Characters
What is Benvolio's relationship to Romeo?
Cousin
What is the main setting of Romeo & Juliet?
Verona, Italy
How many quatrains does a sonnet contain?
3
Which play did we just get done reading?
Romeo & Juliet
An action or state of being.
Verb
Who speaks the following lines: "Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word / By thee, old Capulet, and Montague / Have thrice disturbed the quiet of our streets... If ever you disturb our streets again, / Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace" (1.1.84-93).
Prince Escalus
How old is Juliet at the beginning of the play?
13
A line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
Iambic Pentameter
What year did Shakespeare die?
1616
A word or phrase used to show emotion or excitement.
Interjection
Who says, "O God I have an ill-divining soul! / Methinks I see thee, now art thou so low, / As one dead in the bottom of a tomb" (Act 3, Scene 5)?
Juliet
How long did Romeo and Juliet know each other before getting married?
About 14 or 15 hours
A style of writing or speaking that is in ordinary form, without metrical structure.
Prose
William Shakespeare's wife
Anne Hathaway
A word that modifies verbs and adjectives. (Example: -ly words)
Adverb
What function does the chorus serve in the play?
They act as narrators of the play and speak only to the audience.
What impulsive decision does Lord Capulet make regarding Juliet in Act 3, Scene 5?
He decides that Juliet will marry Paris or she will be disowned.
Which literary device is used in the following line of Sonnet 18: "And every fair from fair sometime declines"?
Alliteration
Which of the following was NOT one of Shakespeare's plays most famous plays?
A. Merchant of Venice (written in 1596-1597)
B. Much Ado About Nothing (written in 1598)
C. Macbeth (written in 1599)
D. Hamlet (written in 1600-1601)
E. The Fair Maid of the West (written in 1631)
E. The Fair Maid of the West (written in 1631)
Words that modify nouns or pronouns.
Adjective
In Act 3, Scene 1, Mercutio says before he dies, "A plague a both your houses!" Why is this line most significant?
It's the moment Mercutio becomes a neutral character.
What hope does Friar Lawrence try to give to Romeo after his banishment?
Romeo could eventually be pardoned for his crime.
When it comes to the pattern and rhythm of Iambic Pentameter, which of the following is NOT a comparison?
A. A pirate's walk
B. A heartbeat
C. A snare drum
D. A passionate or introspective emotion
C. A snare drum
Which of the following was NOT one of the ways Shakespeare made his money?
A. His acting salary
B. His share of the acting company's profits
C. Queen Elizabeth's arts support fund
D. Fees from his plays
C. Queen Elizabeth's arts support fund
A word or phrase that shows a relationship between a noun, pronoun, and another word in the sentence.
Preposition