Romeo & Juliet TEST Flashcards
What type of poetry did Shakespeare write?
Sonnets
What lessons can you learn from the play Romeo and Juliet? Think about ALL the characters in the play.
Use your notes
Talk to Mrs. K
What does Romeo do with Paris’ body?
Places it in the tomb with Juliet
Who said the following:
“My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!”
Juliet
Be able to describe Mercutio
Rude
Crude
Romeo’s best friend
He is killed by Tybalt - while trying to standing up for Romeo
What is the SETTING for a majority of the play Romeo and Juliet?
Verona, Italy
What is Friar Lawrence’s FEAR after he marries Romeo and Juliet?
That the marriage will come to a violent end
Could Romeo and Juliet have been able to save themselves from death? Explain your answer
Use your notes
Talk to Mrs. K about it
During what period of history did Shakespeare live?
The Renaissance
How does Juliet die?
Kills herself with Romeo’s dagger
Who kills Mercutio?
Tybalt
How does Romeo die?
He kills himself by drinking the poison he got from the apothecary
What is Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt?
He is banished from the city
Who said the following:
“His fault concludes but what the law should end, Tybalt’s life.”
Lord Montague
Who kills Tybalt?
Romeo
Be able to describe the nurse
Juliet's nurse Acts more like Juliet's second mother Juliet tells her everything Very high spirited Very active in Juliet's life Says a lot of unnecessary things
Who is the first person to find that Juliet is “dead”?
The Nurse
What news does Balthasar bring to Romeo?
That Juliet is dead
Who goes to Capulet and asks for Juliet’s hand in marriage?
Paris
What does Shakespeare suggest about the nature of romantic love? Does he think it is a positive or negative thing?
Use your notes
Ask Mrs. K
What is the last minute change that Lord Capulet make to the marriage of Juliet and Paris?
He move the wedding day up one day
Where does Romeo FIRST meet Juliet?
At the Capulet ball
Be able to describe Paris
Noble
Polite
Sincere
Lord and Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry him
Who does Friar Lawrence write a letter to about “THE PLAN”?
Romeo
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to perform the wedding of Romeo and Juliet? - - Does his wish come true? What had to happen to make his wish come true?
Friar Lawrence agrees to perform the wedding because he hopes that the marriage of Romeo and Juliet will end the feud.
Friar Lawrence does get his wish - - the feud is over
BUT . . . Romeo and Juliet had to die for the families to end the feud
What type of poem is the prologue - - what purpose does it serve?
It is a sonnet
It introduces the play and give the reader background information about the families and the feud.
Who do Romeo and Juliet go to SEVERAL TIMES for help throughout the play?
Friar Lawrence
Why didn’t the letter that Friar Lawrence wrote to Romeo reach him?
The person who was supposed to deliver it was quarantined
Who said the following:
“Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, / The letter was not nice but full of charge, / Of dear import and the neglecting it / May do much danger.”
Friar Lawrence
What is a soliloquy - - What purpose does it serve?
When someone speaks this thoughts out loud with no one around. This allows the audience to understand what he/she is thinking.
What does Juliet think about the proposal of marriage from Paris?
She is not interest in marrying ANYONE
Who said the following:
“These violent delights have violent ends”
Friar Lawrence
Be able to describe the meeting between Romeo and the Apothecary - - what does Romeo say about money?
Romeo knows that the Apothecary is very poor, so Romeo tries to convince the Apothecary that he needs to make the sale so that he will have money. The Apothecary resists, because it is illegal to talk about poison - - but Romeo wears him down.
Romeo later says that the real poison is MONEY
After Romeo hears the news from Balthasar - who does Romeo immediately leave to go find?
An apothecary
Who said the following:
“Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say death.”
Romeo
Who does Mercutio call “The Prince of Cats”?
Tybalt
What does Lord Montague say he will do with the dowry from Capulet?
He is going to build a statue to Juliet
In YOUR OPINION who is responsible for the death’s of Romeo and Juliet?
Use your notes
Ask Mrs. K
List all the individuals who die in the play
- Mercutio
- Tybalt
- Romeo
- Juliet
- Paris
- Lady Montague
Who said the following:
“Where be these enemies? Capulet! Montague! / See what a scourge is laid upon your hate. / That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!”
Prince Escalus
At the end of the play - - who does Romeo fight and kill?
Paris
Be able to describe Tybalt
Juliet's cousin Recognizes Romeo's voice at the Capulet ball Tough Always looking for a fight ( a hot head) Loyal to the Capulet family
Who said the following:
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other word would smell as sweet.”
Juliet
