Romeo and Juliet
Test 1 Study Game
Elizabeth I
 Who was queen when William Shakespeare
wrote most of his plays?
1500s
 During what century did Shakespeare begin
writing?
The Printing Press
 What was one major invention that changed the
world during the Renaissance?
40
 Around how many plays did Shakespeare write
during his career?
The Globe
 Shakespeare wrote most of his plays for which
theater?
He would be arrested.
 What would happen to a person during the
Renaissance who wore clothes from above his
social station?
only males
 In Renaissance Theater, who could act in plays
on stage?
gambling and dancing
 What were TWO hobbies that Renaissance
people enjoyed participating in?
The Portrait Miniature
 What was the most popular and influential
invention in art during the Renaissance?
Jewelry
 People during the Renaissance spent more
money on ____________ than they did paintings.
Marlowe
 Who was an author who wrote at the same time
Shakespeare did?
Love, Religion,
Development of Human
Potential, the “here and
now”
 What four themes did we discuss that influenced
writers of the Renaissance?
14
 How many lines does a sonnet contain?
Iambic Pentameter
 In what meter is a sonnet written?
3
 How many quatrains does a sonnet contain?
4
 How many lines are in a quatrain?
1
 How many couplets does a sonnet have?
2
 How many lines are in a couplet?
Emotions
 What is a sonnet usually about?
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
 What is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?
the many different
meanings of love
 Ackerman’s essay is mostly about what?
love has not changed
throughout time even
though humans have
 What important fact about love does Ackerman
reveal in her essay?
Italy
 Romeo and Juliet takes place in what country?
Drama
 What genre of literature is Romeo and Juliet?
two families are feuding
 What is the cause of the conflict in the play?
Capulet
 What is Juliet’s last name?
Sonnet
 The Prologue to Romeo and Juliet is an example
of which type of literature?
The Chorus
 Who says the lines of the Prologue in the play?
They are equals in society.
 Shakespeare states in the Prologue that the two
families are “alike in dignity.” What does he
mean by this phrase?
Romeo and Juliet will die
 In the Prologue, we are told that
Chorus
 a group who says things at the same time
Foil
 character who is used as a contrast to another
character
Dramatic Irony
 . the audience/reader knows something
important that a character in a play or story does
not
Pun
 a play on the multiple meanings of a word or on
two words that sound alike but have different
meanings
Prologue
 a short introduction at the beginning of a play
that gives a brief overview of the plot
Monologue
 a speech by one character in a play
Couplet
 often signals the exit of a character or end of a
scene
Soliloquy
 an unusually long speech in which a character
who is on stage alone expresses his or her
thoughts aloud