Romeo and Juliet quotes

Question 1

Prologue

Answer 1

“A pair of star-crossed lovers”

“with their death bury their parents’ strife”

Question 2

Act 1 Scene 1

Example of Tybalt’s hatred for the Montagues
Description of Tybalt by Benvolio

Answer 2

“What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word,
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee.”

“the fiery Tybalt”

Question 3

Act 1 Scene 1

The Prince’s threat

Answer 3

“If ever you disturb our streets again,

Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace!”

Question 4

Act 1 Scene 1

Benvolio’s advice to Romeo

Answer 4

“Examine other beauties”

Question 5

Act 1 Scene 3

Descriptions of Paris by The Nurse and Lady Capulet

Answer 5

Nurse - “he’s a man of wax”

Lady Capulet - “Verona’s summer hath not such a flower”

Question 6

Act 1, Scene 4

Romeo is lovesick for Rosaline

Answer 6

“I have a soul of lead”

“Under love’s heavy burden do I sink”

Question 7

Act 1. Scene 4

Mercutio mocks Romeo for taking love too seriously

Answer 7

“If love be rough with you, be rough with love”

Question 8

Act 1, Scene 4

Romeo fears of negative consequences arising from his attendance at the Capulet masked ball

Answer 8

“…for my mind misgives

Some consequence yet hanging in the stars”

Question 9

Act 1, Scene 5

Romeo’s description of Juliet when he first sees her

Answer 9

“she doth teach the torches to burn bright”

Question 10

Act 1, Scene 5

Romeo immediately forgets about Rosaline upon seeing Juliet, demonstrating his impulsive nature

Answer 10

“Did my heart love till now?

For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night”

Question 11

Act 1, Scene 5

• Tybalt spots Romeo at the masked ball
• Capulet’s description of Tybalt

Answer 11

“To strike him dead”
views Montagues as Capulet’s “foe”

“a saucy boy”

Question 12

Act 1, Scene 5

Capulet’s description of Romeo and a reflection of Romeo’s good reputation in Verona

Answer 12

“a virtuous and well-governed youth”

Question 13

Act 1, Scene 5

Juliet is enthralled by Romeo when they first meet

Answer 13

“…if he be married.

My grave is like to be my wedding bed”

Question 14

Act 1, Scene 5

Juliet finds out Romeo is a Montague

Answer 14

“My only love sprung from my only hate!”

Question 15

Act 2, Scene 2

Juliet asks Romeo to renounce his family name, and if he doesn’t, she will:

Answer 15

“Deny thy father and refuse thy name”

“I’ll no longer be a Capulet”

Question 16

Act 2, Scene 2

Juliet questions the importance of a name

Answer 16

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other name would smell as sweet”

Question 17

Act 2, Scene 2

Romeo offers to give up his name

Answer 17

“Henceforth, I never will be Romeo”

Question 18

Act 2, Scene 2

Juliet speaks of love in passionate terms

Answer 18

“My bounty is as boundless as the sea,
My love as deep. The more I give to thee,
The more I have, for both are infinite”

Question 19

Act 2, Scene 3

Friar Laurence questions how hasty Romeo is being. He questions how real men’s love really is.

Answer 19

“…Young men’s love then lies

Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes”

Question 20

Act 2, Scene 3

Friar Laurence sees an opportunity to end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets through Romeo and Juliet’s marriage

Answer 20

“For this alliance may so happy prove,

To turn your households’ rancour to pure love”

Question 21

Act 2, Scene 3

Friar Laurence warns Romeo of the danger of being to impulsive

Answer 21

“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast”

Question 22

Act 2, Scene 6

Friar Laurence warns Romeo about his rash love affair with Juliet

Answer 22

“These violent delights have violent ends”