The Basics
The beginning
The middle part I
The middle part II
The end
100
Who is Romeo first in love with?
Who is Rosaline?
100
Who starts the very first fight in the beginning of the story?
Who is Sampson and Gregory?
100
Who, according to Mercutio, is Queen Mab?
A fairy who brings dreams.
100
Why does Capulet change the wedding date?
He wants to see Juliet happier.
100
After Romeo takes the poison and Juliet is awake, what does she do when she realizes that Romeo is dead?
She stabs herself with his dagger.
200
Which house is Romeo from?
Who is Montague?
200
What does "biting your thumb" at someone mean?
What is an insult?
200
After falling in love at Capulet's party, who marries Romeo and Juliet? And why?
Friar Laurence because he thinks it'll stop the feud between the two houses.
200
Juliet refuses to marry Paris. What does Friar Laurence suggest she do?
He gives her a potion to take that will put her in a coma-like state. When she awake in the Capulet tomb, Romeo will be waiting for her and together they will run to Mantua.
200
Does the fighting finally stop when the two houses hear about Romeo's and Juliet's story?
Yes.
300
Which house is Juliet from?
Who is Capulet?
300
What does the Prince threaten if another fight breaks out?
What is Lord Montague and Capulet executed?
300
When Romeo refuses to fight Tybalt, who fights him instead?
Mercutio.
300
Since Romeo has received no letter of Friar Laurence's plan, what does he do when he finds out about Juliet's "death"?
He finds a pharmacist who sells him poison even though it's illegal.
400
Where does the story take place?
What is Verona?
400
Why doesn't Romeo have a chance with Rosaline?
What is she has sworn to remain chaste?
400
Why does Romeo kill Tybalt?
To avenge Mercutio's death.
400
Why couldn't Friar Laurence's messenger, Friar John, deliver the message to Romeo?
Because he had been visiting a house where people were sick, and the health officials of the town, thinking he might have caught something, made him stay until he was all clear.
400
What do both Capulet and Montague promise?
A statue of Romeo and Juliet in gold.
500
Who does Sampson bite his thumb at?
Who is Abram?
500
How does Lord Capulet respond to Paris wanting to marry Juliet?
He tells Paris that Juliet will only marry him if she wants to.
500
What does the Prince do to Romeo?
He banishes him from Verona.
500
Why do Paris and Romeo fight in the graveyard?
Paris thinks that Romeo is there to defile the bodies in the tomb and he wants to stop him.