Romeo and Juliet

Question 1

Who was Romeo in love with at the start of the play?

Answer 1

Rosaline

Question 2

Who convinces Romeo to go to the party?

Answer 2

Mercutio

Question 3

Who does Lord Capulet want Juliet to marry?

Answer 3

Paris

Question 4

Who acts more like a mother to Juliet?

Answer 4

Nurse

Question 5

What do Romeo and Juliet want to do when they meet and fall in love?

Answer 5

They want to get married and run away together

Question 6

Who marries Romeo and Juliet?

Answer 6

Friar Lawrence.

Question 7

Who wants to fight Romeo and his family?

Answer 7

Tybalt.

Question 8

What happens to Mercutio?

Answer 8

He gets angry that Romeo won’t fight Tybalt and decides to fight him instead and ends up dying.

Question 9

What punishment does Romeo get from Prince?

Answer 9

He is banished from Verona and has to go live somewhere else.

Question 10

What did Juliet want to do to be with Romeo?

Answer 10

She wanted to fake her death so they could run away together.

Question 11

Who helps her with this plan?

Answer 11

Friar Lawrence.

Question 12

Romeo 1.1.

Answer 12

O brawling love, o loving hate

Some consequence yet hanging in the stars

Question 13

Romeo 2.2.

Answer 13

Bright angel

With love’s light wings

Question 14

Romeo 3.1.

Answer 14

I am fortune’s fool

I never injured thee, but love thee

Question 15

Juliet 1.5.

Answer 15

My only love sprung from my only hate!

You kiss by the book

Question 16

Juliet 2.2.

Answer 16

It is too rash, too unadvised, too sudden

Question 17

Juliet 3.2.

Answer 17

I have brought the mansion of love but not possessed it

Question 18

Juliet 3.5.

Answer 18

Proud can I never be of what I hate

Question 19

Tybalt 1.5.

Answer 19

To strike him dead I hold it not a sin

Question 20

Lord Capulet 1.2.

Answer 20

My child is yet a stranger in the world

She will be ruled in all respects by me

Question 21

Lord Capulet 3.5.

Answer 21

Hang thee, young baggage, disobedient wretch

Question 22

Lady Capulet 1.3.

Answer 22

Nurse, give leave awhile…. Nurse come back again

Question 23

Lady Capulet 3.5.

Answer 23

I would the fool were married to her grave

Question 24

Mercutio 2.4.

Answer 24

A plague ‘a both your houses

Question 25

Paris 4.1.

Answer 25

They face is mine

Question 26

Prince 5.3.

Answer 26

All are punish’d

Question 27

Transgress

Answer 27

To break the rules or cross the line. Juliet does this when she refuses to marry Paris, against her father’s wishes.

Question 28

Foreboding

Answer 28

A feeling that something bad will happen. Romeo feels this ahead of going to the Capulet ball, when he says he fears “some consequence yet hanging in the stars.”

Question 29

Hierarchy

Answer 29

Organising people based on their importance. The Prince is at the top of this in Verona, followed by the heads of the Capulet and Montague families, who expect all their family members to follow their orders.

Question 30

The nature of love

Answer 30

The debate about what love should be- courtly and ideal or physical and real

Question 31

Parents and young people

Answer 31

The conflict between the expectations of parents who are more experienced, and the passionate desire of young people

Question 32

Fate and free will

Answer 32

The debate about whether we control our lives, or whether a higher power such as God, society or Fate controls us

Question 33

Violence and conflict

Answer 33

The idea that violence creates a cycle of more violence and needs to be controlled

Question 34

Adolescence

Answer 34

The passionate feeling that young people have, and the conflicts these can cause

Question 35

Masculinity

Answer 35

The expectation that men must be strong, know how to fight, and defend their honour

Question 36

The role of women

Answer 36

The expectation that women must submit to men, and coontent as wives and mothers

Question 37

Impulsive

Answer 37

Acting suddenly, without thinking first. Romeo rushes into love with Juliet, and she advises him that it is “too rash, to unadvised, too sudden.”

Question 38

Idealistic

Answer 38

Aiming for perfection, not realistic. Romeo is like this when he describes Juliet as a ‘goddess’ and a ‘bright angel’

Question 39

Paternal

Answer 39

Acting like a father. Friar Lawrence tries to be like this when he gives Romeo advice about not rushing into marrying Juliet.

Question 40

Misogynistic

Answer 40

Treating women disrespectfully. Lord Capulet behaves in this way when he tells Juliet to ‘die in the streets’ because she won’t marry Paris.

Question 41

Well-intentioned

Answer 41

Trying to do good. Friar Lawrence is like this when he suggests that marrying might bring the feud between the two families to an end.