1. Act I.i What is the penalty for fighting in the streets?
What is wrong with Romeo?
What is Benvolio’s advice to him?

2. Act I.ii What is Paris requesting of Lord Capulet?
What is Capulet’s response?
What is Capulet Planning?
How do Romeo and Benvolio find out about the party?
Why are they going to attend?

3. Act I.iii
Why does Juliet’s mom ask the nurse to stay while talking to Juliet?
How old is Juliet? How old is her mother?
What does Juliet’s mom ask her daughter?
What is Juliet’s response?

4. Act I.iv Analyze Mercutio’s Queen Mab Speech.
What is Romeo’s fears? What literary device is Shakespeare using here?

5. Act I.v Why is Tybalt so upset at the party?
What is Romeo’s and Juliet’s first reaction to each other?
Is this love at first sight or is it something else?

6. Act II. Prologue & i Are Romeo and Juliet in love?
Why do you think they feel so strongly about each other?
What is Mercutio trying to do in this act?

7. Act II.ii Why does this act take place on a balcony?
Can you think of any other famous balcony scenes in movies?
What does Romeo promise Juliet? What decision do they make together?

8. Act II.iii
Describe Friar Lawrence? What is he doing in the beginning of the act?
Why does Friar Lawrence “chide” Romeo?
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to Romeo’s request?

9. Act II.iv
How does Mercutio and Benvolio describe Tybalt? What does Tybalt want according to them?
Describe Mercutio’s personality in this scene.
What instructions does Romeo give the nurse?

10. Act II.v
Summarize the conversation between the nurse and Juliet. How does this conversation reflect Juliet’s personality?
Has Juliet changed in the play?
Why does the nurse want to help Juliet?
Why does Juliet not tell her mother her feelings?

11. Act II.vi What event happens in this scene?
What complications do you foresee because of this?

12. Act III.i
What are Benvolio and Mercutio talking about in the beginning of this scene?
What happens when Tybalt shows up?
Describe the fight. What happens to each character?
Do assignments.

13. Act III.i Cont… Write a letter to the prince.
What is Romeo’s punishment and why is he punished?

14. Act III.ii
What is Juliet wishing for at the beginning of this act? Why?
What news does the nurse bring and why does this upset Juliet?
Why does Juliet defend Romeo’s actions?

15. Act III.iii What is Romeo’s main concern in this scene?
What does he want to do and why?
What instruction does Friar Lawrence give Romeo?

16. Act III.iv What plans do Lord Capulet and Paris make?
Why are these plans a problem?

17. Act III.v
Romeo and Juliet are saying their goodbyes, what is significant about this scene?
What are some examples of foreshadowing in this scene?
What is Juliet’s secret word play when she is talking to her mother about Romeo?
What news does Lady Capulet have for her daughter? What is Juliet’s reaction to this news?

18. Act III.v cont…
What threat does Lord Capulet make to his daughter? Why?
What advice does the nurse give Juliet?
How does Juliet respond to this advice?

19. Act IV.i Why does Paris think Juliet is going to the church?
What is Friar Lawrence’s plan to help Juliet?
What is his motivation for helping her this way?

20. Act IV.ii What does Juliet tell her father?
Why does this make her father happy?
Do you think Lord Capulet loves his daughter? Why or why not?

21. Act IV.iii What is Juliet preparing for?
What is Juliet afraid of before she takes the potion?
Why do you think she drinks despite her fear?

22. Act IV. iv
Summarize this scene

23. Act IV.v What discovery is made during this scene?
Do you think Juliet’s parents are truly mourning her? Why or why not?

24. Act V.i What news is brought to Romeo?
What does Romeo plan to do when he receives the news?
Why does the Apothecary sell Romeo the drugs even though it is illegal?

25. Act V.ii
Why does Romeo never receive Lawrence’s note?
What is Lawrence’s plan now?

26. Act V. iii Why does Paris go to the graveyard?
What happens to him there?
What clues does Romeo have that Juliet might not be dead?
What happens when Lawrence enters the tomb?

27. Act V.iii Cont… Why does Juliet not leave the tomb?
Why does Lawrence leave her?
What happens when he leaves?
Is what happened to Romeo and Juliet Fate or is there another explanation?

28. Act V.iii Cont… What confession does Lawrence make?
What is the resolution to the play?
What do you think of the ending of Romeo and Juliet? Would you do anything to change it and what would that be?