Characters
Events (Cause and Effect)
Name that Speaker!
Connections to Lecture
Wild Card
100
He threw a masquerade ball.
Who is Lord Capulet
100
Juliet sneaks out of her home to meet Romeo at Friar Lawrence's cell, and then...
...the Friar marries them.
100
"O, happy dagger! This is thy sheath!"
Who is Juliet
100
This quote makes a reference to what belief during Shakespeare's time? "Patience perforce with willful choler meeting makes my flesh tremble in their different greeting."
What are the Four Humours
100
Romeo and Juliet is based in this city and country.
What is Verona, Italy
200
He married the star-crossed lovers in secret.
Who is Friar Lawrence
200
Tybalt kills Mercutio, and then...
...Romeo kills Tybalt.
200
"Death is my son-in-law, death is my heir."
Who is Lord Capulet
200
This quote models what literary concept? "My only love sprung from my only hate!"
What is a paradox
200
This is the reason why Romeo killed himself.
Romeo didn't get Friar Lawrence's letter and thought that Juliet was really dead.
300
He was angry that Romeo and Mercutio came to the masquerade ball.
Who is Tybalt
300
Lord Capulet decides to let County Paris marry Juliet, and then...
...Juliet and Friar Lawrence come up with a plan for the lovers to escape and be together.
300
"The drugs are quick! Thus with a kiss, I die."
Who is Romeo
300
This quote models what literary concept? "Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good night till it be morrow."
What is a rhyming couplet
300
The number of hours Juliet slept after taking the potion Friar Lawrence gave her. (Within 3 hours)
What is 42 hours
400
He started a fight with Tybalt that ended with two men dying.
Who is Mercutio
400
Romeo kills Tybalt, and then...
...the Prince banishes Romeo to Mantua.
400
"Once more, on pain of death, all men depart!"
Who is Prince Escalus
400
These word pairings model what literary concept? "Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical!"
What is oxymoron
400
This is how Romeo and Mercutio found out about Lord Capulet's masquerade ball.
Capulet's servant asked Romeo to read the invitation list to him.
500
He told Romeo about Juliet's "death" before Friar Lawrence could tell Romeo about the plan.
Who is Balthasar
500
Friar Lawrence tells the tale of Romeo and Juliet when their bodies are found, and then...
...Lord Capulet and Lord Montague end their feud.
500
"I am hurt! A plague on both your houses!"
Who is Mercutio
500
These quotes model what literary concept? "Will you speak ill of him that killed your cousin?" "Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?"
What is a paradox
500
Name the character who says these final lines: "For never was a story of more woe, Than this of Juliet, and her Romeo."
Who is Prince Escalus.