What is the vocabulary word for the force working against the central character?
Antagonist
100
What is the name of the character that accidentally invites Romeo and Benvolio to the party?
Peter
100
The following quotation is an example of what type of figurative language, "Dreamers often lie."
Pun
200
Who is Juliet's cousin?
Tybalt
200
How many children did Shakespeare have?
Three
200
What is the vocabulary word for a joke that plays on the fact that a word can have multiple meanings?
A pun
200
When Benvolio and Romeo are unknowingly invited to the Capulet party, but the audience knows they are Montagues, this is an example of what?
Dramatic Irony
200
The following quotation is an example of what type of figurative language, "I have a feeling this party will end with something bad, something that will end with my own death."
Foreshadowing
300
Who gave the "Queen Mab" monologue?
Mercutio
300
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater?
The Globe Theater
300
What is vocabulary word for a reference to something famous?
Allusion
300
What century does Romeo and Juliet take place in?
14th
300
The following quotation is an example of what type of figurative language, "You're a lover. Borrow Cupid's wings and fly higher than the average man."
Allusion
400
Who is the character that wants to marry Juliet?
County Paris
400
It is speculated that Shakespeare died on what significant day?
His own birthday
400
What is the vocabulary word for a long speech given by one character to one or more characters on stage?
Monologue
400
The play is largely written in what type of poetry? It means that there is no rhyme at the end of each line so it resembles natural speech.
Blank Verse
400
The following quotation is an example of what type of figurative language, "You're wearing dancing shoes with nimble soles. My soul is made out of lead."
Pun
500
Who is the character that said, "If you cause a disturbance on our streets again, you'll pay for it with your lives."
Prince Escalus
500
Shakespeare has written a total of how many plays?
37
500
What is the vocabulary word for two contrasting images in the same speech or sentence?
Binary Opposites
500
What does iambic pentameter mean?
10 syllables in a line of poetry (5 stressed and 5 unstressed)
500
What type of figurative language is the following quotation, "Dreams are nothing but silly imagination, as thin as air, and less predictable than the wind."
Simile (as air) and metaphor (comparing dreams and the wind)