Plot

Question 1

Summarise Act 1.

Answer 1

The battle between the two families. The Prince declares the next battle will result in exile. Romeo and Juliet meet and fall in love.

Question 2

Summarise Act 2.

Answer 2

Romeo and Juliet decide to marry. Friar Laurence organises and blesses the wedding.

Question 3

Summarise Act 3.

Answer 3

Tybalt kills Mercutio. Romeo avenges Mercutio’s death by killing Tybalt. Romeo is banished but manages to spend the night with Juliet, consummating their marriage. Capulet decides Juliet must marry Paris and she refuses.

Question 4

Summarise Act 4.

Answer 4

Juliet goes to Friar Laurence’s where they come up with a plan and Juliet fakes her death so she can be with Romeo.

Question 5

Summarise Act 5.

Answer 5

Romeo receives the message that Juliet has died and goes to the Capulet vault. Upon seeing her there, he kills himself with poison; Juliet awakens and kills herself with his dagger. The play ends with the two families reunited.