2) Romeo and His Friends Escape Detection at the Party Because They Are Wearing ______

Romeo and Juliet Study Guide

1) When Lady Capulet tells Juliet of the plans to marry Paris, How does Juliet feel

about marriage?

2) Romeo and his friends escape detection at the party because they are wearing ______.

3) When Juliet finds out about Romeo’s last name, she says:

4) Who asks his uncle to kick Romeo out of the party?

5) What is the name of the woman (girl) who just broke Romeo’s heart at the beginning of the play?

6) The Prince tells the fighters, "If you ever disturb our streets again, your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace." What does this quote mean?

7) How is Tybalt related to Juliet?

8) In the famous "balcony" scene, when Juliet says "Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art

thou Romeo?" (Act II, Sc. 2, line 33), what is she asking? 9) Why does Romeo hate his own name?

10)What do Romeo and Juliet plan to do the day following the balcony scene?

11)Why does the Friar finally agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

12)What are Friar Lawrence’s fears of marrying the couple?

13)Choose the best set of words that fit into the blanks respectively. "What’s in a ______? That which we call a ______by any other word would smell as ______.

14)Who dies in act III?

15)What does Capulet use in an attempt to get Juliet to agree to marry Paris?

16) Why does Juliet tell the Nurse that her advice about marrying Paris has

comforted her?

17)What events occur in Act III that would be considered a turning point for the play?

18)How does the turning point of the play effect the mood of the play after the above

event(s) occur?

19)Why do Juliet’s parents think she is sad?

20)What does Lord Capulet threaten to do if Juliet does not agree to marry Paris?

21)Where does Romeo go after his banishment?

22)Who does Juliet see at Friar Lawrence’s cell?

23)Describe Juliet’s mood when she asks for Friar Lawrence’s advice.

24)The main point of Friar Lawrence’s plan is to______.

25)Before she drinks the potion what does Juliet fear (list at least 3 fears)?

26)At what point does Juliet accomplish the first step of the plan?

27)Who first finds Juliet after she has taken the potion?

28)What happens to Juliet at the end of Act IV?

29)What is the name of Romeo’s servant?

30) What news does Romeo’s servant bring to Romeo in Mantua?

31)Who was supposed to deliver the letter to Romeo? 32)What is the actor doing when the script says [aside]?

33)What happens to someone who sells deadly drugs in Mantua?

34) Who is at Juliet’s tomb when Romeo arrives there?

35) What does Romeo give to his servant to give to his father?

36)Who dies in the Capulet’s tomb (list all)?

37) What is Paris’s last request?

38)Romeo and Juliet are called star-crossed lovers because

39)Name the events that prove that Romeo and Juliet are "star-crossed lovers.”

40)What type of play is Romeo and Juliet?

41)What is the last line of Romeo and Juliet?

42)What are the themes of Romeo and Juliet?

43)Mercutio was considered Romeo’s______(opposite).