romeo and juliet general knowledge

Question 1

Summarize what happens in Act 1:

Answer 1

1. The men from the Capulet family and the Montague family start fighting on the street until the prince threatens to banish them
2. The Capulets soon later plan a party
3. Romeo, Benvolio, and Mercutio hear about the party and plan to sneak in. Romeo wants to go to the party to see Rosaline
4. Romeo sees Juliet and falls in love
5. Tybalt recognizes the boys and makes them leave

Question 2

Summarize what happens in Act 2:

Answer 2

1. Romeo sneaks around the Capulet house and talks to Juliet
2. They both confess their love and plan to marry the next day
3. The nurse helps the two by arranging a marriage
4. Juliet goes into “confession” at Friar Lawrence’s cell and then the two get married

Question 3

Summarize what happens in Act 3:

Answer 3

1. Because of the party incident, Tybalt sends Romeo a letter challenging him to a duo
2. Romeo refuses to fight which makes Mercutio angry and then Mercutio and Tybalt fight
3. Mercutio gets killed while Romeo tries to break up the two
4. Tybalt and Romeo fight and Romeo kills Tybalt
5. Romeo gets banished
6. Juliet worries for where Romeo is and then soon finds out about Tybalt’s death and Romeo killing Tybalt
7. Romeo stays for one last night
8. The Capulets are sad about Tybalt’s death and Lord Capulet rearranges her marriage to Paris to the next day
9. Her parents are angry when she refuses to marry Paris and threaten to disown her

Question 4

Summarize what happens in Act 4:

Answer 4

1. Juliet doesn’t want to get married to Paris so she goes to Friar Lawrence
2. Friar Lawrence gives her a sleeping potion/draught to make her seem dead
3. When the wedding day comes they think she’s dead
4. The Friar sends a messenger to warn Romeo about the plan so he can rescue her

Question 4

Summarize what happens in Act 5:

Answer 4

1. The message doesn’t get to Romeo because there is a plague going around
2. Romeo’s servant (Balthasar) informs Romeo about Juliet’s death
3. Romeo buys a poison from the Apothecary in Mantua
4. He goes back to Verona and to the tomb where he finds Paris and he kills him
5. Romeo talks to Juliet and kisses her then takes the poison and dies
6. Juliet wakes up and hears about what happened from Friar Lawrence
7. Juliet refuses to leave her tomb and stabs herself with a dagger
8. The Friar returns to the families
9. The families find out about the children’s deaths and they honor Romeo and Juliet by monuments

Question 4

Where does Romeo go when he gets banished?

Answer 4

Mantua

Question 5

What is Romeo’s servants name?

Answer 5

Balthasar

Question 6

List the events of the plan in order:

Answer 6

1. Romeo and the nurse discuss about him and Juliet
2. Romeo asks the nurse to deliver a message to Juliet saying to attend confession at Friar Lawrence’s cell so that they can get married
3. The nurse agrees to deliver the message
4. The nurse also agrees to set up a rope ladder so that Romeo can go to Juliet’s room at night

Question 7

How many scenes are in Act 1?

Answer 7

5 (including prologue)

Question 8

How many scenes are in Act 2?

Answer 8

6

Question 9

How many scenes are in Act 3?

Answer 9

5

Question 10

How many scenes are in Act 4?

Answer 10

5

Question 11

How many scenes are in Act 5?

Answer 11

3