When you see something in parentheses like (Nurse exits), this is called...
Stage direction
100
What is one strange thing about Shakespeare's birthday?
Died on his birthday, nobody is 100% sure of his birthday
100
What character comes down to break up the street fight in Act I, Scene I, resulting in the first monologue of the play?
The Prince
100
Where does Romeo meet Juliet?
Masquerade ball
100
How many women would act in a Shakespeare play, and WHY?
0 - women were thought to be too inferior for the stage.
200
When Romeo first sees Juliet on the balcony, he expresses his feelings to the audience, and Juliet does not hear them. Is this a soliloquy or a monologue?
Soliloquy
200
Where was the Globe Theater? (City and Country)
London, England
200
Who initially tries to stop the fight in Act I, Scene I? Who keeps it going?
Benvolio; Tybalt
200
Who is Romeo in love with at the start of the play?
Rosaline
200
Write an example of an oxymoron.
Jumbo shrimp, Pretty ugly, etc.
300
_________ is extreme exaggeration, like "I've been waiting in line forever"
Hyperbole
300
What centuries did Shakespeare write in?
16th/17th OR 1500's-1600's
300
Tybalt stabs _________ and kills him in Act III, Scene I. This is immediately followed by ___________ killing Tybalt.
Mercutio; Romeo
300
How many people know about Romeo and Juliet's marriage (as of the end of Act III, Scene I)? Who are they?
Four - Romeo, Juliet, Nurse, Friar
300
Where does Romeo and Juliet take place? (City, Country)
Verona, Italy
400
When one character talks to another in a way that makes it look like a secret, this is called...
An aside
400
Name three plays other than Romeo and Juliet.
Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Much Ado, Midsummer Night's Dream, Macbeth, etc.
400
List TWO reasons why Lord Capulet wants Tybalt to calm down at the masquerade ball.
Family honor, Romeo hasn't done anything wrong, Tybalt would get executed, It'd ruin the party
400
Why won't Romeo be able to see Juliet anymore (as of Act III, Scene I)?
He's been exiled by the Prince
400
Who is the "Third Family" in Romeo and Juliet, and what characters are part of it?
The Royals - Prince, Mercutio, Paris
500
Name a character that has demonstrated: bombast, malaproprism, hyperbole. A character can only be used once.
Nurse, Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Tybalt (any combination of these, really)
500
Name one of the two source materials for Romeo and Juliet.
His friend Earl Southampton, the Italian novella Romeo and Juliet
500
Explain EXACTLY AND PRECISELY why the Prince doesn't execute Romeo. There are two parts for the reason.
Tybalt killed Mercutio (Prince's cousin), Romeo killed Tybalt (who would have been executed anyway)
500
Juliet's Plan: What does she give to the Nurse to give to Romeo as a sign? How is Romeo going to get into Juliet's room?
A ring; a rope ladder
500
At the beginning of the play, the Prince tells us how many times the Capulets and Montagues have been caught fighting in the street. How many times has it been?