Romeo and Juliet Jeopardy #1
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Juliet’s Fancy
Nurses,
Foiled Again!
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Final Jeopardy
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Juliet’s father says “The Earth hath swallowed all
my hopes but she…” and uses this as a
metaphor for this sad fact
What is that all of Juliet’s other siblings have died
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Romeo’s dear friend whose personality is up and
down is named for this naturally-occurring
chemical element found in rock in the earth's
crust, including in deposits of coal.
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What is Mercury
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He says “O she doth teach the torches to burn
bright.”
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Who is Romeo
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When Romeo is reluctantly leaving the party at
the Capulets, he says to himself “Turn back dull
Earth and find thy center out,” which, when
paraphrased means this:
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What is “go back to find Juliet because she is
the center of his world now.”
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When Friar Lawrence says “The Earth that’s
natures mother is her tomb,” he means this.
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What is that the Earth is where we get life (grow
life from plants) and also where we bury the
dead.
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This is the age Juliet is when Paris asks Juliet’s
father for Juliet’s hand in marriage.
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What is 13.
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This is the amount of time that Juliet’s father
says should pass before Juliet is “ripe to be a
bride.”
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What is two summers (two more years)
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This is what Juliet says aloud and Romeo
overhears that signifies to Romeo that Juliet
wishes to marry him.
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What is “to be but sworn my love and I’ll no
longer be a Capulet.”
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This is what Capulet thinks will cheer Juliet from
“immoderately weeping over Tybalt’s corse
[corpse]”
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To marry Paris in a few days
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This is what Friar Lawrence thinks will settle the
feud between the Capulets and Montagues
What is to marry Romeo and Juliet right away
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This is what Juliet says to her mother when her
mother asks her if “she [Juliet] can love the
gentleman [Paris]
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What is that she will try but only as much as her
mother thinks is proper
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This is how Juliet feels when she realizes that
Romeo has overheard her speaking out loud
about him on her balcony
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What is very embarrassed
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This is what Juliet brings to Friar Lawrence’s cell
after she has learned that Romeo is banished.
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What is a knife (or dagger)
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This is the bird that Juliet says is chirping the
morning Romeo must leave for Mantua.
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What is a Nightengale
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This is Juliet’s first reaction when she learns that
Romeo has killed her cousin.
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What is to curse Romeo
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When we first meet her, the nurse is considered
a foil (dramatic opposite) to this character in Act
I scene 3
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Who is Lady Capulet.
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Making a trip to see Romeo, the Nurse is
harassed by these two “gentlemen” in particular.
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Who are Mercutio and Benvolio
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Juliet is very impatient with the Nurse because
the Nurse does this when she returns from her
visit to Romeo in Act 2.
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What is she is very slow to tell Juliet the news
that the nurse brings from Romeo.
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This remark by the Nurse causes Juliet to send
her away never to be Juliet’s confident and
counsel again.
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What is the Nurse compares Romeo to a
dishclout and tell Juliet that it is best if Juliet
marries County Paris.
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The nurse fetches these to bring Romeo to Juliet
on their wedding night despite the fact that
Romeo is banished.
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What is a rope ladder.
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It is he who tells the prince the whole story
about the feud that opens the play
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Who is Benvolio
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Mercutio’s speech that talks of the silliness of
dreams is today referred to as this.
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What is the Queen Mab speech
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Tybalt, according to Mercutio is “more than
Prince of Cats.” Mercutio refers to which of
Tybalt’s special skills when he says this.
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What is fencing/swordfighting/sparring
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This is the location of Mercutio’s fatal wound as
inflicted by Tybalt.
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What is in the heart or chest area.
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This is the gesture that the Montague boys
make at the Capulets to start the first fight.
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What is biting the thumb.
Final Jeopardy
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