love gave him wings to fly over the wall.

500

Struggles to read the guest list for the Capulet's banquet feast.

Clown/Servant

500

What plan do Romeo and Juliet make in the balcony scene?

To get married

500

When Romeo says, 

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

What figurative language device is he using? 

Metaphor

500

What theme is shown when Romeo quickly forgets Rosaline and loves Juliet?

Love is impulsive / love is immature / love is sudden

500

Who gives the Queen Mab speech?

Mercutio