1. Romeo and Juliet Rising Action Test Prep
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2. Capulet
Montague
Friar Lawrenc
Devices
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3. Topic 1 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
To what does Romeo compare Juliet when they meet at the party?
ANSWER:
a saint

4. Topic 1 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Why does Tybalt pick a fight with Romeo?
ANSWER:
He is angry that Romeo crashed the Capulet party.

5. Topic 1 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Why does the Nurse make Juliet angry?
ANSWER:
After making her wait several hours for her return, she withholds Romeo’s message.

6. Topic 1 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What does Romeo compare Juliet to when he sees her on the balcony?
ANSWER:
the morning sun

7. Topic 1 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Who seeks Capulet’s permission to marry Juliet?
ANSWER:
Paris

8. Topic 2 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Why do the Montagues crash the Capulet party?
ANSWER:
to meet girls

9. Topic 2 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Who says, “Oh, I am fortune’s fool?”
ANSWER:
Romeo

10. Topic 2 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: How is Mercutio injured?
He is stabbed under Romeo’s arm.

11. Topic 2 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Why is Romeo depressed at the beginning of the play?
ANSWER:
He has been rejected by Rosaline.

12. Topic 2 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER: Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt?
He is mad that Romeo submits to Tybalts taunts.

13. Topic 3 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is Friar Lawrence’s reaction to Romeo’s request to marry him to Juliet?
ANSWER:
He is shocked and angry.

14. Topic 3 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet
ANSWER:
He believes it will end the feud between their families.

15. Topic 3 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What advice about love does Friar Lawrence give Romeo just before he marries?
ANSWER:
Love moderately.

16. Topic 3 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What does Friar Lawrence mean when he says, “So smile the heavens on this holy act, That after hours with sorrow chide us not”?
ANSWER:
He hopes that he is doing the right thing by marrying Romeo and Juliet, and that he will not be sorry for taking this action.

17. Topic 3 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
When Friar Lawrence says, “Virtue itself turns vice if misapplied” what is he literally and figuratively talking about?
ANSWER:
Literally- plants and their qualities to heal and harm.
Figuratively- himself

18. Topic 4 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What devices is employed when Mercutio says, “Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man”?
ANSWER:
pun

19. Topic 4 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Why is Juliet’s reprimand that Romeo wants to swear his love by the moon ironic?
ANSWER:
The moon is inconstant like Romeo’s love since he was crying over another woman only that morning.

20. Topic 4 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What is the purpose of Romeo’s lines, “See how she leans her cheek upon her hand!”.
ANSWER:
Provides stage directions for Juliet

21. Topic 4 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What device is used in the following line said by Friar Lawrence, “Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
ANSWER:
Foreshadowing because Romeo and Juliet will stumble in their relationship.

22. Topic 4 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
What literary device is exemplified when Friar Lawrence says, “The sweetest honey is loathsome in its own deliciousness.”
ANSWER:
paradox

23. Topic 5 – 10 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Who says, “My will to her consent is but a part, And she agree within her scope of choice, Lies my consent and fair according voice.”
ANSWER:
Capulet in response to Paris’ request that he be permitted to marry Juliet.

24. Topic 5 – 20 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Who says, “These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.”
ANSWER:
Friar Lawrence when cautioning Romeo to love moderately just before he marries them

25. Topic 5 – 30 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Who says, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
ANSWER:
Juliet, on the balcony wondering why Romeo must be an enemy.

26. Topic 5 – 40 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Type your question in here relating to Topic 5. As the Points get higher make questions harder.
ANSWER:
(type answer here)

27. Topic 5 – 50 Points QUESTION: ANSWER:
Who says, “Oh I am fortune’s fool.”
ANSWER:
Romeo after he kills Tybalt.