R&J Character Quiz

The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. A young man of about sixteen, ---- is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive

• Mercutio

• Romeo

• Friar lawrence

• Tybalt

The daughter of Capulet and Lady Capulet. A thirteen-year-old girl, ----begins the play as a naïve child who has thought little about love and marriage, but she grows up quickly upon falling in love with Romeo, the son of her family’s great enemy.

• Ophelia

• Lady Capulet

• The Nurse

• Juliet

A kinsman to the Prince, and Romeo’s close friend. One of the most extraordinary characters in all of Shakespeare’s plays, ---- overflows with imagination, wit, and, at times, a strange, biting satire and brooding fervor.

• Tybalt

• Mercutio

• Romeo

• Friar Lawrence

---the woman who breast-fed Juliet when she was a baby and has cared for Juliet her entire life. A vulgar, long-winded, and sentimental character, ----provides comic relief with her frequently inappropriate remarks and speeches

• The Nurse

• Lady Montague

• Desdemona

• Juliet

A Capulet, Juliet’s cousin on her mother’s side. Vain, fashionable, supremely aware of courtesy and the lack of it, he becomes aggressive, violent, and quick to draw his sword when he feels his pride has been injured.

• Romeo

• Tybalt

• Lord Capulet

• Mercutio

Where is the Prologue?

• There is no Prologue...

• Middle of the play

• Before the play starts

• Ending of the play