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200

_________ fights were commonly betted on gambled on during these times. 

Rooster, Dog, Bear, Chicken 

200

Who says: "Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night" ?

Romeo

200

______________ murders Mercutio. 

Tybalt

200
Besides England, this country performs the most Shakespearean plays annually: 
Italy
200

Romeo will be exiled to __________

Mantua

400

Shakespeare's written work appeared on these long script that would roll out called __________

Folios

400

Who says: "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet" ?

Juliet

400

The nurse receives her title as "Nurse" because....

She breastfed / nursed Juliet as a baby

400

Julius Caesar takes place here: 

Roman Empire, Rome, or Italy

400

Provide the reason why Romeo hesitates when killing Tybalt: 

Tybalt is his cousin-in-law 
600

Queen Elizabeth converted England's primary religion back to ____________

Protestantism 

600

Who says: "Hold thy desperate hand:
Art thou a man? thy form cries out thou art:1990
Thy tears are womanish; thy wild acts denote
The unreasonable fury of a beast:
Unseemly woman in a seeming man!"

Friar Lawrence

600

"I would the fool were married to her grave" is said by: 

Lady Capulet

600

Name one country or empire that serves as the setting in Antony & Cleopatra 

Ptolemaic Egypt & OR Roman Empire

600
_________________ is when a character (alone on the stage) reveals their innermost thoughts and desires to the audience 

Soliloquy 

800

This place (_______________ displayed severed head of traitors to intimidate people when they would enter the city. 

London Bridge

800

Who says: "Content thee, gentle coz. Let him alone.
He bears him like a portly gentleman,
And, to say truth, Verona brags of him
To be a virtuous and well-governed youth."

Capulet

800

In secret, this character marries off Romeo & Juliet

Friar Lawrence

800

Hamlet takes place in this country: 

Denmark

800

"Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs" is an example of a(n) ____________________

Metaphor or personification

1000

Along with her sister the Bloody Mary, Elizabeth I is buried here: 

Westminster Abbey

1000
"Vestal Livery" refers to ____________

Clothing worn by virgins

1000

Juliet makes an allusion to _____________ when she describes how she wishes to hear Romeo's name repeatedly 

Echo

1000

Measure for Measure takes place in this city: 

Vienna

1000

"O brawling love! O loving hate! O anything of nothing first create!" is an example of a(n) _______________

oxymoron

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