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PROLOGUE
1. How are
the two households alike?
2. Where is
the scene of the action going to be?
3. What has been
happening between the two families prior to the play?
4. Who are
the two lovers in the play going to be?
5. What
problem do they have?
6. What will
happen to the two lovers?
7. What
happens to the two families as a result of the lovers' deaths?
8. How long
will the play take?
9. How many
lines are in the prologue?
10. What is
the rhyme scheme of the prologue?
11. What
kind of poem is the prologue?
12. What is
a chorus?
13.
Paraphrase the entire prologue.
I, i
1. Define
the following terms from the prologue and scene one:
star-crossed mend marry exeunt humor
heavy cousin soft doth hath
thou thy
2. What is a
pun?
3. List
three puns from the beginning of scene one.
Explain why they are puns.
4. What is
the purpose of the first 45 lines of scene one?
5.
Characterize Tybalt using textual proof.
6. Why is moved
written as it is in line 74?
7. What does
the Prince command done if another fight breaks out?
8. According
to Benvolio in ll. 92-101, what happened?
9. According
to Montague, what is Romeo like?
10. Explain
Romeo's comments in ll. 200-208.
11. What is
Benvolio's advice to Romeo?
I, ii
1. Define
the following: sirrah county
2. What has
Capulet pledged to do? Does he think it
will be easy or difficult?
3. What does
Paris want?
4. How old
is Juliet?
5. Why is
Capulet reluctant to accept Paris' offer?
How old must Juliet be before Capulet will consent?
6. In ll.
38-42, why does the servant speak in prose rather than blank verse?
7. Why does
Benvolio want Romeo to go to Capulet's feast?
8. Why does
Romeo agree to go?
9. What is a
heroic couplet? What do ll. 99-100
signify?
I, iii
1. Define
the following: thou'st marry move consent straight
2. How can
you tell that the nurse is meant to be a comic character?
3. What does
Lady Capulet tell Juliet about?
4. What does
Lady Capulet instruct Juliet to do about it?
5. What does
Juliet tell her mother she will do?
I, iv
1. Define
the following: heavy shaft visage rushes fantasy
2.What is a
masker?
3. Explain
the pun in l. 15.
4. How does
Mercutio try to cheer up Romeo?
5. Who was
Queen Mab and what are some of her powers?
6. Is the
Queen Mab speech a soliloquy, a monologue, or an aside?
7. How are
ll. 112-119 forshadowing?
I, v
1. Define
the following: within waxes dear go to semblance
devotion withal
2. In ll.
13-30, whom is Capulet addressing?
3. How is it
that Romeo and friends can get into Capulet's house unrecognized?
4. How does
Tybalt recognize Romeo?
5. Describe
Tybalt's reaction to Romeo's presence.
6. Why does
Capulet say Tybalt should not fight Romeo?
7. How does
Romeo respond to seeing Juliet for the first time? What does he now think of Rosaline?
8. How do
Romeo and Juliet react upon finding out who the other is?
II, i
1. Define
the following: conjure consorted 'tis
2. Why does
Romeo go back to the Capulet's?
3. What
familiar quote is in Mercutio's dialogue in ll. 35-44?
4. What do
Benvolio and Mercutio think Romeo is actually doing?
II, ii
1. Define
the following: jests wherefore doff fain strange anon contract
2. What does
Romeo's first line mean? Is he really
wounded?
3.
Paraphrase Juliet's speech, ll.40-51.
4. In ll.
89-110, what does Juliet admit to? Do
you agree with her?
5. Why should
Romeo not swear on the moon?
6. What
arrangements do the lovers make?
7. Who
introduced the idea of marriage?
II,
iii
1. Define
the following: baleful canker shrift rancor
2. What is
Friar Lawrence doing at the beginning of the scene? Why is that important?
3. Why has
Romeo come to the Friar?
4. How does
Friar Lawrence react to Romeo's request?
5. Why does
the Friar consent to help?
II, iv
1. What do
Benvolio and Mercutio think may be wrong with Romeo?
2. What
letter concerns the two?
3. Describe
some of the humor in this scene. Why is
the humor place here in the play?
4. What are
the instructions for Juliet?
II, v
1. Define
the following: bandy stay hot hie
2. What is
Juliet's state of mind as the scene opens?
Why?
3. What does
the nurse do to Juliet in this scene?
4. What is
the nurse's opinion of Romeo?
5. How does
Juliet feel about the wedding plans?
II, vi
1. What
effect does dramatic irony have on our reactions to this scene?
2. What
advice does Friar Lawrence give the lovers?
3. How does
the Friar describe Juliet?
4. How much
time has passed in the play?
III, i
1. What is
the weather like? How is this a problem
in the play?
2. How does
Mercutio describe Benvolio? Do you find
his description accurate?
3. Why does
Tybalt want to fight Romeo?
4. Why
doesn't Romeo want to fight Tybalt?
5. Whom does
Mercutio accuse of being a coward? Why?
6. What role
does Romeo play in Mercutio's death?
7. Why does
Romeo then fight and kill Tybalt?
8. What is
Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt and why isn't it death?
III,ii
and III,iii
Simply write
a brief summary of these two scenes.
III,
iv
1. What
power does Capulet think he has over Juliet?
2. What is
planned for the following Thursday?
3. What is
Lady Capulet to do before going to bed?
III, v
1. Why is
Juliet hoping she has heard nightengales?
2. What does
Lady Capulet think Juliet is weeping about?
3. What does
Lady Capulet promise?
4. Why does
Juliet say she'll help poison Romeo?
5. What advice
does the Nurse give Juliet and does that advice affect Juliet?
6. What will
Juliet do if nothing else works?
IV, i
1. How does
Friar Lawrence feel about Juliet's Thursday marriage?
2. According
to Paris, why is Capulet in such a hurry to marry off Juliet?
3. Describe
Friar Lawrence's plan.
4. What
exactly will the potion do to Juliet and how long will it last?
IV, ii
1. What does
Juliet say the Friar has told her to do?
2. How does
that change Capulet's frame of mind?
3. Then, how
might Capulet's change cause the Friar to change his plans?
IV,
iii
1. What does
Juliet ask the nurse to do? Why?
2. Why does
Juliet almost call the nurse back again?
3. Why have
a dagger at hand?
4. What
fears does Juliet have before taking the potion?
5. Why might
the Friar have given her poison?
IV, iv
1. What time
is it?
2. What is
going on as the scene opens?
3. Why is
the nurse to awaken Juliet?
IV, v
1. Who
discovers that Juliet is dead?
2.
Initially, how does Capulet react to is daughter's death?
3. What change
is made in the marriage feast now?
V, i
1. What
dream does Romeo have? How does he
interpret this dream?
2. What
dramatic purpose is served by having the final Act begin in this way?
3. What news
does Balthasar bring?
4. Why does
Balthasar not want Romeo to go tonight?
5. What is
Romeo's plan?
6. Why is he
searching for an apothecary?
7. Why does
Romeo call gold a poison?
V, ii
1. Who is
Friar John?
2. Why had
Friar John been unable to leave Verona?
3. Why could
he not sent the letter to Mantua?
4. What does
Friar Lawrence decide he must do alone?
Why?
5. What will
he do with Juliet once he opens the tomb?
V, iii
1. Who first
arrives at the tomb? Why has he
come? What instructions does he give
the servant?
2. What letter
does Romeo give Balthasar?
3. What
warning does he give Balthasar?
4. What two
reasons has he come to the tomb for?
5. According
to Paris, why did Juliet die?
6. What does
Paris think Romeo is going to do?