Act I
The play opens with a street fight between who?
The Capulets and the Montagues.
At the end of the balcony scene, what to Romeo and Juliet decide to do?
Get married.
Who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
After Juliet learns of Romeo's banishment, who does she go to for help?
Friar Laurence.
Who delivers the message to Romeo in Mantua that Juliet is dead?
Romeo's servant, Balthazar.
Romeo is in love with this person at the beginning of the play.
Rosaline
When Romeo goes to Friar Laurence the morning after the Capulet's party, he has been out all night. Who does Friar Laurence think Romeo was with?
Rosaline
What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?
He is banished from Verona.
What does Juliet threaten to do if Friar Laurence doesn't help her?
She threatens to kill herself.
What does Romeo buy at an apothecary (pharmacist)?
Poison that will kill him.
What does Prince Escalus say will happen to the next person who fights on the streets of Verona?
They will be put to death.
What does Friar Laurence use the herbs that he grows for?
Why does Romeo initially refuse to fight Tybalt?
Because Romeo and Juliet are married, making Tybalt and Romeo family.
What is Friar Laurence's solution to help Juliet?
To drink a potion to fake her death and be placed in the Capulet tomb until Romeo rescues her.
When Juliet wakes up, what does Friar Laurence offer to do for her?
Take her to a nunnery.
This person asks for permission to marry Juliet.
Paris
Friar Laurence says herbs can be used for good. What else does he say they can do?
He says that if they are not used correctly, they can do harm.
After the fight and deaths, What does Lord Capulet say should be done right away?
Paris should marry Juliet right away.
On the morning she is supposed to marry Paris, what does Juliet's family find when they go to wake her?
They find that she is "dead".
What happens to Paris?
He is in Juliet's tomb when Romeo arrives and Romeo kills him.
1) He hopes to see Rosaline, and
2) His friends encourage him to "examine other beauties".
Why does Friar Laurence decide to marry Romeo and Juliet?
Because he thinks that it Romeo and Juliet marry, it will end the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues.
After Romeo has been banished, the Nurse advises Juliet to do what?
To forget about Romeo and marry Paris.
Where is Juliet supposed to wait for Romeo?
In the Capulet tomb.
Who tells the Montague and Capulet families the true events of what led to the tragic outcome?
Friar Laurence