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Who Said That?!
Cite that Play!
What Could This Represent?
Important Scenes/Events
WILDCARD
100

Who said the lines: "I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, / Or manage it to part these men with me."

Benvolio

100

Correctly cite the following excerpt:

SAMPSON: I do bite my thumb, sir. 

(Taken from Act 1, Scene 1, Line 46)

"I do bite my thumb, sir." (Shakespeare 1.1.46).

100

Give me at least three examples of feelings/ideas that the color YELLOW could represent.

Happiness, youth, optimism, innocence, joy, danger, energetic, cowardice, caution/warning, illness, hope, enlightenment, etc.
100

What "part" of the plot are we in when Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt?

The Conflict/Climax

100

Give us your best "hot take" from Romeo and Juliet. If you can convince the class that your take is valid, you get the points, if not, minus the points from your total.

What do we think?

200

Who said the lines: "I fear too early, for my mind misgives / Some consequences yet hanging in the stars"

Romeo

200

Correctly cite the following excerpt:

FRIAR LAWRENCE: God pardon sin! Wast thou with Rosaline?

(Taken from Act 2, Scene 3, Line 48)

"God pardon sin! Wast thou with Rosaline?" (Shakespeare 2.3.48).

200

Give me at least three examples of feelings/ideas that a ROSE could represent symbolically.

Love, romance, passion, beauty, simplicity, etc

200

Tell me the Act that the balcony scene is in: get 100 points.

Tell me the exact SCENE and get the other 100.

Act 2, Scene 2

200

Give your best Shakespearean insult. If the crowd likes it you get the points, if it's weak you get NO points.

What does the crowd think?

300

Who said the lines: "Good Peter, to hide her face, for her fan's / the fairer face."

Mercutio

300

Correctly cite the following excerpt:

ROMEO: Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace.

Thou talk'st of nothing.

(Taken from Act 1, Scene 4, Lines 101-102)

"Peace, peace, Mercutio, peace. / Thou talk'st of nothing." (Shakespeare 1.4.101-102).

300

Give me three examples of feelings/ideas that the color GRAY could symbolize

Boredom, loneliness, neutrality, balance, sadness, etc.

300
What happens in the play after the Nurse goes to find Romeo and deliver a message the FIRST time?

The Nurse returns to Juliet and tells her about the plan for her and Romeo to get married later that day.

300
Elect one member from your group to stand in front of the room and SILENTLY act as one of the characters. If the class can guess your character within 30 seconds you get the points, if not, minus 150 from your total.

Did they get it?!

400

Who said the line: "Younger than she are happy mothers made." 

Paris

400

Correctly cite the following excerpt:

MERCUTIO: Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I

am done, for thou hast more of the wild goose in 

one of they wits than I

(Taken from Act 2, Scene 4, Lines 73-75)

"Nay, if our wits run the wild-goose chase, I / am done, for thou hast more of the wild goose in / one of they wits than I," (Shakespeare 2.4.73-75).

400

Give me three examples of feelings/ideas that Romeo's dagger could symbolize.

(untimely) death, naivety, youth, fate, passion, etc.

400

Give me an example of something that Friar Lawrence does or says that foreshadows Romeo and Juliet's fate.

Talking about the poison flower, telling Romeo that the best intentions lead the path to hell, calling Romeo out for falling in love to fast and how that never ends well, etc.
400

One member of your team needs to call up a friend and WITHOUT ANY CONTEXT recite the following lines:

"If I profane my unworthiest hand 

This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:

My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand

To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss."

If you gave them context either before or after or they DID NOT ANSWER minus 150 points from your total.

500

Who said the lines: "Patience perforce with willful choler meeting / Makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting."

Tybalt

500

Correctly cite the following excerpt:

MERCUTIO: I will bite thee by the ear for that jest.

ROMEO: Nay, good goose, bite not.

(Taken from Act 2, Scene 4, Lines 79-81).

MERCUTIO: I will bite thee by the ear for that jest.

ROMEO: Nay, good goose, bite not. (Shakespeare 2.4.79-80).

500

Give me three examples of feelings/ideas that the poison flower that Friar Lawrence mentions could symbolize.

Death, inevitability, fate, the feud between their families, freedom, etc.

500

What timeline of events lead to Tybalt's death? Give us at least 5 events that all helped lead to Tybalt's death.

Capulet's throw a party

Romeo comes to the party

Tybalt figures out Romeo's identity

Tybalt wants to fight but gets shut down by Lord Capulet

Tybalt writes Romeo and the Montagues a letter 

Tybalt runs into Mercutio and Benvolio and starts fighting

Romeo tries to stop it and Mercutio gets killed

Romeo is blinded with rage and fights Tybalt

Tybalt tries to kill Romeo, but Romeo kills Tybalt

500

Elect two members of your team to recreate the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet. If the audience believes that you're in love, you get the points. If not, take 200 from your score. 

What does the audience think?