| Juliet’s mother | Lady Capulet |
| Romeo’s cousin and friend | Benvolio |
| cousin of Juliet | Tybalt |
| Juliet’s father | Lord Capulet |
| servants of the house of Montague | Abram and Balthazar |
| Romeo’s mother | Lady Montague |
| The ruler of Verona and keeper of the peace | Prince |
| Romeo’s friend and relative of the Prince | Mercutio |
| Romeo’s father | Lord Montague |
| servants of the house of Capulet | Sampson and Gregory |
| has raised Juliet | Nurse |
| Romeo has had many girlfriends, but this is the first one to break his heart. | False |
| Mercutio is the one who first suggests that Romeo come to party and forget his lovesickness. | False |
| Juliet wants to marry Paris. | False |
| Benvolio makes fun of Romeo, and leaves him to be alone crying over a girl. | False |
| Verona is a peace loving city whose streets are being turned into a battlefield by the warring families. | True |
| Paris wants to marry Juliet. | True |
| Juliet is attracted to Romeo because ________________________________. | he woos her with his romantic talk and actions and is clearly attracted to her |
| Romeo is attracted to Juliet because _______________________. | he party crashes so he can see Rosaline, but falls for Juliet’s beauty |
| Capulet wants Juliet to____________________________ before she marries Paris. | be a few years olderbe happybe a sure she loves him |
| Who has sent a challenge to Romeo and why? | Tybalt, for crashing the party |
| Why do they want to act so quickly? | Passion Fear of being discovered”Love” |
| What does Juliet seem most concerned about in the balcony scene (before she knows Romeo is there)? | His name is her enemy, not himself. |
| How does Romeo find out that Juliet shares his feelings? | He overhears her. |
| How is Mercutio’s making fun of Romeo ironic? | Romeo has already moved on. |
| How do Romeo and Juliet carry out their plan to marry? | Talks to Friar Lawrence then tells the Nurse to tell Juliet the plan |
| Why does Mercutio make fun of Romeo after they leave the party? | Mercutio thinks that Romeo is dumb for letting a “one-sided” love affair get him down. |
| What is Juliet’s state of mind at the end of act three? | She is hitting rock bottom emotionally. |
| What excuse does Juliet use to leave her house? | Juliet says she has to go to confession. |
| How does the mood of the play change during act three? | From the loving, romantic, ecstatic love of Act 1 and 2 is now furious, frenzied despair |
| Why does Mercutio decide to fight in Romeo’s place at Tybalt’s challenge? | Mercutio thought Romeo was acting unmanly and not defending the Montague name. |
| How does Juliet’s relationship with the Nurse change during this act? | Juliet will no longer confide in the Nurse. She is on her own. |
| What solution does the Nurse offer to Juliet’s predicament? | Marry Paris and forget Romeo. |
| What does Capulet demand of Juliet? | She has to marry Paris. |
| In scene three, what plan for the future does the friar propose to Romeo? | Go to Mantua and wait until everything has calmed down. When the Prince is no longer angry, he can come back and celebrate his marriage with the families. |
| How do you interpret Romeo’s description of himself as “fortune’s fool”? | He has sealed his fate. |
| How does Romeo accidentally help cause Mercutio’s death? | He steps between Mercutio and Tybalt. |
| How does Romeo respond to Tybalt’s challenge? | Romeo tries to calm Tybalt down. |
| “Come, come with me, and we will make short work;/ For by your leaves, you shall not stay alone/ Till Holy Church incorporate two in one.” Act 2 Scene 6 | Friar Lawrence |
| “I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire./ The day is hot, the Capels are abroad,/ And, if we meet, we shall not ‘scape a brawl,/ For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring.” Act 3 Scene 1 | Benvolio |
| “Talk not to me, for I’ll not speak a word./ Do as thou wilt, for I have done with thee.” Act 3 Scene 5 | Lady Capulet |
| “Hand thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch!/ I tell thee what – get thee to church a’ Thursday/ Or never after look me in the face./ Speak not, reply not, do not answer me!” Act 3 Scene 5 | Capulet |
| “Tybalt is gone, and Romeo banished;/ Romeo that kill’d him, he is banished.” Act 3 Scene 2 | Nurse |
| “”If I profane with my unworthiest hand/ This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this:/ My lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand/ To smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.” Act 1 Scene 5 | Romeo |
| “I’ll look to like, if looking liking move.” Act 1 Scene 3 | Juliet |
| “A plague a’ both your houses!/They have made worms’ meat of me!” Act 3 Scene 1 | Mercutio |
| How does Capulet respond after Juliet’s body is found? | He is devastated, and his joy will be buried with her. |
| What does Juliet’s resolve to go ahead with the Friar’s plan indicate about her? | Courage |
| What does Juliet fear most about carrying out the Friar’s plan? | She worries about waking up before Romeo arrives and suffocating or going crazy and killing herself in her insanity. |
| After Juliet tells her father she will marry Paris and her father makes his decision, how does this cause more problems for Juliet? | There will not be enough time to alert Romeo and have him return to Verona. |
| What does Capulet decide when Juliet agrees to marry Paris? | He doesn’t want to wait until Thursday, so he moves it to Wednesday. |
| Why does Friar Lawrence suggest this plan to Juliet? | He will have time to bring Romeo there to rescue her. |
| What plan does the Friar suggest to Juliet? | He gives her a sleeping potion that will make it appear that she is dead for forty two hours. |
| How does Juliet behave when she encounters the person on the road to see Friar Lawrence? | Acts excited about her upcoming marriage to Paris, but is vague |
| Whom does Juliet meet when she goes to see Friar Lawrence? | Paris |
| Because of the deaths, what is it that the Prince, Capulet and Montague say they will do? | Erect a statue in their honor |
| Who tells Romeo about Juliet? | Balthazar |
| What prevents Romeo from finding out the truth about what has happened with Juliet? | Buying an illegal poison |
| What is Romeo’s plan after learning of Juliet’s death? | Go to her grave and die in her arms |
Romeo and Juliet Full Review
December 3, 2019