What Is the Use of the Chorus at the Beginning?

Romeo and Juliet Final Test Review

·  What is the use of the chorus at the beginning?

·  Why does the Prince call the Capulets and the Montagues “Rebellious subjects,

·  How does Romeo feel when he thinks about Rosaline?

·  In Act I, Scene 2, why does Benvolio suggest that Romeo go to a party to see Rosaline?

·  What does Lord Capulet suggest to Paris?

·  Which character provides comic relief in Scene 3?

·  Why does Lady Capulet tells Juliet to consider marriage because

·  What reason does Romeo give for wanting to avoid the Capulets’ party?

·  The conversation between Tybalt and Lord Capulet at the party reveals that Tybalt is

·  Which event during the Capulets’ party in Scene 5 takes place first?

·  Why did Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry Paris?

·  During Juliet’s soliloquy in Act II, Scene 2,

·  In Scene 2, Juliet expresses the fear that her love for Romeo

·  Juliet tells Romeo that if he loves her, he will

·  What plan does Romeo share with the Nurse in Act II, Scene 4?

·  What detail shows how Shakespeare uses the Nurse to provide comic relief?

·  Tybalt writes a letter to Romeo in Act II

·  In Act II, Scene 5, why does the Nurse delay telling Juliet about Romeo’s plans?

·  Why does Romeo want to avoid fighting Tybalt?

·  Romeo attacks Tybalt because Tybalt kills

·  Lady Capulet doubts Benvolio’s description of the fight because

·  What is the Prince’s punishment for Romeo?

·  At the end of Act III, Scene 2, Juliet asks the Nurse to…

·  Why is Friar Laurence concerned about Romeo’s request to marry Juliet?

·  What does Lady Capulet say as Juliet is dead at her feet

·  Who tells Lady Capulet that she is to blame for Juliet’s death?

·  Romeo first responds to the news of the Prince’s punishment by

·  Friar Laurence’s plan is that Romeo should

·  Why does Lord Capulet agree to let Paris marry Juliet?

·  At the beginning of Act III, Scene 5, Why do Romeo and Juliet argue over the identity of the bird?

·  When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Lord Capulet

·  In Scene 1, what does Juliet’s threat to harm herself reveal about her personality?

·  Friar Laurence suggests that Juliet take the potion because he

·  The change in the wedding date affects Friar Laurence’s plan because

·  What does Shakespeare reveal in Juliet’s, “soliloquy?

·  To ensure that she will never marry Paris, Juliet

·  The Nurse is in a good mood on Juliet’s wedding day because she

·  Who finds Juliet on the morning of her wedding?

·  Why does Lord Capulet say, “Death is my son-in-law” (Scene 5, line 38)?

·  What is the most likely reason that Shakespeare ends Act IV with a conversation between musicians and a servant?

·  Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead because

·  In Act IV, Scene 2, why does Friar Laurence hurry to the Capulets’ tomb?

·  Why is Paris at the cemetery?

·  When Paris sees Romeo, he says, “This is that banish’d haughty Montague / That murdered my love’s cousin—with which grief / It is supposed the fair creature died” (Scene 3, lines 49–51). This is an example of dramatic irony because

·  What does Romeo beg Paris to do?

·  When Romeo enters the tomb, he notices that Juliet

·  Why does Friar Laurence leave Juliet alone in the tomb?

·  Juliet kisses Romeo in the tomb because she

·  Why do Capulet and Montague stop their feud at the end of the play?

·  How does the play end? Why?

·  What does Lady Capulet want Montague to remember?