Figurative Language
Who Says...
Shakespearean Sonnets
Where in the World?
Odds and Ends
100
"It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night like a rich jewel in an Ethiope's ear"
What is simile
100
"Alas poor Romeo! he is already dead; stabbed with a white wench's black eye; shot through the ear with a love-song;"
Who is Mercutio
100
The number of lines in a Shakespearean sonnet
What is 14
100
The country where "Romeo and Juliet" is set
What is Italy
100
The fairies' midwife
Who is Queen Mab
200
"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun"
What is metaphor
200
"Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes;"
Who is Romeo
200
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What is rhyme scheme
200
The primary city where the play takes places
What is Verona
200
He wishes to marry Juliet
Who is Paris
300
"These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume."
What is simile
300
"She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the fore-finger of an alderman"
Who is Mercutio
300
Number of syllables per line
What is 10
300
Romeo takes refuge here
What is Mantua
300
Friar Laurence sends a letter with him to Mantua
Who is Friar John
400
"With nimble soles: I have a soul of lead"
What is pun
400
"My child is yet a stranger in the world; She hath not seen the change of fourteen years..."
Who is Capulet
400
The last two rhyming lines
What is a couplet
400
The location of this quote: "But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
What is Juliet's balconey
400
He says, "My poverty, but not my will, consents."
Who is the Apothecary
500
"Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health!"
What is oxymoron
500
"No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir."
Who is Sampson
500
Five feet of two syllables each with the second syllable stressed
What is iambic pentameter
500
The location where Romeo and Juliet meet their end
What is the vault of the Capulets
500
Romeo wishes he were this to touch Juliet's cheek
What is a glove