english matching

Question 1

life-long companion of Juliet

Answer 1

Nurse

Question 2

illegally sells poison

Answer 2

apothacary

Question 3

asks to marry Juliet

Answer 3

Paris

Question 4

playful rogue killed by Tybalt

Answer 4

Mercutio

Question 5

peace-loving cousin of Romeo

Answer 5

Benvolio

Question 6

object of Romeo’s love before Juliet

Answer 6

Rosaline

Question 7

playwright of Romeo and Juliet

Answer 7

Shakespear

Question 8

man who wants Paris as a son-in-law

Answer 8

Lord Capulet

Question 9

son of Montague

Answer 9

Romeo

Question 10

performs the wedding of Romeo and Juliet

Answer 10

Friar Lawrence

Question 11

Prince of Verona and law keeper

Answer 11

Escalus

Question 12

servant to Romeo

Answer 12

Balthasar

Question 13

unable to deliver letter to Romeo

Answer 13

Friar John

Question 14

uncle of Benvolio

Answer 14

Lord Montague

Question 15

cousin of Tybalt

Answer 15

Juliet

Question 16

servant of the Capulets (both)

Answer 16

Sampson and Gregory

Question 17

town to which Romeo goes after being banished

Answer 17

Mantua

Question 18

hometown of Romeo and Juliet

Answer 18

Verona

Question 19

trouble-making nephew of Lord Capulet

Answer 19

Tybalt

Question 20

the right side of the stage from the actor’s point of view

Answer 20

stage right

Question 21

the left side of the stage from the actor’s point of view

Answer 21

stage left

Question 22

the area of the stage away from the footlights

Answer 22

upstage

Question 23

the viewers who need to be responsive to the action on the stage

Answer 23

audience

Question 24

when an actor speaks while no one else is on stage to provide thoughts or feelings

Answer 24

soliloquy

Question 25

when the actor talks directly to the audience yet the actors on stage do not hear what is said

Answer 25

aside

Question 26

the introductory section of the play in which characters settings and conflict are presented

Answer 26

exposition

Question 27

the series of events leading to the high point of action

Answer 27

rising action

Question 28

initiates action in the play

Answer 28

conflict

Question 29

the highest point of action in a play

Answer 29

climax

Question 30

series of events following the highest point of action

Answer 30

falling action

Question 31

the final revelation or outcome of a tragedy

Answer 31

catastrophe

Question 32

the hero or main character in a play

Answer 32

protagonist

Question 33

the stage furnishings that add reality to a play

Answer 33

props

Question 34

the main idea of the play

Answer 34

theme

Question 35

an amusing play that ends happily

Answer 35

comedy

Question 36

a subdivision of a play

Answer 36

act

Question 37

a conversation in a play

Answer 37

dialogue

Question 38

the main action or events in a play

Answer 38

plot

Question 39

a play in which the protagonist meets with defeat or death

Answer 39

tragedy

Question 40

the reason behind a character's actions

Answer 40

motivation