Romeo and Juliet Trivia Style Review! English 9 Round 1 *You have to wager points on every answer. *Wager the most points on those things your group is the most confident about! *You can only wager point totals once per round. *NO CHEATING * NO PHONES * NO LOOKING UP THINGS ON CHROMEBOOKS *You will have NO MORE THAN ONE MINUTE per question (I’ll go faster if I get faster answers) *1 member of your group -- email me at cgalliga@wausauschools.org with your group name, your answer and your wager! 1 2 3 Round 1 Categories Shakespeare’s Life Act 1 Quotes Remember to wager 1, 2, or 3 and you can only use each wager once! Question 1 Round 1 Shakespeare’s Life During what era did Shakespeare live? Answer?? The Renaissance Question 2 Round 1 Act 1 Please put the following events in chronological order from earliest to latest in Act 1. a. b. c. d. Paris asks for Juliet’s hand in marriage. Lord Montague asks Benvolio if he knows why Romeo is sad Romeo meets Juliet Lady Capulet and the Nurse discuss marriage with Juliet Answer ?? a. b. c. d. Lord Montague asks Benvolio if he knows why Romeo is sad Paris asks for Juliet’s hand in marriage. Lady Capulet and the Nurse discuss marriage with Juliet Romeo meets Juliet Question 3 Quotes Who said-“Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast” Answer?? Friar Lawrence! Round 2 Categories The Globe Theater Characters Act 4 Question 1 The Globe Theater These people paid the lowest price to enter the theater and were forced to stand through the entire production. They were known to show their displeasure with a production by throwing rotten fruit at the actors on stage! Don’t forget to wager -- 1, 2, or 3 Answer ?? The Groundlings! Question 2 Characters Put these characters in chronological order by their first appearance. Prince Tybalt Benvolio Mercutio Romeo Answer ?? Prince Tybalt Mercutio Romeo Benvolio 1. Benvolio 5. Mercutio 2. Tybalt 3. Prince 4. Romeo Question 3 Act 4 Please list 3 fears that Juliet has before she takes Friar Lawrence’s sleeping potion. Answer ?? Friar wants me dead I won’t wake up I will wake up alone in a tomb with my dead relatives I’ll go crazy because I’m alone in a tomb with my dead relatives Tybalt is there Romeo won’t come Round 3 Categories Terms/Techniques Renaissance Settings Remember -- Wager 1, 2, or 3 Question 1 - Terms/Techniques “O brawling love...O heavy lightness...feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health.” All of these opposites (that make sense given the context) are examples of what literary term/technique? Answer?? Oxymoron! Question 2 Renaissance During this time, the part of Juliet, the Nurse (and every other female character for that matter) would have been played by who? Answer ?? A boy/man Boys for younger girls and women, men for older women Question 3 Settings List FIVE distinct settings in Romeo and Juliet (they can be towns, places in those towns, rooms…) Answer?? Will vary, but Verona Friar’s cell Mantua Capulet tomb City streets Juliet’s bedroom Capulet house Party Juliet’s balcony Friar’s garden…. Halftime question!! 1 point each Please identify who spoke which of the following lines! 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. “O brawling love...O heavy lightness...feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health.” “O I am fortune’s fool” “If ever you disturb our streets again, your lives will pay the forfeit of the peace.” “What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word, as I hate hell, all Montagues and thee”. “Thou wast the prettiest babe that ere I nursed” Round 4 Categories Act 2 Dead Montagues Drama Techniques THIS TIME WAGERS DOUBLE 2, 4 or 6 Question 1 Act 2 Why does Friar Lawrence ultimately agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? Remember to wager 2, 4, or 6!! Answer?? To end the feud! Question 2 Dead Montagues Name them (2) -- there are technically 3 but since there I’ll throw an extra point if you get the toughest one! Answer Romeo Lady Montague (and I’d take Juliet for an extra point!) Round 5 Categories Act 5 Oxymorons Famous Lines Question 1 Act 5 How is Romeo able to get poison when it is supposed to be illegal to sell it in Mantua? Answer?? He goes to a poor apothecary and gives him a ton of money. Question 2 Oxymorons After Juliet finds out that Romeo killed Tybalt and has been banished she says -- "O serpent heart hid with a flowering face! / Did ever a dragon keep so fair a cave? / Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!" What does this mean? Answer?? How can something she loves so much cause her so much pain... Round 6 Categories Famous Last words Foils Act 3 Question 1 Famous Last Words! Connect the famous last words to the characters that spoke them! 1. 2. 3. 4. Lay me by Juliet in her tomb. A plague on both your houses. Thus, with a kiss, I die! Oh happy dagger, this is thy sheath, there rust and let me die! Answer?? 1. 2. 3. 4. Paris Mercutio Romeo Juliet Question 2 Foils A foil is a character with opposite characteristics to a main characters who’s intent is to highlight something in that main character, either good or bad. Pick a foil for Romeo and explain how that character is a foil!!! Answer?? Maybe Benvolio -- He’s practical and not overly emotional Maybe Mercutio -- He’s not everly romantic Question 3 Act 3 What is the climax of the play and who speaks the line? -- And yes, you have to get the line right to get the point!!! Answer?? “O, I am fortune’s fool!” -- Romeo!! Final question! Please put these events in chronological order, first to last… Paris dies. Juliet dies. Romeo dies. Mercutio dies. Lady Montague dies. Tybalt dies. Answer!! Mercutio Dies Tybalt Dies Lady Montague Dies Paris Dies Romeo Dies Juliet Dies
