Deaths
Plot
Evidence
Analysis
Research
100
Who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
100
The Prince’s speech stops the fight between the Montagues and the Capulets. What will the punishment be if they fight again?
That the penalty for further fighting in the streets will be death.
100
Which of the following is evidence that the Montegues and Capulets hate each other? A) Romeo and Juliet fall in love B) Words said by members of the families have caused riots (big fights) in Verona C) Romeo kills Paris
B) Words said by members of the families have caused riots (big fights) in Verona
100
Why do Romeo and Juliet keep their love a secret?
Their families hate each other.
100
Where does the intro paragraph appear in an essay?
Paragraph 1
200
Who kills Tybalt?
Romeo
200
Why is Romeo sad at the beginning of the play?
He loves a girl who does not love him back.
200
Juliet says "farewell, only God knows when we will meet again." This is evidence of what? A) Juliet plans to tell her mother about Romeo. B) Juliet changed her mind and wants to marry Paris. C) Juliet is feeling worried about taking the potion because she will be separated from her family if she fakes her death.
C) Juliet is feeling worried about taking the potion because she will be separated from her family if she fakes her death.
200
Why does Tybalt go looking for a fight with Romeo?
He hates the Montegues and Romeo crashed his party.
200
What is the purpose of an intro paragraph? a. To wrap up all your ideas b. To provide further support to your thesis opinion c. To get the reader’s attention and to provide general information about what your essay discusses d. To make your paper less interesting
c. To get the reader’s attention and to provide general information about what your essay discusses
300
Why does Romeo kill himself, and how does he do it? (Must have both answers for points.)
He thinks Juliet is dead, he drinks poison.
300
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He thinks it will stop the violence between the families.
300
What is evidence or support for an idea or thesis?
Facts or details that you can use to back up your idea or argument.
300
What was an important choice that a character made in Romeo and Juliet?
Answers vary.
300
4) What is the purpose of the hook in the intro paragraph? a. To get the reader’s attention b. To provide support to your thesis (fact + opinion) c. To show where you found your evidence d. All of the above
a. To get the reader’s attention
400
How does Romeo's mother die?
She dies from grief or sadness.
400
Describe the plan Friar Lawrence develops to help Juliet escape her planned marriage with Paris.
He tells Juliet to agree to marry Paris. On the night before her wedding, she should drink a potion that will make her appear dead so she will be taken to the family tomb. He will send Romeo a letter explaining the plan. He and Romeo will come to find her and take her to Mantua when she wakes up.
400
Which of the following gives evidence that Romeo does sometimes think before he acts? A) He kills Tybalt in revenge for Mercutio's death B) He kills himself after learning that Juliet has supposedly died. C) He tries to stop the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio.
C) He tries to stop the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio. This shows that he is thinking about possible future impacts of the fight.
400
Why is Juliet thinking of killing herself after her parents tell her she has to marry Paris?
Answers vary: Examples: - Her family told her they will abandon her if she doesn't marry Paris - She's already married to Romeo
400
5) What is the purpose of the body paragraph? a. To introduce your topic b. To show how your facts support your opinion c. To summarize the ideas of your paper and remind the reader about your main ideas d. To make the reader read more
b. To show how your facts support your opinion
500
Where, how and why does Paris die?
He dies in the cemetery. Romeo stabs him during a fight. They are fighting because Paris wants to arrest Romeo and Romeo wants to see Juliet before he dies.
500
What went wrong with the Friar's plan?
Romeo never got the letter because the friar who was supposed to deliver it was quarantined, or prohibited from going anywhere, because it was suspected that he had been exposed to the plague.
500
What evidence is there that Tybalt gets angry easily?
Answers vary. Tybalt wants to fight with Romeo after seeing Romeo at the Capulets' party.
500
Think about what Juliet's father's threat to abandon her if she does not marry Paris. How did that threat contribute to the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
Answers vary. Examples: - It made Juliet feel trapped because she had to choose between her family and Romeo. - She would have been in danger if she refused the marriage because women at that time didn't have many rights. - She was already married. - It made Juliet want to kill herself, go to Friar Lawrence, and accept his complicated plan.
500
6) What is the purpose of the conclusion? a. To introduce your topic b. To show how your facts support your opinion c. To summarize the ideas of your paper and remind the reader about your main ideas d. To make the reader read more
c. To summarize the ideas of your paper and remind the reader about your main ideas