Characters
Plot Events 1
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Plot Events 2
Plot Elements
100

Who dies after blaming his best friend?


Who recognizes Romeo's voice at the party and issues a challenge to him?

Mercutio

Tybalt

100

What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?

Banishment or exile

100

Who says, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" and what does it mean?


$100 Bonus - What scene does the quote come from?

Juliet; "Why are you Romeo?"


Bonus - Balcony scene

100

Who does Romeo love at the beginning of the play?

Rosaline

100

Romeo having a dream that the Capulet party will lead to his death is an example of what device being used?

Foreshadowing

200

Who comes up with the plans to help the young lovers?

Who asks for Juliet's hand in marriage?

Friar Laurence

Count Paris

200

How do Mercutio and Tybalt die?

Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo kills Tybalt.

200

Who says, "A plague on both your houses!" and what does it mean?


$100 Bonus - what scene?

Mercutio; curse both families


Bonus - Mercutio's death scene; the fight scene

200

Why does the Friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

He thinks it will end the feud between the families.

200

The end of the play where Romeo and Juliet end their lives and the families come together is an example of what device?

Resolution

300

Who is the peaceful, level-headed Montague still alive at the end of the play?

In what city does the play take place?

Benvolio

Verona, Italy

300

What is Lord Capulet's reaction to Juliet's refusal to marry Paris?

He gets very angry and says he will disown her and kick her out of the house if she doesn't marry Paris.

300

Who says, "Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast?" and what does it mean?


$100 Bonus - what scene?

Friar Laurence; take things slow or you will fall


Bonus - when asking for Friar to marry them

300

Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?

They are family now after his marriage to Juliet.

300

Romeo's banishment in Act 3 is an example of what device?

Climax

400

Who moves up Juliet's wedding from two years to two days?

Who issues a law about fighting in the streets and later banishes Romeo?

Lord Capulet


Prince Escalus

400

How many times have the Capulets and Montagues fought in the streets? (including the fight at the opening of the play)

3

400

Who says, "Did my heart love til now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty til this night." and what does it mean?


$100 Bonus - what scene?

Romeo; he's never truly loved or seen beauty until seeing Juliet


Bonus - the party; the first time seeing Juliet

400

What is the nurse's advice to Juliet after Romeo is gone?

Just marry Paris and forget about Romeo

400

During the play, the audience knows many things that the characters do not, like when Juliet fakes her death. This is an example of what device?

Dramatic irony

500

Who advises Juliet to just marry Paris?

Who demands that Romeo be put to death after killing Tybalt?

Nurse

Lady Capulet

500

Explain Juliet's plan to avoid the marriage to Paris AND how it goes wrong.

She will fake her death to get out of the marriage, and Romeo will come rescue her from the tomb. Romeo never receives the message from Friar, so he believes Juliet is really dead and takes his life to be with her. 

500

Who says, "That which we call a rose by any other word would smell as sweet." and what does it mean?

$100 Bonus - what scene?

Juliet; Romeo would still be the same person even if he changed his name

Bonus - balcony scene


500

Explain both of Lord Capulet's answers to Paris's request to marry Juliet.

1. Wait two years and get her to fall in love with you.

2. You can marry her in two days because everyone is sad about Tybalt.

500

The Prologue of the play is an example of what device?

Exposition