The Giver
What ability did The Giver develop as a kid before being selected as The Receiver of Memories?
Ability to hear beyond/hear music
Where does most of the play take place?
Verona
Once exiled, Romeo runs to Mantua, where he wants to live out his life with Juliet.
List ALL the named characters in Romeo's family.
Montague, Lady Montague, and Benvolio.
How many sonnets did Shakespeare write?
154 sonnets
Find the personification:
“Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon, / Who is already sick and pale with grief.” – Romeo, 2.2 (Balcony Scene)
The moon is personified as jealous (to kill), suggesting that Juliet's beauty outshines the moon’s.
Name 12 characters and mention their role.
What was Paris and Juliet's first wedding day?
Thursday
List ALL the named characters in Juliet's family.
Capulet, Lady Capulet, Tybalt, and Rosaline.
What is the general rule of thumb for tragedies?
Everyone dies
How is this foreshadowing?
“These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder.” – Friar Laurence, 2.6
Warns that intense passions, like Romeo and Juliet's love, often end in destruction.
Name 3 themes in The Giver, and explain them.
Choice, Love, Control,
The importance of memories, of individuality, etc.
What started the Montague and Capulet rivalry?
a) Hate
b) Money
c) A misunderstanding
d) Biting of the thumb
e) Power
f) No one knows
f) No one knows
List all the characters who fought for the Montague family. (Leave Romeo out of your list.)
Montague, Lady Montague, Benvolio, Mercutio, and Abram.
William Shakespeare was known as _________.
It was his nickname given by critics.
Upstart Crow
Robert Green believed that William Shakespeare didn't deserve the fame he received.
Upstart = Didn't have enough skills for his position, but had a social advantage.
Crow = He stole from others.
Find the simile:
“These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder.” – Friar Laurence, 2.6
Simile: compares love to fire and gunpowder, which explode when combined, directly foreshadowing their fate.
What is Jonas's source of food during his escape?
The leftovers that aren't yet collected.
Name every character that dies in Romeo and Juliet.
False. Only 6 people die in this play.
Mercutio, Tybalt, Lady Montague, Paris, Romeo, and then Juliet.
List all the characters who fought for the Capulet family. (Leave Juliet out of your list.)
Capulet, Lady Capulet, the Nurse, Tybalt, Paris, Sampson, and Gregory.
William Shakespeare wrote many sonnets, but he is know as a famous...
poet, playwright, and actor.
Find the metaphor:
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, / My love as deep; the more I give to thee, / The more I have, for both are infinite.” – Juliet, 2.2
Juliet uses the sea as a metaphor for her limitless love.
Find a synonym for these words:
Distraught
Flattery
Meticulously
Relinquish
Distraught - Very upset or agitated
Flattery - Excessive or insincere praise
Meticulously - Organize well
Relinquish - Give up
How long does Romeo and Juliet take place?
a) 3 days
b) 1 week
c) 2 weeks
d) 3 weeks
e) 1 month
f) 1 year
Very quickly explain the timeline.
5 days
Sunday: Masquerade Feast
Monday: They get married
Tuesday: Romeo is banished/exiled
Wednesday: Juliet drinks poison
Thursday: They both kill each other in the name of love.
Name the characters who weren't directly associated with any house.
Friar Lawrence, Friar John, The Apothecary, Prince Escalus, and The Chorus.
Name William Shakespeare's wife and children.
William Shakespeare married Anne Hathaway Susanna and twins, Hamnet and Judith.
Hamnet passed away at the age of 11.
How is this a metaphor?
“A plague o' both your houses!” – Mercutio, 3.1
This curse is a metaphor for death and destruction, expressing Mercutio’s anger at both families’ feud.