Romeo & Juliet Questions; 1

  1. Complete the quotation: “These violent delights have violent ends.”
  2. Where did Romeo go when he was banished from Verona? He went to Mantua.
  3. Why did Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? To try and mend the feud between the two houses.
  4. What is Paris’s last wish? Paris wishes that Romeo lays him against/with Juliet.
  5. Why does Juliet tell Romeo not to swear by the moon? She tells him to not swear by the moon because the moon is ever changing and shifting/ disappearing and reappearing.
  6. How did Romeo help to cause Mercutio’s death? By not fighting with Tybalt Mercutio felt that is was his responsibility to fight for Romeo which ended in Mercutio’s death
  7. Complete the quotation: “I will make thee think thy swan a crow.”
  8. Who supplied Romeo with the poison? He got it from a poor man in an apothecary.
  9. What tribute do Capulet and Montague agree to pay to Romeo and Juliet after their deaths? They both build statues of the other houses child in gold.
  10. Who informed Romeo about Juliet’s death? Balthasar.
  11. Why did Friar Laurence’s letter never reach Romeo? Because Friar John was locked up in a cell because of the plague.
  12. Who was made into ‘worms’ meat’? Mercutio.
  13. Old Capulet’s servant had a problem with the list of guests he was to invite. What was the problem? The page can’t read, so he gets Romeo&Co. to help him.
  14. What upset Tybalt at the Capulet’s ball? The fact that Romeo/a Montague was present.
  15. Who says, ‘Turn Benvolio and look upon thy death’? Tybalt Act;1 Scene;1.

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