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Benvolio
Who is Romeo's cousin?
100
It means "Why are you called Romeo?", not "Where are you?"
What does "Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?" mean?
100
Day four - Wednesday
On what day of the play is Juliet discovered "dead" after taking Friar Lawrence's potion?
100
1. In the movie, Romeo is not shown to kill Paris. 2. Several short scenes were left out of the movie. 3. Everything in the movie was modernised, e.g. guns instead of swords. 4. In the movie he took drugs before the Capulet ball, whereas in the play he drinks. 5. In the play Friar Lawrence sends Father John with the message, but he never leaves, whereas in the movie Friar Lawrence Fed-Exs it.
Name two differences between the 1996 movie adaptation and the original play.
100
Juliet means that if we change the name of a rose to something else, it would smell the same. Likewise, if Romeo was not a Montague, he would still be as lovely.
What is meant by the phrase "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet".
200
The nurse
Bawdy but loving woman, a servant.
200
Mercutio is using "grave" as a pun, as grave means both serious, or solem and a grave is also what a person is buried in.
Explain the pun in Mercutio's "ask for me tomorrow, you will find me a grave man".
200
July
In what month does this play take place?
200
Crosses in the tomb, Huge statue of Jesus in Verona, images of the Virgin Mary on the walls, crosses around the boys necks etc.
Name three examples of religious imagery in the movie.
200
"Star-cross'd" introduces the theme of fate and destiny in the prologue of the play. It supposes that they were both fated to fall into love and die and suggests that as it was their destiny, nothing they could have done would have prevented their fates.
Why are Romeo and Juliet considered "star-cross'd lovers"?
300
Belthasar
What is the name of Romeo's servant?
300
Mercutio
Who declares "A curse on both your houses!"
300
1. Juliet sends the Nurse to make marriage arrangements. 2. Romeo kills Tybalt. 3. Juliet's marriage to Paris is arranged by Lord Capulet. 4. Romeo leaves for exile. 5. Romeo kills Paris.
Put the following in the correct order: Romeo kills Tybalt; Juliet sends the Nurse to make marriage arrangments; Romeo leaves for exile; Romeo kills Paris; Juliet's marriage to Paris is arranged by Lord Capulet.
300
In the 1996 adaptation, the "balcony scene" is acted out in the Capulet's swimming pool, after Romeo and Juliet fall in.
How is the famous "balcony scene" played out in the movie?
300
Romeo is tempting fate - deciding that he will change the course of destiny and disobey the path that the stars have set him on.
What does Romeo mean when he says, "Theyn I defy you, stars!"?
400
Prince Escalus
What is the real name of the Prince of Verona
400
She means that she will keep an open mind and try to like Paris, and hopefully trying to like him will result in actually liking him.
What does Juliet mean when she says "I'll look to like, if looking liking move"?
400
1. Romeo and Juliet get married. 2. Romeo kills Tybalt. 3. Romeo spends the night with Juliet. 4. Juliet's marriage to Paris is arranged for three days later
Name four things that happen on day 2 (Monday) of the play.
400
A red heart.
What image is printed on the drug that Mercutio gives Romeo before the ball?
400
Friar Lawrence says this to both of the families at the end of the play when Romeo and Juliet's bodies are discovered and the truth comes out about their marriage.
Who says "...Capulet, Montague/ See what a scourge is laid upon your hate/ The heaven finds means to kill your joys with love." and when does he/she say it.
500
Sampson & Gregory
What is the name of the two Capulet servants who hate the Montagues and provoke the two families into a brawl.
500
When he first sees Juliet at the Capulet ball, and does not know who she is yet.
At what point in the play does Romeo say "Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight! For I ne'er [never] saw true beauty till this night"
500
July 31st
On what date will Juliet's birthday be?
500
1. Lady Capulet 2. Paris 3. Juliet 4. Romeo 5. Mercutio
Who were dressed as the following characters at the ball? 1. Cleopatra 2. Astronaut 3. Angel 4. Knight 5. Cupid
500
Lord Capulet says this to Tybalt at the ball, after Tybalt discovers that Romeo is there and wants to fight him.
Who says "...Verona brags him/ To be virtuous and well-governed youth./ I would not for the wealth of all this town/ Here in my house do him disparagement." and when does he/she say it?