Act 1
The two fueding families are...?
Capulet and Montague
Who does Romeo meet at the Capulet's party?
Juliet
The prince decrees that Romeo is to be what?
Exiled from Verona
Why does Lord Capulet agree to marry Juliet and Paris?
Juliet finally obeys her father
While in the Capulet Crypt, who is the first to arive before Romeo.
Paris
The play takes place in which town and country?
Verona, Italy
Who tells Romeo and Juliet of their family's names?
The Nurse tells them both
Capulet warns Juliet that if she does not marry Paris, he will do what?
Disown her.
Friar Lawrence is hesitant to marry Juliet and Paris. Why?
Juliet is already married to Romeo
Balthazar arrives in Mantua to tell Romeo what?
Juliet is dead
The play starts off with a fight. Who separates the people fighting?
Prince Escalus
When Mercutio can't find Romeo after the Capulet party, what does he assume?
Romeo is with Rosaline
When the nurse brings Juliet of the news, she misinterprets her and assumes what?
Romeo is dead instead of Tybalt
Juliet takes a potion that was given to her by Friar Lawrence. How long does he say the potion will leave her unconcious?
42 hours
Romeo and Paris get into a fight. Romeo stabs Paris. What does Paris ask Romeo to do?
Lay him in next to Juliet
At the masquerade party, who recognizes Romeo and his friends?
When Romeo says he wants to marry Juliet, what is Friar Lawrence's responce?
He is shocked yet happy, because this means the two families will stop fighting.
Lord capulet tells Paris what?
He and Juliet will be married
Friar Lawrence has a plan for what will happen when Juliet wakes up from her long sleep. What is that plan?
Juliet will be in her families crypt and Romeo will find her and they will live happily in Mantua together.
Juliet wakes up. She notices that Romeo is dead on the floor. She first tries to see if there is any poison left. There is none. She then sees is there is any poison on Romeos lips. There is none. What is the final thing that Juliet does to kill herself?
Stab herself with Romeo's dagger
Why does Romeo say these lines in Act 1?
“Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate, O anything of nothing first created! O heavy lightness, serious vanity! Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms! Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this”
He is upset Rosaline rejected him
Fill in the blanks.
“O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy ___________ and refuse thy _______. Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love and I’ll no longer be a Capulet”
father; name
Now that Romeo is banished and Juliet is ordered to marry Paris, what does the nurse think she should do?
The nurse thinks Juliet should simply marry Paris.
Juliet takes the potion. Who is the first to find her the next morning?
Her nurse
At the end of the play Friar Lawrence explains everything to both families. What do both families decide after seeing their children dead?
They decide to end the feud between them and live the rest of their lives in peace with each other.