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Question 1

Romeo describes love, at the start of the play, as

Answer 1

‘Under love’s heavy burden do I sink’

Question 2

Romeo, at the start of the play, describes love as

Answer 2

‘Under love’s heavy burden do I sink’

Question 3

Romeo describes Juliet at the balcony

Answer 3

‘It is the east, and Juliet is the sun’

Question 4

Romeo feels like he is not in control of his fate

Answer 4

‘O I am fortune’s fool’

Question 5

Juliet is disobedient

Answer 5

‘He shall not make me there a joyful bride’

Question 6

Capulet says that Juliet is a burden

Answer 6

‘Hang thee young baggage, disobedient wretch’

Question 7

Capulet says that Juliet will (4 verbs) if she doesn’t marry Paris

Answer 7

‘hand, beg, starve, die’

Question 8

Lady Capulet wishes Juliet was dead

Answer 8

‘I would the fool were married to her grave’

Question 9

Mercutio criticizes Romeo for not fighting

Answer 9

‘O calm, dishonourable, vile submission’

Question 10

Tybalt hates…

Answer 10

‘Peace. I hate the word as I hate hell’

Question 11

Friar Lawrence says that young men’s love

Answer 11

‘lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes’

Question 12

The Nurse defends Juliet against Capulet

Answer 12

‘You are to blame’

Question 13

The audience are told that Romeo and Juliet will die, creating dramatic irony

Answer 13

‘A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life’

Question 14

The Prince says that the fighting is started by

Answer 14

‘an airy word’

Question 15

In the prologue to Act 2, Romeo and Juliet’s love is described

Answer 15

‘passion lends them power’

Question 16

Juliet feels betrayed by Romeo

Answer 16

‘O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face.’

Question 17

Juliet is demanding and impatient while waiting for Romeo

Answer 17

‘Give me my Romeo’

Question 18

Juliet finds out Romeo is a Montague

Answer 18

‘My only love sprung from my only hate’