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Romeo and Juliet

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William Shakespeare Biography

Personal Background
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About Romeo and Juliet

Date of Composition
First Performance
Cultural Influences
Shakespeare’s Adaptations of Brooke’s The Tragicall Historye Of Romeus And Juliet

Summary and Analysis by Scene

Act I: Prologue
Act I: Scene 1
Act I: Scene 2
Act I: Scene 3
Act I: Scene 4
Act I: Scene 5
Act II: Prologue
Act II: Scene 1
Act II: Scene 2
Act II: Scene 3
Act II: Scene 4
Act II: Scene 5
Act II: Scene 6
Act III: Scene 1
Act III: Scene 2
Act III: Scene 3
Act III: Scene 4
Act III: Scene 5
Act IV: Scene 1
Act IV: Scene 2
Act IV: Scene 3
Act IV: Scene 4
Act IV: Scene 5
Act V: Scene 1
Act V: Scene 2
Act V: Scene 3

Character List

Character Map

Character Analysis

Juliet
Romeo
The Nurse
Mercutio
Friar Laurence

Critical Essays

The Role of Comic Characters in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Critical Analysis of Setting in the Opening Scenes of Luhrmann’s Film, Romeo + Juliet

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1:  When the play begins, Juliet is how old?

a. 21

b. 18

c. 16

d. 13
2:  What disturbance prompts the Prince to threaten the feuding Capulets and Montagues?

a. The killing of Lord Montague’s nephew

b. The theft of land from the Montagues

c. Romeo sneaking around the Capulet orchard

d. The servants of the feuding families engage in a brawl.
3:  Why does the Friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

a. He hopes that the marriage will help end the feud between the Montagues and the Capulets.

b. He believes that Romeo and Juliet are deeply in love.

c. He’s afraid of offending Romeo’s father.

d. He looks forward to the extra income.
4:  Friar Laurence’s message doesn't reach Romeo in Mantua because

a. Romeo has moved

b. b. a civil war in Italy has blocked all roads to Mantua

c. Friar John can’t get to Mantua because of a plague outbreak

d. Lady Montague interferes with the delivery
5:  The only characters who know of Romeo and Juliet's wedding are

a. The Nurse and Friar Laurence

b. Mercutio and Paris

c. Friar John and Friar Laurence

d. Tybalt and Friar Tuck
6:  What is the name of the Nurse’s servant?

a. Samuel

b. Abram

c. Peter

d. Balthasar
7:  What is Mercutio’s nickname for Tybalt?

a. Tricky Ty

b. Brawlilng Boy

c. Prince of Cats

d. King of Compliments
8:  How much time elapses in the play?

a. A little over four days

b. About one week

c. Three weeks

d. No way to determine
9:  Whose body is in the tomb with Juliet when she is under the spell of the potion?

a. Mercutio’s

b. Lord Capulet’s

c. Benvolio’s

d. Tybalt’s
10:  What does Juliet place by her bedside as she takes the sleeping potion?

a. A prayer book

b. Romeo's picture

c. A dagger

d. The antidote
11:  Mercutio explains the reason why people dream by describing the actions of which mythical character?

a. Diane

b. Cupid

c. Queen Mab

d. Venus
12:  After the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt, Benvolio acts as a

a. Fool

b. Chorus

c. Messenger

d. Pallbearer
13:  Who said the following: “No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve. Ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o’ both your houses!”

a. Mercutio

b. Romeo

c. Juliet

d. Lord Capulet
14:  Who said the following: “Like violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which, as they kiss, consume."

a. Romeo

b. Friar Laurence

c. Mercutio



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