Romeo and Juliet Comprehensive Exam

A holy man who helps Romeo

At the beginning of the play, Romeo is in love with ______________.

Shakespeare keeps the end of the play a mystery until the last minute to build suspense.

Where does Romeo meet Juliet?

Angry that Romeo has gate-crashed the masquerade, what does Tybalt do the next morning?

How does Romeo die?

Why does Peter the servant ask Romeo's help?

Where is Romeo going to go until everything is straightened out?

The author of Romeo and Juliet is William Shakesepare.

Juliet's cousin, a hothead, killed by Romeo

Wishes to marry Juliet, killed by Romeo

Mother of Juliet, pushes her into marriage with Paris

Props and sets were not used much in the theater during Elizabethan times.

What is Juliet most upset over?

Why does Shakespeare tell the audience the ending of the play?

What is Juliet afraid of when drinking the potion?

Why doesn't Romeo learn of the plan?

Male protagonist of the play, in love with Juliet

How do Juliet's parents try to cheer Juliet up?

As he lay dying, Mercutio shouts, "A plague a both your houses!" How do his words foreshadow the outcome of the play?

How does Juliet's father react when she refuses to marry Paris?

"What light through yonder window breaks?/It is the East and Juliet is the sun" is what kind of figurative language?

Romeo's best friend, relative of the prince, loud-mouth

Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?

Juliet's closest confidant, helps her sneak around with Romeo

What was a way Shakespeare wrote that made it difficult to understand his works today.

Why is Romeo depressed at the beginning of the play?

In the previous question, what does Romeo mean comparing Juliet to the sun?

The Capulets and the Montagues have fought in the streets how many times?

Shakespeare's plays were preformed at the Globe Theater.

Romeo and Juliet takes place in London, England.

Romeo's mother, dies of a heart attack

Shakespeare wrote the prologue in free verse.

What is the punishment for fighting in the streets after this latest encounter in Act I?

Females were not permitted on stage, so female parts were played by pre-pubescent boys.

Who fights (and dies) in Romeo's honor?

Leader of the city of Verona, sets laws

Romeo's father, worried about his depressed son

Iambic pentameter is a metrical pattern with five feet each consisting of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed.

Female protagonist of the play, in love with Romeo

Romeo's cousin, peacemaker

Shakespeare wrote plays and poetry.

Juliet's father, threatens to throw her out

Sampson does what to insult the Montague servants?

Why is it important that Friar Lawrence knows how plants can be used as medicine or in potions?

Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

Why do Juliet's mother and the Nurse think Paris is a good match for Juliet?

Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet around 1595, but it was set in the 1300s.

What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?

What is Juliet prepared to do with the help of Friar Lawrence?