Romeo and Juliet Act 1-5 Short answer study guide questions

Why do Sampson and Gregory fight with Montague’s men? They are fighting for their maser, who is a capulet
Benvolio and Tybalt come upon the servants fighting. How do they react to the fight? Benvolio tries to break it up, but Tybalt wants them to fight
When Montague and Capulet enter and see the disturbance, they want to fight, too. What do their wifes say? The old men should stop fighting
What ended the opening skirmish? The prince threatens death if they fought. the townspeople agreed: down with the Montagues and the Capulets
Why is Romeo so sad? Rosaline doesn’t love him back. Call unrequited love.
In act 1 scene 2, Paris asks Capulet for Juliet’s hand in marriage. What is Capulet’s reply? Wait 2 years because Juliet is too young. (14 years old at the time)
Why does Romeo decide to go to the feast even though, being a Montague, he is not invited? He wants to see Rosaline because she was invited.
Why is Capulet giving a feast? He wants to bring out suitable bachelors for Juliet to meet so she may begin to choose a husband. Should Paris seem suitable to her after she has seen other men, Capulet would consent to the marriage.
Describe Juliet’s relatisonship with her family in Act 1. She is obedient to her family. They have a good relationship and she always tries to please them.
At the end of Act I Scene IV, what does Romeo tell Benvolio, foreshadowing future action in the play? “For my mind misgives/some consequence, yet hanging in the stars,/shall bitterly begin his fearful date/With this night’s revels, and expire the term/of despised life closed in my breast/By some vile forfeit of untimely death..”
What does Romeo mean when he says, “oh, dear account! My life is my foe’s debt”? He has learned that Juliet is a Capulet. His love for Juliet has brought him out of his depression, and fro that he owed his enemy, a Capulet .
In Act II, Scene II, Romeo and Juliet profess their love for one another. Juliet is to contact Romeo (through a servant) the next day. Why? She will get information about where and when they will be married.
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? He hopes that it will help to end the feud between the families.
What message does Nurse take to Juliet? She tells her to go to Friar Laurence’s cell that afternoon to be married to Romeo.
What warning does Friar Laurence give Romeo, foreshadowing future events of the play? “These violent delights have violent ends,/And in their triumph die, like fire and powder/ which as they kids consume.” He foreshadows the death of Romeo and Juliet.
In Act III, Mercurio and Benvolio gets into conflict with Tybalt. What does Romeo do when he comes upon them? Why? He tries to defuse the situation and to get Tybalt to put his sword away. Tybalt is no his cousin by marriage, and Romeo does not wish to fight with him.
How do Mercurio and Tyablt die? Mercutio is slain by Tybalt (under Romeo’s arm), and Tybalt is slain by Romeo (avenging his friends’ death)
Why did Romeo’s killing Tybalt put Juliet in a bad position? What did she finally decide? She loved them both and is thrown into confusion as to whether to weep for Tybalt’s death or Romeo’s banishment. She decides to weep for Romeo.
Lady Capulet goes to tell Juliet about the plans for the marriage between Juliet and Paris. What is Juliet’s reaction? She says she will not marry now but when she marries, Romeo will be her husband.
What is Capulets’ reaction when Juliet refuses to marry Paris? He raves about her ungratefulness and tells her if she doesn’t marry Paris, he will have nothing to do with her.
What advice does Nurse give to Juliet? Nurse tells Juliet to marry Paris and try to forget Romeo, since he is probably premenently out of her life anyway.
Why does Juliet go to Friar Laurences’ cell? She says she is going to make her confession, but actually she wants to get his advice.
What plans do Friar Laurence and Juliet make? They decide that Juliet should go home and agree to marry Paris, but that on the eve of her wedding she should drink potion the Friar would make her, a potion which will make her appear to be dead. After the potion wears off, she should go to Mantua to be with Romeo. The Friar will send work to Romeo of these plans.
What news does Balthasar bring Romeo? How does Romeo react? Balthasar tells Romeo of Juliet’s death. Romeo rushes out to the apothecary to get poison. He goes to where Juliet has been placed so he can be with her when he drinks the poison.
What is wrong with Friar’s plan? His letters never got to Romeo; Romeo never found out that Juliet wasn’t really dead.
What are the circumstances of Paris’ death? Paris finds Romeo at the Capulet tomb and accuses him of killing Juliet with grief. Paris wants to fight; Romeo does not. Paris presses Romeo into fighting, and Romeo kills him.
After she wakes up from being drugged, why does Juliet kill herself with Romeo’s dagger? She sees Romeo dead (from the potion) beside her, and decides to kill herself, too. Since there is not poison left, she uses his dagger.
What punishment did the Prince give Romeo for fighting? The penalty was supposed to be death, but the Prince was lenient and exiled Romeo instead.
July 15, 2019