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| Which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona? | Mantua |
| Why is Romeo exiled? | For killing Tybalt |
| Who performs Romeo and Juliet's wedding? | Friar Lawrence |
| Who is the fairy that Mercutio says visits Romeo in dreams? | Queen Mab |
| What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do after Romeo is exiled? | Act as if Romeo is dead and marry Paris. |
| Where do Romeo and Juliet meet? | At Capulet's feast. |
| Who kills Mercutio? | Tybalt |
| Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the feast? | Benvolio |
| What, at first, does Juliet claim that Romeo hears the morning after their wedding night? | The nightingale. |
| To what does Romeo first compare Juliet during the balcony scene? | The morning sun. |
| Who discovers Juliet after she takes Friar Lawrence's potion? | The nurse. |
| Who proposes that a gold statue of Juliet be built in Verona? | Montague. |
| To which powerful figure is Paris related? | Prince Escalus |
| How and where does Romeo commit suicide? | With poison in Juliet's tomb. |
| Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabs herself dead? | Friar Lawrence |
| Why is Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's message to Romeo in Mantua? | He is held inside a quarantined house, and is unable to leave. |
| Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo poison? | He is poor, and needs the money |
| On what day do Romeo and Juliet meet? | Sunday |
| With whom is Romeo madly in love for the first two scenes of the play? | Rosaline |
| In what decade was Romeo and Juliet written? | 1590's |
| Whom does Mercutio curse as he lies dying after a duel? | The Montagues and Capulets |
| In what area is Friar Lawrence an expert? | Plants and herbs |
| What term does the Chorus use to describe the lovers? | star-crossed |
| Why does Tybalt first challenge Romeo to a duel? | He is offended that Romeo shows up at the Capulet ball Mercutio |
| In what year did Shakespeare die? | 1616 |
| When the play begins, Juliet is how old? | 13 |
| What disturbance prompts the Prince to threaten the feuding Capulets and Montagues? | The servants of the feuding families engage in a brawl |
| Why does the Friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? | He hopes that the marriage will help end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets |
| Friar Laurence's message dosen't reach Romeo in Mantua because? | Friar John can't get to Mantua because of a plague outbreak |
| The only characters who know of Romeo and Juliet's wedding are | The Nurse and Friar Laurence |
| What is the name of the Nurse's servant? | Peter |
| What is Mercutio's nickname for Tybalt? | Prince of Cats |
| How much time elapses in the play? | A little over four days |
| Whose body is in the tomb with Juliet when she is under the spell of the potion? | Tybalt's |
| What does Juliet place by her bedside as she takes the sleeping potion? | A dagger |
| Mercutio explains the reason why people dream by describing the actions of which mythical character? | Queen Mab |
| After the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt,Benvolio acts as a | Chorus |
| I. What indications are there that the feud between the Montagues and Capulets has been going on for some time? | Servants and the prince comment on it |
| I. When Benvolio saw Romeo at dawn,what did Romeo do? | Romeo avoided Benvolio |
| I. Why is it possible for Romeo and his friends to enter the Capulet house and mingle with the guests, undected, until Tybalt recognizes Romeo's voice? | They are wearing masks |
| I. When Lady Capulet mentions Count Paris to Juliet, what is the nurse's reaction? | She praises Paris's appearance |
| I. Approximately how long is it since old Capulet himself has danced at the ball? What indication was there in an earlier scene that Lady Capulet is considerably younger then her husband? | A.)25yrs-30yrs. B.)Lady Capulet was Juliet's age when Juliet was born 14yrs ago |
| I. The setting for Romeo and Juliet is the Italian city of? | Verona |
| I. The street fight in the opening scene is between the servants of the ? and the ? families | Montagues and the Capulets |
| I. Benvolio tries to stop the fight; ? attacks him in order to prevent him from doing so | Tybalt |
| I. The prince orders ? to anyone who further disturbs the peace | Death |
| I. Benvolio plans to cure Romeo's lovesickness for Rosaline by ? (one then one word required) | Capulets masked ball |
| I. ? is the only child that Lord Capulet has | Juliet |
| I. ? is the young man who asks Capulet's permission to woo Juliet | Paris |
| I. ? and ? tell Juliet that this suitor would make a fine husband | Lady Capulet and Nurse |
| I. Misunderstanding the reason for Romeo's presence at the masked ball ? wants to attack him | Tybalt |
| I. After Romeo and Juliet have fallen in love at first sight ? tells each of them the other's identity | Nurse |
| V. What is Romeo's mood at the beginning of scene I? | Romeo's mood at the beginning of scene I is cheerful for having dreamed a dream that good news is to come |
| V. What causes Romeo's mood to change quickly? | Romeo's mood changes quickly because his servant brings news that Juliet has died and has been placed in the Capulet tomb. |
| V. What arguments does Romeo use in persuading the apothecary to sell him a dram of poison? Explain why you do or do not agree with these arguments? | The arguments that Romeo uses in persuading the apothecary to sell him a dram of poison are: A.)Romeo offers him 40 ducts-an extremely large sum for someone as poor as the apothecary B.)He argues that being put to death is hardly worse than dying of starvation C.)He suggests that the law favors the rich and so should not bind the poor |
| V. Why has Friar John been unable to deliver Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo? | Friar John could not deliver Friar Laurence's letter to Romeo because he found a friend on his trip to Mantua visiting a sick friend, and the officals fearing the sickness locked him in the friend's house |
| V. Explain the irony of Romeo's indifferent comment, "No matter,when Balthasar tells him he has brought no letters from Friar Laurence | The irony of Romeo's indifferent comment, "No matter," when Balthasar tells him he has brought no letters from Friar Laurence is as if it was of no consequence the absence of the letter on which his and Juliet's happiness depends |
| V. Why has Paris come to the Capulets tomb? | Paris has come, on his "wedding night," to the place flowers and scented water on Juliet's bier and to mourn her |
| V. Why has Romeo come to the Capulet's tomb? | After giving Juliet one last kiss, Romeo plans to take the poison thus committing suicide next to Juliet so they'll be together forever |
| V. What mistaken idea do both Paris and Romeo have about Juliet? How has each gained that idea? | Both Paris and Romeo believe that Juliet is dead because when Paris went to get Juliet for their wedding, he found the household mourning her death (which was thought to have been caused over her grief for Tybalt's death) and Romeo was told by Balthasar that Juliet was dead after he witnessed her funeral |
| V. Why does Paris feel justified in his determination to slay Romeo? | Paris feels justified in his determination to slay Romeo because (lines 49-57) |
| V. How does Romeo try to persuade Paris to leave? | Romeo tries to persuade Paris to leave by (lines 58-67) |
| V. What happens when Paris refuses to heed Romeo's plea? | When Paris refuses Romeo's plea, Romeo kills him. Then after discovering who he has killed, places him in the Capulet valult next to Juliet. |
| V. What two tragic discoveries does Friar Laurence make when he enters the tomb? | The Friar finds both ROmeo and Paris dead. |
| V. What does he urge Juliet to do when she awakens? | When Juliet awakens, the Friar most urgently wants her out ot the tomb, preferably before she see Romeo. He urges Juliet to go with him to a convent where she can spend the rest of her life |
| V. Why does he leave the tomb? Explain why you think he should or should not be blamed for leaving? | The Friar leaves the tomb because he is frightened by the noise of the approaching watchmen. He is afraid of being discovered. |
| V. How does Juliet first attempt to end her life and join her husband in death? | Juliet first attempts to end her life and join her husband in death by (lines 164-166) |
| V. How does she eventually achieve her aim? | See eventual achieves her aim by stabbing herself with Romeo's dagger |
| How, at last, do Capulet and Montague show that they have learned the price of enmity between their families? | The Lords Capulet and Montague have learned the price of the enmity between their families, in their common grief, the shake hands. Montague says that he will make a statue for Juliet and Capulet says he'll do the same for Romeo |
