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Romeo & Juliet - Study Guide

1.  In the Prologue, the who is the voice that gives us the background for the play?

   1. The Chorus

2. Know the city where the majority of the story takes place.

   1. Verona, Italy

3. Who asks Lord Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage?

   1. Paris

4. What type of party is the Capulet ball? (Hint: It’s how Romeo and his crew escape detection)

   1. A masked ball

5. Who asks his uncle to kick Romeo out of the party?

   1. Tybalt

6. What does the Prince tell the street brawlers once he arrived at the scene?

   1. The prince tells the street bawlers that they would be executed if they cause a problem again.

7. What does Romeo compare Juliet to during the balcony scene?

   1. The sun

8. Who is Juliet’s cousin?

   1. Tybalt

9. Who is Romeo’s spiritual advisor?

   1. Friar Laurence 

10. Know why Romeo’s spiritual advisor finally agrees to marry them. Know what he is worried about marrying Romeo and Juliet.

    1. He thinks that It will end the family feud

11. What style of rhyming pattern do most of Shakespeare’s plays and sonnets follow?

    1. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

12. Complete the quote: “What’s in a Name? This which we call a Rose by any other word would smell as Sweet.”

13. Who breaks Romeo’s heart at the beginning of the play?

    1. Rosaline

14. Who wants to fight Romeo during Act III?

    1. Tybalt

15. Why does Romeo end up fighting the above person?

    1. Tybalt kills Mercutio, Romeo's best friend.

16. In Act III, who kills Tybalt?

    1. Romeo

17. Why does Juliet’s parents think she is so upset?

    1. Juliet's parents think that she is upset because of the death of Tybalt.

18. How does Capulet try to cheer Juliet up?

    1. They set up a marriage with Paris.

19. When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, what does Lord Capulet do?

    1. He threatens to disown her.

20.  At the end of Act III why does Juliet stop trusting the Nurse?

    1. The nurse tells her to marry Paris, betryaing her trust.

21. What is the name of the city that Romeo goes to after his banishment?

    1. Mantua

22. While speaking with Friar about a plan to be with Romeo, who does Juliet see?

    1. Paris.

23.  Name the fears Juliet has before she drinks the potion.

    1. The Potion might not work

    2. Friar might be poisoning her

    3. She might go mad from fear in the tomb

24. Who is the first person to find Juliet after she drinks the potion?

    1. The Nurse.

25. What day did Lord Capulet change the wedding day during Act IV?

    1. Wensday.

26. Romeo’s servant delivers the wrong news to Romeo about Juliet; what is his name?

    1. balthasar

27. What does an apothecary do?

    1. Give Romeo Poison

28.  Name the person who was supposed to deliver the news to Romeo by Friar Lawerence.

    1. Friar John

29. Know who shows up to Juliet’s tomb the night of her “death”.

    1. Paris and Romeo

30. Know the reasons Romeo tells his servant he is going into Juliet’s tomb.

    1. To see her one last time.

    2. To take a ring from her finger.

31. Know who dies in the Capulet tomb.

    1. Paris, Romeo, Juliet.

32. Explain Paris’s last request.

    1. To be buried next to Juliet.

33. How does Juliet die?

    1. She stabs herself with Romeo's dagger.

34. Lord Montague says he will honor Juliet, how will he do that?

    1. He builds a golden statue of her.

35. Define the state of the Capulet/Montague feud at the end of the play.

    1. They end The feud after their childern's deaths

36. What specific type of play is Romeo and Juliet?

    1. Tradgey

37. Know the last lines of Romeo and Juliet.

    1. For never was a story of more woe then this of Juliet and her Romeo.

38. Give examples of how the following themes are reflected throughout the play:

    • Love - Romeo and Juliet's love is pure but impulsive.

    • Love vs. Lust -Romeo first loves Rosaline for her beauty but later deeply loves juliet.

    • Hate - The Family feud leads to multi[ple deaths.

39. What is the name of the Nurse’s daughter?

    1. Susan.

40. List all of the characters that died during the play in the order that they died. 

    1. Mercutio

    2. Tybalt

    3. Paris

    4. Romeo

    5. Juliet

    6. Lady Montegue.

41. For the following characters, know the family they belong to or work for. If they do not belong to a specific family, write “other”.

    • Romeo - Montague

    • Juliet - Capuliet

    • Benvolio - Montague

    • Tybalt - Capuliet

    • Nurse - Capuliet

    • Paris -Other

    • Prince Escalus - Other

    • Romeo’s father - Montague

    • Juliet’s mother - Capuliet

    • Friar Lawrence -Other