Who's Who in Verona
Star-Crossed Structure
Email Etiquette
A Plague o' Pop Quizzes
Do you even Shakespeare?
100

This character acts as comic relief, gives long-winded advice, and cares deeply for Juliet.

Who is Nurse?

100

This Act establishes the "basic situation" and the "chaos" is shared at the end of the Act. 

What is Act I?

100

The________of your email needs to be direct and clear. 

The recipient of the email should know immediately what the email will be about by reading JUST this line.

What is the subject line?

100

Romeo is desperately in love with this character at the beginning of the play and swears he'll never love another. 

Who is Rosaline? 

100

This is William Shakespeare's nickname.

Who is "The Bard" or "The Bard of Avon"?

200

This character is hot-headed and often referred to as "the prince of cats". He values honor and reputation so strongly that he challenges another character to a fight that ends in the death of yet another character. 

Who is Tybalt?

200

This is the death toll for Act V.

Who are: Paris, Romeo, Juliet, and Lady Montague?

200

This is the name for the opening or greeting of an email. "Dear Mrs. Doe," is an example. 

What is the salutation?

200

This is the literary element Shakespeare uses to begin the play.

What is a Sonnet? 

200

These are Shakespeare's 3 children.

Who are Susanna, Judith, and Hamnet?

300

This character first appears in Act II. They try to help the young lovers through secret plans and advice, but unintentionally contribute to the ending tragedy.

Who is Friar Lawrence?

300

These are the complicated circumstances that arise in Act IV.

What is Juliet's wedding being moved up? (will also accept "the lost letter)

300

What is an example of a closing for an email? 

What is "thank you for your time"/ "sincerely", "regards", etc.?

300

Juliet's mom and dad plan for her to marry this character.

Who is County Paris? 

300

This was Shakespeare's wife.

Who is Anne Hathaway?

400

Though young, this character questions why family names should matter in love. 

Who is Juliet?

400

Friar Lawrence marries Romeo and Juliet in this Act. 

What is Act II?

400

This should be included with your signature line.

What is your contact information or your connection information?

400

This is Romeo's response to his banishment.

What is "I'd rather be dead?"

400

Shakespeare wrote this many plays.

What is between 36-38?

500

This character tries to end the feud in Verona and ends up delivering the famous last lines "never was there a story of more woe, than this of Juliet and her Romeo".

Who is the Prince?

500

This is the turning point and Basic situation change in Act III.

What is Romeo kills Tybalt and is banished to Mantua?

500

SNEAKY BONUS: You automatically receive these points if everyone in your group has completed the Email Etiquette quiz (applicable to ELA students only).

N/A

500

This is the imagery that is used in Romeo's soliloquy before the "balcony scene". 

What is celestial imagery? (Would also accept light/dark).

500

Shakespeare wrote in this style for his plays and sonnets. It means 5 stressed and 5 unstressed syllables per line.

What is iambic pentameter?