Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Act 1 questions

Scenes 1 to 3
1. Think of five words to describe the Prince.
2. How does Romeo appear in Act 1 Scene 1 and what is the cause of it?
3. Who does his Father ask to talk to Romeo? What relation is this character to Romeo?
4. What sort of person does he seem to be?
5. What is special about the way Romeo talks?
6. Why does Shakespeare do this?
7. How does Benvolio say love makes Romeo seem (Act 1 Scene 2 Line 55)?
8. Why is Romeo persuaded to go to the Capulet party?
9. What is the danger?
10. What does Benvolio suggest he does?

Scene 4
1. What day is it?
2. Where does the scene take place?
3. Who is Mercutio?
4. What sort of character does he appear to be?
5. What does Romeo say love is? (Line 25)
6. What does Mercutio say about dreamers (Line 53)
7. Who was Queen Mab?
8. How does she affect lovers and make them act ?(Lines 70-71)
9. What does Mercutio say about dreams? (Line 98)
10. In lines 106-110 why is Romeo afraid?

Scene 5
1. In lines 51-52 what does Romeo say about his heart – why has it changed and how?
2. What do we notice about Romeo’s language?
3. Why does Shakespeare do this?
4. What does Capulet say when Tybalt tells him Romeo is at the party?
5. What two metaphors does Romeo use in lines 92-95?
6. How many times is the word lip used in lines 94-107? Why do you think it is repeated
so often?
7. What does Juliet say will happen if Romeo is married? (134)
8. Why does this foreshadow later events in the play?
9. How does it link to something Romeo said in Act 1 Scene 4?
10. What does Juliet say when she finds out he is a Montague?

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Act 2 questions

Scene 2
1. What day is it? (trick question)
2. Where does the scene take place?
3. What words in line 2 tell us the time of day?
4. Why does Juliet say a name is not important? (Lines 45-50)
5. What does Romeo say he will do? (Line 50)
6. What does Juliet say will happen to him if he is caught? (Lines 64-65)
7. What does Juliet ask him to tell her? (Line 94)
8. What does she say she will prove? (Line 100)
9. Why does she not want him to swear by the moon? (Line 109)
10. What does Juliet say Romeo should do if he loves her?

Act 3 questions

Scene 2
1. When the Nurse says someone is dead, who does Juliet presume it is?
2. How does the Nurse describe Tybalt? (Line 61)
3. How does Juliet feel about Tybalt’s death?
4. Why is she so upset that Romeo is exiled?

Scene 3
1. How does the Friar describe the Prince’s justice? (Line 10)
2. What does Romeo claim it is like to him?
3. How does the Friar rebuke him? (Line 25)
4. Why does Romeo hate the idea of banishment? (Line 29)
5. What does the Friar say he is? (Line 52)
6. What does the Nurse say Juliet is doing? (Line 85)
7. What does Romeo say about Tybalt? (Line 103)
8. What does he offer to do?
9. Where will Romeo go into exile? (Line 149)
10. What does the Friar plan to do?

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Scene 4
1. Why does Capulet think Juliet is so upset?
2. What does Paris say Tybalt’s death hasn’t given him time to do?
3. What does Capulet say to Paris? (Line 12)
4. What date do they set?
5. What will this mean for Juliet?

Scene 5
1. How does Juliet try to convince Romeo it is not morning? (Line 12)
2. How does Romeo describe their situation? (Line 36)
3. How does Lady Capulet describe her husband? (Line 106)
4. How does she describe Paris? (Line 114)
5. What does Lady Capulet say which signals what will happen in the end of the play?
(Line 140)
6. How will Capulet punish Juliet if she won’t marry? (Line 191)
7. What does Juliet beg him to do? (Line 196)
8. Why can’t Juliet marry Paris?
9. What does the nurse suggest? Why does she do this and how is it a betrayal?
10. What does Juliet say about the nurse? How has their relationship changed? (Line 235)

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