Romeo & Juliet Jeopardy 9 th Grade Literature

Categories Characters 1Characters 2PlotPlot

Characters Both Paris and Romeo want to marry her

Characters Juliet

Characters Juliet’s servant and mother figure

Characters Nurse

Characters He agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet

Characters Friar Lawrence

Characters He sends a letter to Romeo’s house challenging Romeo to a duel

Characters Tybalt

Characters He tries to keep the peace in the opening fight scene

Characters Benvolio

Characters He is in love with Rosaline at the beginning of the play

Characters Romeo

Characters He delivers the famous “Queen Mab” speech

Characters Mercutio

Characters He sends threatens his subjects with death if they fight any more in the streets

Characters Prince

Characters She refused Romeo’s love and caused his depression

Characters Rosaline

Characters She was married young and thinks Juliet should also do so

Characters Lady Capulet

Acts 1 & When Juliet says “wherefore art thou Romeo,” What is she saying?

Acts 1 & Why are you Romeo?

Acts 1 & This is the cause of the feud between the two great houses.

Acts 1 & Trick Question – no one knows!

Acts 1 & Friar Lawrence agrees to perform the marriage because…

Acts 1 & He hopes to end the feud

Acts 1 & Montague and Capulet want to join in the fighting in Act 1, Scene 1. Who tries to stop them?

Acts 1 & Their wives (or Lady Capulet & Lady Montague)

Acts 1 & Fill in the blank: “My life is my ________ debt!”

Acts 1 & Foe’s

Acts 1 & Romeo agrees to go to Capulet’s party because...

Acts 1 & He hopes to meet Rosaline there.

Acts 1 & At the party, Tybalt becomes angry with his uncle because…

Acts 1 & He won’t let Tybalt kick Romeo out

Acts 1 & Juliet’s relationship with her mother could best be described as ___.

Acts 1 & Polite and formal

Acts 1 & The Nurse tells embarrassing stories about what event from Juliet’s past?

Acts 1 & Her teething or weaning And Her toddling days

Acts 1 & Juliet’s father agrees to allow her to marry Paris on what conditions? (There are 2)

Acts 1 & Have to wait 2 years Have to get her consent/heart