Romeo and Juliet Act 1
Romeo and Juliet Act 2
Romeo and Juliet Act 3
Lit Terms
100
What Italian city is the setting of the play? 

Verona 

100

Who hears Juliet speaking aloud her loving thoughts of Romeo?

Romeo 

100

How does Romeo get punished for killing Tybalt? 

He was banished 

100

What is a prologue?

Sets the scene, foreshadows, said in the beginning, can be said in chorus

200

Why does Capulet allow Romeo to remain at the feast?

He will not allow a well-mannered guest to be insulted in his home.

200

Juliet asks Romeo not to swear his love by the moon because the moon is?

The moon is inconstant 

200

Why does Romeo ultimately kill Tybalt?

Because Tybalt kills Mercutio 

200

What is the metaphor Romeo uses to describe Juliet.  

"...Juliet is the sun."

300

What is the main purpose of the prologue in Romeo and Juliet?

To set the scene for the play as a whole.

300

Who marries Romeo and Juliet in secret? 

Friar

300

Juliet is on stage alone as she delivers a long speech. What term is used to describe this speech?

Soliloquy 

300

What is foreshadowing?  Give an example of foreshadowing in the play.

the opening scene of violence leading to the death of the main characters (Prince Escalus' warning)

400

What best summarizes Benvolio’s role in Act I?

He shows concern for Romeo and tries to calm the fighting families.

400

Juliet speaks in blank verse, but the nurse ‘s replies alternate between blank verse and prose. What does this tell us about the Nurse? 

Prose speech indicates that the nurse is a lower Social rank than Juliet.

400

By the end of Act III how does Juliet come to regard the nurse?

With resentment 

400

When Romeo tries to make peace with Tybalt, but then ends up killing him, this is called__________.  

Situational irony
500

What does this stage direction in Act I, Scene I, most clearly illustrate about Prince Escalus?


(Enter Prince Escalus, with his train) 

He is an important figure in Verona 

500

Which character said this “ I hear some noise within.Dear love, Adieu! Apron, good nurse! Sweet Montague, be true.“ 

Juliet 

500

Juliet delivers a long speech directed to the nurse. What is the Correct term for this type of speech?

A monologue 

500

Romeo's tendency to romantic sensitivity combined with lack of impulse control in the end is his_______. 

Tragic flaw