This person is usually full of choler and murders Mercutio.
Who is Tybalt.
100
What insult begins the fighting in the opening of the play?
What is biting the thumb.
100
"He jests at scars that never felt a wound"
What is "He makes fun of my pain because he has never been through what I've been through."
100
Phrases like "unhappy fortune" and "living corpse" are examples of this.
What is oxymoron.
100
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet is a book.
What is false. (It's a play.)
200
Which character banishes Romeo to Mantua?
Who is Prince Escalus.
200
How will Juliet go to marry Romeo in Act II? (What is the plan?)
What is she will pretend to go to confession.
200
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other word would smell as sweet?"
What is "What is the purpose a name? If a rose were named something else it would still smell the same." (names are accidents of birth)
200
This is when the audience knows something that the characters do not know.
What is dramatic irony.
200
Shakespeare performed his plays at the Globe Theatre.
What is true.
300
What does the Nurse do in Act IV that is unusual for her character (normally very maternal and supportive of Juliet)?
What is tells Juliet to forget about Romeo and marry Paris.
300
Why did Romeo never receive the letter from Friar Laurence?
What is Friar John was helping a sick family and then was blocked from going to Mantua because certain areas of Italy were quarantined due to the plague.
300
"My life is my foe's debt"
What is "My life is now in the hands of my enemy."
300
Sampson:
Gregory, on my word, we'll not carry coals.
Gregory:
No, for then we should be colliers.
Sampson:
I mean, an we be in choler, we'll draw.
What is a pun.
300
You could often find the King and Queen at in attendance at the theatre.
What is false. (the actors would perform at their home.)
400
In Act III, what does Benvolio leave out in his explanation of the fight scene between Tybalt, Romeo, and Mercutio?
What is he never says that Mercutio started the fight.
400
What are two fears that Juliet has of taking the sleeping potion?
What is 1) it could kill her 2) it could not work at all 3) she could wake up in the tomb alone...
400
"There is thy gold, worse poison to men's souls / Doing more murder in this loathsome world / Than these poor compounds that thou mayst."
What is "Money and greed do more harm to people than poison."
400
This is the name for when two lines of verse rhyme with each other (usually in the same meter).
What is a couplet. (Example: "For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.")
400
The Renaissance era became more God-centered than human-centered.
What is false.
500
Friar Laurence talks at length about plants and herbs. How does this reflect one of the overall themes of the play?
What is it shows how people can be both good and bad depending on their actions.
500
What two good things have come from Romeo and Juliet's death?
What is 1) the feud is over and 2) two gold statues have been built in their honor.
500
"Oh tell me, Friar, tell me, / In what vile part of this anatomy / Doth my name lodge? Tell me, that I may sack / The hateful mansion."
What is "Tell me Friar Laurence where in my body is my name so that I can cut it out."
500
What is this an example of?
"Now, ere the sun advance his burning eye,
The day to cheer and night’s dank dew to dry,
I must upfill this osier cage of ours
With baleful weeds and precious-juiced flowers."
What is antithesis.
500
This is the plot line for a Shakespearean tragedy:
Act I - Exposition | Act II - Rising action | Act III - Climax | Act IV - Falling action | Act V - Turning Point