Question 1:
During what time period was the play
Romeo and Juliet written?
Answer 1:
-The Elizabethan period
Question 2:
Besides plays, what other type of
literature is Shakespeare known for?
Answer 2:
-sonnets
Question 3:
What was the name of the theater
where Shakespeare’s plays were
performed?
Answer 3:
-The Globe
Question 4:
What was the name of the theater
company that Shakespeare worked
for?
Answer 4:
-Lord Chamberlain’s Men
Question 5:
Who was Queen of England during
Shakespeare’s time period?
Answer 5:
-Queen Elizabeth I
Question 6:
Written instructions that explain how characters
should move or behave and how the setting
appears are known as _________ ____________.
Answer 6:
-Stage directions
Question 7:
A sonnet that provides a quick summary of the
overall play; sets up the themes of the play
Answer 7:
-Prologue
Question 8:
A character’s remark either to the audience or
another character that others on stage are not
supposed to hear.
Answer 8:
-Aside
Question 9:
a major division of a play
Answer 9:
-Act
Question 10:
the audience knows something the
characters do not
Answer 10:
-Dramatic irony
Question 11:
rhythm of pairing ten syllables for each
line into five pairs
Answer 11:
-iambic pentameter
Question 12:
a poem of fourteen lines using any of a
number of formal rhyme schemes
Answer 12:
-sonnet
Question 13:
a lengthy speech made by a character alone on
stage, displaying his/her internal thoughts
Answer 13:
-soliloquy
Question 14:
a literary work in which the tragic hero
meets an unhappy ending.
Answer 14:
-tragedy
Question 15:
a humorous scene that relieves the
play’s overall emotional intensity
Answer 15:
-comic relief
Question 16:
Juliet’s speech on the balcony which begins,
“O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou
Romeo?” is not actually addressed to Romeo;
she is speaking into the night, unaware of
Romeo’s presence. So, this speech is an
example of a ______________.
Answer 16:
-soliloquy
Question 17:
After Juliet speaks, Romeo asks, “Shall I hear
more, or shall I speak at this?”
This is Shakespeare’s way of letting the audience
hear briefly what Romeo is thinking, but Juliet is
not supposed to hear; thus it is an example of an
___________ .
Answer 17:
-aside
Question 18:
The play opens with a Prologue (“Two
households, both alike in dignity…”) which
is delivered by the______________.
Answer 18:
-Chorus
Question 19:
While the audience knows Juliet is not really dead
after taking the sleeping potion, most of the
characters in the story assume that she is. This is
an example of________________ in the plot.
Answer 19:
-dramatic irony
Question 20:
The lines from the Prologue that read, “a
pair of star-crossed lovers take their life”
indicates the term “star-crossed” refers to:
Answer 20:
-fate
Question 21:
What does it mean to “bite your thumb”
at someone in Elizabethan times?
Answer 21:
-a great insult
Question 22:
In Scene I, what ultimatum does the
Prince give the Capulets and Montagues?
Answer 22:
-Stop fighting, or be put to death.
Question 23:
Romeo’s speech includes examples which literary element?
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the
east, and Juliet is the sun. Arise fair sun, and kill the envious
moon, who is already sick and pale with grief, that thou her
maid art far more fair than she” (II. ii).
Answer 23:
-metaphor
Question 24:
What does Paris ask of Lord Capulet?
Answer 24:
-Juliet’s hand in marriage
Question 26:
Why does Romeo tell Juliet that if his name was written
on a piece of paper, he would tear it up (“Had I it
written, I would tear the word.”)?
Answer 26:
-Names are what cause all the problems
between them.
Question 27:
What does Tybalt send to Romeo and the
Montagues?
Answer 27:
-a challenge to duel Romeo
Question 28:
How does the Nurse give Juliet the news
from Romeo?
Answer 28:
She changes the subject often and
prolongs telling the news
Question 29:
When Friar Laurence sees Romeo so early the next
day, he FIRST suspects that Romeo has been with:
Answer 29:
-Rosaline
Question 30:
The Friar agrees to marry Romeo and
Juliet because he:
Answer 30:
-Thinks it may end their family’s feud
Question 31:
Before being banished to Mantua, where
does Romeo spend his last night in Verona?
Answer 31:
-At the Capulet’s, specifically with Juliet ;)
Question 32:
When Romeo tells Tybalt, “I love thee better
than thou canst devise,” this is an example of:
Answer 32:
-Dramatic irony
Question 33:
When Tybalt kills Mercutio and Romeo then
kills Tybalt, this the example of
_______________ in the play.
Answer 33:
-Climax
Question 34:
What speech does Mercutio give to
Romeo to cheer him up before the Capulet
party?
Answer 34:
- “The Queen Mab” speech