Characters
How old is Juliet?
13
When the audience knows something the characters do not.
Dramatic irony
What city does the play take place in?
Verona
In what act does Juliet take the potion?
act 4
How long will Friar Laurence’s potion last once Juliet drinks it?
42 hours
In act 5, who else dies, other than Romeo, Juliet, and Paris?
Lady Montague
A comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
simile
Where did Romeo and Juliet meet?
a Capulet party
In Act 2, what “suit” does Paris bring to Lord Capulet?
He wants to marry Juliet
Why doesn’t Lady Capulet believe Benvolio’s story about the events that led to Tybalt’s killing?
He is a Montague
Which family does Benvolio belong to?
Montague
In order to increase the suspense, an author will drop hints or clues about what will happen later.
Foreshadowing
What is the relationship between these two families?
They are involved in an old feud
According to the Capulet servant in Act 4, how do you know if you hired a good cook?
if they lick their fingers
Why does the apothecary sell Romeo the poison?
He is poor/in need of money
What is the nurses function?
to be a mother-like figure for Juliet
“Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! Wolvish ravening lamb!” Which literary device is being used in this line?
Oxymoron
Romeo and Juliet are referred to in the prologue as
Star crossed lovers
Who does Peter, the Nurse’s servant, argue with at the end of Act 4, Sc. 5?
Musicians
Did Shakespeare write in Old English?
No
Mercutio's name comes from the word "mercurial." What does it mean?
volatile/unpredictable
A reference to a work of literature in another work of literature is an example of a(n)
Allusion
Why is it difficult to get poison in Mantua?
It is illegal to sell/buy
In Act 2, scene iii, when Friar Laurence is first introduced, what is he doing?
gathering herbs for medicines
Who says the line “A plague on both your houses!”
Mercutio