Shakespeare's Background
William Shakespeare's plays were performed during which time of day?
One of the major divisions of a play is called a/an...
Act
Juliet stands on her balcony after the party thinking about...
Romeo's name
Who said: "It was the nightingale, and not the lark, / That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear."
Juliet
Governed Verona; banished Romeo
Prince Escalus or The Prince
The roles of women in Shakespeare's plays were performed by...
young boys
Romeo and Juliet is an example of which type of Shakespearean play?
Tragedy
Romeo does not receive Friar Lawrence's message about Juliet's plan because...
there was a plague outbreak that kept the messenger contained by health officers
Who says: "I am hurt. / A plague a both houses! I am sped.”
Mercutio
Romeo's confidant and counselor; tries to help the young lovers
Friar
William Shakespeare died on the same day he was born, which was ____________________.
April 23rd
How many syllables must a line have to be considered pentameter?
10
When everyone arrived at the Capulet vault, the entire story was explained by...
The Friar
Who says: “The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but She, / She is the hopeful lady of my earth.”
Lord Capulet
Dies from grief
Lady Montague
Shakespeare's son _____________________ died at age 11.
Hamnet
Most of Romeo and Juliet is written in unrhymed iambic pentameter, which is called _____________.
blank verse
Juliet warned Romeo of the danger of being in her room, but Romeo...
would rather die than be without her
Who says: "Condemned villain, I do apprehend thee. / Obey, and go with me: for thou must die."
Paris
Is not understanding about Juliet's not wanting to marry Paris
Lord Capulet
Shakespeare left his wife ________________ when he died.
his 2nd best bed
When syllables alternate between stressed and unstressed syllables, it is called...
Iambic
Romeo learned about the Capulet party when he...
helped a Capulet servant read the guest list
Who says: "I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, / Or manage it to part these men with me."
Benvolio
Wants to send a man to kill Romeo to avenge Tybalt's death
Lady Capulet