CROSSWORD PUZZLE: Romeo & Juliet

ACROSS DOWN
1. Who does Romeo love in the beginning of the play? 2. Who wrote the play?
3. Who gives Romeo the poison? 4. Who is nurse’s personal servant?
7. Who takes care of Juliet? 5. Who married Romeo and Juliet?
8. Where does Romeo flee to? 6. Who dies over Romeo’s banishment?
10. Who does Capulet plan to marry Juliet? 9. Who is Romeo’s servant and friend?
14. Who is Capulet’s daughter? 11. Where does the story takes place?
15. What does Lady Capulet plan to kiss Romeo with? 12. What does Juliet kill herself with?
16. Who is related to Mercu o? 13. Who is Tybalt’s uncle?
17. Who does Romeo kill? 18. Who is Montague’s son?
19. Who is Montague’s nephew and Romeo’s friend?
20. What is the Blind Bow-Boy’s Bu Sha ?
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ORDER ME UP
Direc on: Put the following events of the play into the order in which they
happen.

_____ Paris asks to marry Juliet

_____ Juliet commits suicide
_____ Romeo and Juliet meet
_____ Romeo and Juliet are married
_____ The Montagues and the Capulets end their feud
_____ Romeo kills Paris
_____ Tybalt kills Mercu o
_____ Romeo is lovesick for Rosaline
_____ Romeo kills Tybalt
_____ Romeo is banished from Verona
_____ Juliet drinks fake poison
_____ Street fight between the Montagues and the Capulets
_____ The Capulets think Juliet is dead
_____ Romeo commits suicide

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ROMEO & JULIET: THE PLOT
Direc on: Complete the plot of the story with the needed informa on. Choose the correct
answer from the box.
Romeo and Juliet was wri en by ________________________. It is about two families called
the ________________________ and the Capulets, who are bi er enemies. Romeo and Juliet
are members of these families: ____________________ is a Montague, and Juliet is a
________________________. At the beginning of the play, there is a fight between the two
families, and the Prince of ________________________ says that anybody star ng another
fight will be executed.
At this me, Juliet's parents want her to marry a rich young man called ________________
but she soon meets Romeo at a party and they fall in love. They know that their ________ will
not allow them to marry. A er the party, Romeo calls to Juliet, who is standing on a
___________ outside her bedroom. ________________________ agrees to marry them and
thinks that this may end the figh ng between the two families. They are married in secret.
Juliet's cousin, ________________________, has found out that Romeo went to the party,
and wants to fight with him. At the fight, Romeo's friend, ________________________ tries
to help him, and is killed by Tybalt. Romeo then kills Tybalt. The Prince arrives, and tells Romeo
that he is no-longer allowed to live in Verona.
Montague, Juliet's ________________________ does not know about her secret marriage,
and agrees that Paris can marry her. Juliet asks Friar Lawrence for help, and he gives her a
_____________________ that will make her seem to be dead. He says that he will
_____________________ to Romeo to explain what is happening. Juliet takes the poison
before the wedding, and her body will put into the church.
Romeo does not get the le er, and his servant tells him that Juliet is__________________. He
buys some poison so that he can _________________ himself. He goes to her tomb and drinks
the poison. She wakes up, just in me to see him die. Juliet takes Romeo's _________ and kills
herself.
Friar Lawrence tells the two families about the ______________, and they realize the harm
that their arguments have done. They agree that there will be no more ________________
between the Montagues and the Capulets.

balcony Capulet dagger Montagues

dead Kill Parents tragedy
father Mercu o figh ng Romeo
Friar Lawrence Verona Paris write
Tybalt poison William Shakespeare

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 FIGHTING FOR HONOUR
There are several important fight scenes in Romeo and Juliet.
You can find these fight scenes in Act One, Scene One, Act Three, Scene One and Act Five,
Scene Three. Choose ONE of these fight scenes, then work in pairs or small groups to answer
the ques ons below and note your answers beside each ques on.
Remember to use textual evidence during your discussion to support your views.

What provoked this

fight? Do you think it
is in any way
jus fied? Explain the
reasons behind your
decision.

How does Shakespeare use

a range of different
methods to establish how
dangerous this fight is?
What is the outcome of this
par cular fight?

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 ROMEO AND JULIET: REVIEW
Read all the ques ons below and circle the answer you think is correct in each case.

1. What do you call the kind of poem with 8. Why does Juliet not want Romeo to swear by
which the play opens? the moon that he loves her?
a. An ode a. The moon isn’t bright enough
b. A haiku b. The moon changes too o en
c. A sonnet c. The moon is not associated with romance
2. Who are Romeo’s best friends? 9. How many women played Lady Capulet in
a. Benvolio and Tybalt Shakespeare’s life me?
b. Benvolio and Mercu o a. Three
c. Gregory and Samson b. Fi een
c. None
3. What is the atmosphere like in 1.1 as the 10. Why does Tybalt want to fight Romeo?
play opens? a. He is determined to fight every single
a. Tense Montague
b. Relaxed b. He is disgusted that Romeo came in disguise
c. Evil to the Capulet party – and feels his family was
disgraced
c. He wants Lady Capulet to respect him
4. What does “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art 11. Why is Romeo reluctant to fight Tybalt?
thou Romeo” mean? a. He has just married Tybalt’s cousin and wants
a. Where are you, Romeo? to keep the peace
b. Why did your parents call you Romeo? b. He is a coward
c. Why are you Romeo - and therefore a c. He is afraid of Lady Capulet
Montague (and my family’s enemy)?
5. Where is Romeo and Juliet set? 12. How long does the ac on of the play last?
a. England a. From a Sunday to a Thursday
b. Italy b. From April to July
c. Spain c. From Sunday to Sunday
6. Who is related to the Prince? 13. What is Friar Lawrence’s plan to save Juliet
a. Mercu o and Paris from having to marry Paris?
b. Paris and Gregory a. She should run away to a convent
c. Mercu o and Friar Lawrence b. She should take a po on he gives her that will
make her appear dead for 24 hours
c. She should disguise herself as a Friar and
escape

7. What is the “ancient grudge” between the 14. Why does the Prince declare towards the
two families? end of the play that “all are punished”?
a. A business deal gone wrong a. Everyone has lost someone they love
b. A broken engagement b. Everyone is banished
c. It’s never specified c. Everyone has to go to prison

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