Characters and motivations
Juliet's parents want her to marry whom? Why?
Paris to continue the family bloodline and because he is rich and powerful.
Where did Romeo and Juliet get Married?
The church/ Friar Lawrence's cell
Oh Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo? Deny thy father, and refuse thy name: or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet.
Juliet!
How does the play begin?
The servants of the Capulets and Montagues fighting, Benvolio tries to break it up, then the Prince institutes the new law.
How long would the potion Friar Lawrence gave Juliet last?
42 hours
Name the first person who died in the play
Mercutio
Where did Romeo and Juliet first meet?
The party at the Capulets
Who said to Romeo of Rosaline, "Compare her face with some that I shall show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow".
Benvolio.
How does Romeo get the apothecary to sell him the poison?
He says he is too poor to refuse the money.
Benvolio and Mercutio were very rude to the Nurse when they met her. Why?
They thought she was old and silly looking.
Why did Romeo originally refuse to fight Tybalt?
Because he had secretly married Juliet and did not want to fight his own family.
Where did the most famous scene in the story take place? (hint: Wherefore art thou Romeo?)
On Juliet's balcony
To what does Romeo first compare Juliet during the balcony scene?
To the morning Sun.
At the end of the family feud, Capulet and Montague they will honor each other's family by doing what?
Setting up statues of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo fulfilling Paris's last wish was meant to show us what?
That Romeo is not entirely evil.
The first time Romeo is ever mentioned in the play is by Benvolio. What does Benvolio say Romeo was doing?
In what city does this play take place?
Verona
Right before he dies, who says, "A plague o' both your houses! They have made worms' meat of me!"
(3.1.95-6)
Mercutio
The Prince is related to 2 characters in this story, who are they?
Paris and Mercutio
4 people die in Act 5 Scene 3. Name all four.
Paris, Romeo, Juliet, Lady Montague
What was the purpose of the scene between Peter and the musicians after Juliet's "death?"
Comic relief
What is the name of the city that Romeo is banished to?
Mantua
Who says, "See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon that hand,
That I might touch that cheek!"
Romeo
What are the names of the two people who started the first fight in the play by "biting their thumb" at one of the Montagues?
Gregory and Sampson (of the house of Capulet)
Who is Queen Mab?
A fairy who influences people's dreams