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Romeo & Juliet TEST Flashcards

1
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What type of poetry did Shakespeare write?

A

Sonnets

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2
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What lessons can you learn from the play Romeo and Juliet? Think about ALL the characters in the play.

A

Use your notes

Talk to Mrs. K

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3
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What does Romeo do with Paris’ body?

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Places it in the tomb with Juliet

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4
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Who said the following:

“My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late!”

A

Juliet

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5
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Be able to describe Mercutio

A

Rude
Crude
Romeo’s best friend
He is killed by Tybalt - while trying to standing up for Romeo

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6
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What is the SETTING for a majority of the play Romeo and Juliet?

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Verona, Italy

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7
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What is Friar Lawrence’s FEAR after he marries Romeo and Juliet?

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That the marriage will come to a violent end

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8
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Could Romeo and Juliet have been able to save themselves from death? Explain your answer

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Use your notes

Talk to Mrs. K about it

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9
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During what period of history did Shakespeare live?

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The Renaissance

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10
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How does Juliet die?

A

Kills herself with Romeo’s dagger

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11
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Who kills Mercutio?

A

Tybalt

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12
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How does Romeo die?

A

He kills himself by drinking the poison he got from the apothecary

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13
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What is Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt?

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He is banished from the city

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14
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Who said the following:

“His fault concludes but what the law should end, Tybalt’s life.”

A

Lord Montague

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15
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Who kills Tybalt?

A

Romeo

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16
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Be able to describe the nurse

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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
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17
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Who is the first person to find that Juliet is “dead”?

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The Nurse

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18
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What news does Balthasar bring to Romeo?

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That Juliet is dead

19
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Who goes to Capulet and asks for Juliet’s hand in marriage?

A

Paris

20
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What does Shakespeare suggest about the nature of romantic love? Does he think it is a positive or negative thing?

A

Use your notes

Ask Mrs. K

21
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What is the last minute change that Lord Capulet make to the marriage of Juliet and Paris?

A

He move the wedding day up one day

22
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Where does Romeo FIRST meet Juliet?

A

At the Capulet ball

23
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Be able to describe Paris

A

Noble
Polite
Sincere
Lord and Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry him

24
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Who does Friar Lawrence write a letter to about “THE PLAN”?

A

Romeo

25
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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?

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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

26
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What type of poem is the prologue - - what purpose does it serve?

A

It is a sonnet

It introduces the play and give the reader background information about the families and the feud.

27
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Who do Romeo and Juliet go to SEVERAL TIMES for help throughout the play?

A

Friar Lawrence

28
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Why didn’t the letter that Friar Lawrence wrote to Romeo reach him?

A

The person who was supposed to deliver it was quarantined

29
Q

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.”

A

Friar Lawrence

30
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What is a soliloquy - - What purpose does it serve?

A

When someone speaks this thoughts out loud with no one around. This allows the audience to understand what he/she is thinking.

31
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What does Juliet think about the proposal of marriage from Paris?

A

She is not interest in marrying ANYONE

32
Q

Who said the following:

“These violent delights have violent ends”

A

Friar Lawrence

33
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Be able to describe the meeting between Romeo and the Apothecary - - what does Romeo say about money?

A

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

34
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After Romeo hears the news from Balthasar - who does Romeo immediately leave to go find?

A

An apothecary

35
Q

Who said the following:

“Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say death.”

A

Romeo

36
Q

Who does Mercutio call “The Prince of Cats”?

A

Tybalt

37
Q

What does Lord Montague say he will do with the dowry from Capulet?

A

He is going to build a statue to Juliet

38
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In YOUR OPINION who is responsible for the death’s of Romeo and Juliet?

A

Use your notes

Ask Mrs. K

39
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List all the individuals who die in the play

A
  1. Mercutio
  2. Tybalt
  3. Romeo
  4. Juliet
  5. Paris
  6. Lady Montague
40
Q

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!”

A

Prince Escalus

41
Q

At the end of the play - - who does Romeo fight and kill?

A

Paris

42
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Be able to describe Tybalt

A 
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
43
Q

Who said the following:

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/ By any other word would smell as sweet.”

A

Juliet

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