Romeo and Juliet Final Review

"I hear some noise. Lady, come from that nest of death, contagion, and unnatural sleep."

"I am aweary, give me leave awhile. Fie, how my bones ache! What a jaunce have I had!"

Because of Romeo's banishment, their marriage is never consummated.

The flowering of intellectual activity in Shakespeare's day is known as

Serves to heighten the seriousness of the main action by contrast.

Juliet, the last of the major characters to die on stage, dies

Who was the other monarch who reigned during Shakespeare's time? He succeeded Elizabeth I.

Paris is killed in the play.

During the party, Tybalt becomes upset when he discovers Rosaline talking to Romeo.

When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Capulet says she must marry Paris or find another home.

The name of the theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed

Which of the following is not a type of play that Shakespeare wrote?

"Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man."

Juliet eventually "agrees" to marry Paris.

A character's remark, either to the audience or another character that other actors don't hear.

What is the name typically given to 14-line poems that Shakespeare was famous for?

Lets the audience know what the character is thinking or feeling

What year was Romeo and Juliet written?

The theater company that Shakespeare began acting in and writing plays for in the 1590s

After seeing the corpses of Paris, Romeo, and Juliet, the Montagues and Capulets realize...

"O she doth teach the torches to burn bright! It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night..."

The wife of Henry VIII who was said to have been his favorite because she gave him a son...

After Romeo killed Tybalt, Romeo directly went to hide at...

Through his actions, we see that Tybalt's nature is to...

When Juliet says, "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" she is saying...

"O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught, environed with all these hideous fears..."

When the Nurse brings news of Tybalt's death, Juliet...

What was the nickname of Elizabeth's Catholic sister who killed Protestants during her reign?

When the play opens, Romeo is in love with...

"Yea, noise? Then I'll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath; there rust and let me die"

Shakespeare's home town

"Come, gentle night; come, loving, black-browed night; Give me my Romeo."

The protagonist or central character - the one with whom the audiences identify.

Romeo agrees to go to the Capulet's party because he...

Friar Laurence's plans fail because...

"O, true apothecary! They drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die."

A humorous scene or speech intended to lighten the mood

"Sojourn to Mantua. I'll find out your man, and he shall signify from time to time..."

Romeo and Juliet agree to marry after knowing each other for...

"I'll look to like if looking liking move, but no more deep will I endart mine eye..."

She was Elizabeth I's mother

The Nurse advises Juliet to marry Count Paris.

Reveals the character's private thoughts.

According to Lord Capulet, Juliet weeps all the time because of...

"For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households' rancor to pure love."

After a city-wide brawl, the Prince warns that the next person who fights will be banished.

"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."

When Mercutio says, "A plague on both your houses," he has just been...

A speech given by a character alone on stage

Take thou this vial, being then in bed, and this distilled liquor drink thou of..."

Minutes before Juliet awakens,

The play consists of six acts.

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain sponsored the famous voyage of:

Shows strength while facing his or her destiny

Upon hearing the Prince's sentence of banishment, Romeo is relieved and grateful.

The Friar agrees to perform Romeo and Juliet's marriage in the hope that it will...

"O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you."

A character whose personality and attitude contrast sharply with those of another character.

Juliet finally agrees to marry Paris because

Usually fails or dies because of a character flaw or a cruel twist of fate.

"Then, since the case so stands as now it doth, I think it best you married with the county."

Shakespeare's wife:

Paris attacks Romeo at the tomb because Paris believes Romeo...

Who acts as a benevolent peace-keeper in the play?

This character's name means mercurial, which is evident through his dramatic and fiery emotions

Shakespeare's plays were written predominantly for which class of people?

Shakespeare wrote his plays predominantly during the reign of

When she discovers that Romeo is dead, Juliet kills herself by drinking the poison that remains

When Romeo interferes in the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio...

The person who brings news of Juliet's death to Romeo is...