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