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Romeo and Juliet Act I Review
Romeo and Juliet Act I Review
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Shakespeare wrote
comedies, novels, histories, operas
comedies, tragedies, histories, romances
histories, tragedies, speeches, epic poetry, mysteries
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True or False: Shakespeare usually used elaborate stage props and costumes
False
True
3
Shakespeare lived from
1653-1683
1295-1335
1564-1616
1800-1895
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Who said, "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet"
Mercutio
Friar Lawrence
Juliet
Romeo
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Who says, "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes"?
Friar Lawrence
Romeo
Juliet
Mercutio
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When we first meet Romeo, he is sad because of...
the fight between the families
unrequited love
the plague
he hates Paris
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What is another name for blank verse?
rhyme scheme
iambic pentameter
trochaic tetrameter
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Act 1.1 Romeo calls love "feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health" These are..
puns
metaphors
iambic pentameter
oxymorons
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Poetry is defined as
Iambic pentameter
concentrated langauge
Trochaic tetrameter
Rhyme
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Tybalt says Romeo is at the party make trouble but we know Romeo is there to see Rosaline.
this is unrequited love
this is situational irony
this is tragedy
this is dramatic irony
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In Act 1.5, R&J discover they love someone from the family they're supposed to hate. This is
personification
situational irony
oxymoron
dramatic irony
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Mercrutio says, "dreamers often lie." "Lie" has two meanings, so this is an example of a...
pun
oxymoron
metaphor
similie
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True I talk of dreams/which are the children of an idle brain/Begot of nothing but vain fantasy
Mercrutio
Tybalt
Benvolio
Romeo
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In Act 1.2, Lord Capulet tells Paris that he
wants Paris to woo Juliet
wants Paris to pay a dowry
Thinks Lady Capulet should make the decision
Wants Juliet married right away
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Shakespeare was born and grew up in
Cornwall
London
Yorkshire
Stratford on Avon
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I fear too early, for my mind misgives some consequence hanging in the stars shall bitterly...
Mercrutio
Sampson
Benvolio
Romeo
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What do we call everyday speech?
prose
poetry
novelistic language
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True or False: In Act I.1, Benvolio tried to get Tybalt to fight him
False
True
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Shakespeare performed at the
London Stage
Thames Theater
Stratford Stage
Globe Theater
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Who says, "If that thy bent of love be honorable, thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow"?
Juliet
Romeo
Nurse
Friar Lawrence
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We learn about the purpose and the setting of the play from the ____ before Act I
Prologue
Aside
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
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"If you ever disturb our streets again/ Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace"
Lord Montague
Paris
Prince Escalus
Lord Capulet
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What did they call the people who stood and watched Shakespeare's plays?
Smelly Bellies
Puns
Paupers
Groundlings