ROMEO AND JULIET - Entire play study notes- Exam Questions
with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: In which town is the play set? In what country do you suppose this town exists?
Answer: Verona italy
Question 2: How could knowing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are coming improve the play?
Answer: Builds up suspense and/or tension. Since the plot line was supposed to be a tragedy, but it is at first
a comedy it throws the audience off because they will have forgotten that it was going to happen. It
re-surprises them
Question 3: When Sampson says he will not "carry coals," what does he mean? What literary
techniques is being used in this silly exchange between Sampson and Gregory?
Answer: He will not be insulted by capsules men. Puns are being used
Question 4: In Shakespearean times biting your thumb was...
Answer: An insult
Question 5: Is Benvolio a montague or capulet?
Answer: Montague
Question 6: Why doesn't lady capulet want her husband to get involved in the fight?
Answer: Because he is too old to fight
Question 7: How many times have the Capulets and Montagues had street fights recently?
Answer: Three times
Question 8: How has Romeo been spending his days recently?
Answer: Locked in his room being moody
Question 9: List three oxymorons Romeo uses to describe the conflict between his family and the
Capulets. Then, explain how the family feud is oxymoronic in its nature.
Answer: Brawling love, loving hate, heavy lightness, serious vanity, bright smoke, cold fire, and sick health
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, Question 10: In your own words, we wrote Romeo speech about love in scene 1, lines 176-180, line by
line.
Answer: Love brings me anger and griefs lie in my heat but when you try to help you are just making it
worse
Question 11: Romeo is heartsick over a girl (it's not Juliet) who is not at all interested in Romeo.
Name three of the ineffective romantic strategies Romeo has used in his attempt to woo this girl.
Answer: 1. Gold 2. Notes 3. Gifts
Question 12: Why doesn't this girl like Romeo?
Answer: She's a nun
Question 13: What does Benvolio tell Romeo to do in order to forget the girl who doesn't want him?
Answer: Benvolio tells Romeo to see other girls and to forget about her. Look at how there are so many
other beautiful women out there
Question 14: What "suit" does Paris bring to Capulet in scene 2?
Answer: It's a legal marriage agreement to marry Juliet.
Question 15: How old is Juliet? What are her fathers thought about allowing her to marry?
Answer: Juliet is 13. Capulet, her father, won't be easily persuaded by Paris. Capulet thinks she's too young
and needs to wait 2 more years before she gets married. Also Juliet has to agree to the marriage if it were to
happen.
Question 16: Lord Capulet's willingness to allow Juliet to have a say in whom she marries is pretty
progressive, since most marriages for the social class at the time would have been arranged by
parents. Why, do you suppose, Capulet is willing to take Juliet's feelings into consideration?
Answer: Because she is an only child or was the only child to survive into adulthood so her parents just
want Juliet to be happy .
Question 17: Why is the Capulet servant upset about having been given a pay of party guests to find?
Answer: He can't read; he is illiterate
Question 18: Why does Benvolio want to crash the party? Why does Romeo agree?
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with Correct Answers (Grade A+)
Question 1: In which town is the play set? In what country do you suppose this town exists?
Answer: Verona italy
Question 2: How could knowing the deaths of Romeo and Juliet are coming improve the play?
Answer: Builds up suspense and/or tension. Since the plot line was supposed to be a tragedy, but it is at first
a comedy it throws the audience off because they will have forgotten that it was going to happen. It
re-surprises them
Question 3: When Sampson says he will not "carry coals," what does he mean? What literary
techniques is being used in this silly exchange between Sampson and Gregory?
Answer: He will not be insulted by capsules men. Puns are being used
Question 4: In Shakespearean times biting your thumb was...
Answer: An insult
Question 5: Is Benvolio a montague or capulet?
Answer: Montague
Question 6: Why doesn't lady capulet want her husband to get involved in the fight?
Answer: Because he is too old to fight
Question 7: How many times have the Capulets and Montagues had street fights recently?
Answer: Three times
Question 8: How has Romeo been spending his days recently?
Answer: Locked in his room being moody
Question 9: List three oxymorons Romeo uses to describe the conflict between his family and the
Capulets. Then, explain how the family feud is oxymoronic in its nature.
Answer: Brawling love, loving hate, heavy lightness, serious vanity, bright smoke, cold fire, and sick health
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, Question 10: In your own words, we wrote Romeo speech about love in scene 1, lines 176-180, line by
line.
Answer: Love brings me anger and griefs lie in my heat but when you try to help you are just making it
worse
Question 11: Romeo is heartsick over a girl (it's not Juliet) who is not at all interested in Romeo.
Name three of the ineffective romantic strategies Romeo has used in his attempt to woo this girl.
Answer: 1. Gold 2. Notes 3. Gifts
Question 12: Why doesn't this girl like Romeo?
Answer: She's a nun
Question 13: What does Benvolio tell Romeo to do in order to forget the girl who doesn't want him?
Answer: Benvolio tells Romeo to see other girls and to forget about her. Look at how there are so many
other beautiful women out there
Question 14: What "suit" does Paris bring to Capulet in scene 2?
Answer: It's a legal marriage agreement to marry Juliet.
Question 15: How old is Juliet? What are her fathers thought about allowing her to marry?
Answer: Juliet is 13. Capulet, her father, won't be easily persuaded by Paris. Capulet thinks she's too young
and needs to wait 2 more years before she gets married. Also Juliet has to agree to the marriage if it were to
happen.
Question 16: Lord Capulet's willingness to allow Juliet to have a say in whom she marries is pretty
progressive, since most marriages for the social class at the time would have been arranged by
parents. Why, do you suppose, Capulet is willing to take Juliet's feelings into consideration?
Answer: Because she is an only child or was the only child to survive into adulthood so her parents just
want Juliet to be happy .
Question 17: Why is the Capulet servant upset about having been given a pay of party guests to find?
Answer: He can't read; he is illiterate
Question 18: Why does Benvolio want to crash the party? Why does Romeo agree?
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