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9th grade Romeo & Juliet/Shakespeare quiz
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1
Shakespeare was born in what year?
1564
1964
1804
1654
2
Why must Romeo and Juliet marry in secret?
Their families would be against the marriage
Juliet is already married
Juliet is too young to get married
Romeo didn't want Rosaline to know
3
Shakespeare's plays often contain ________ to ancient Greek/Roman mythology and to the bible.
allusions
foils
asides
quotes
4
Why does Juliet kill herself?
because her family hates her
because Friar Lawrence told her to
because she doesn't want to be a nun
because Romeo is dead
5
Who said "Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good nigh till it be morrow"?
Paris
Romeo
Lady Capulet
Juliet
6
Who said, "Then I defy you, stars" and "O! I am fortune's fool!" ?
Romeo
Juliet
Friar Lawrence
The Chorus (narrator)
7
Shakespeare was alive and wrote his plays and poetry during what historical era?
Enlightenment
Computer Age
Reformation
Renaissance
8
Who is a Capulet? (mark all that apply)
Juliet
Romeo
Benvolio
Tybalt
9
When did the story
Romeo and Juliet
take place?
during Shakespeare's time, around the year 1600
about 200 - 300 years earlier
during the early Roman Empire
During the time of ancient Greece
10
Why does Romeo kill himself?
because he doesn't want to leave Verona
because his family hates him
because he killed Paris
because he thinks Juliet is dead
11
Who said, "Oh, Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou, Romeo?"
Paris
Benvolio
Juliet
Lord Montague
12
What phrase was introduced into the English language by Shakespeare in
Romeo and Juliet
?
parting is such sweet sorrow
star-crossed lovers
All of the above
wild goose chase
13
A speech that a character gives when he or she is alone on stage is called:
Aside
Foil
Soliloquy
Blank Verse
14
Which people were NOT allowed to perform in Shakespeare's plays.
women
teenagers
criminals
foreigners (non-citizens)
15
What country is Verona in?
England
France
Italy
Spain
16
Who speaks in the prologue?
Prince Escalus
The Chorus (narrator)
Friar Lawrance
Kird Nibtagye
17
Who is a Montegue? (mark all that apply)
Benvolio
Romeo
Juliet
Tybalt
18
Who does Juliet's family want her to marry?
Prince Escalus
Tybalt
Paris
Romeo
19
What kind of story is
Romeo and Juliet
?
history
tragedy
comedy
none of the above
20
Who said, "What's in a name? ... we call a rose, By any other word would smell as sweet"?
Romeo
Nurse
Friar Lawrence
Juliet
21
The form of poetry that uses unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter (10 syllables) is called:
Blank verse
Shakespearean poetry
Soliloquy
Elizabethan poetry
22
Which of these 4 people dies before the others?
Juliet
Paris
Mercutio
Romeo
23
Shakespeare was born in:
Athens, Greece
London, England
Avon-on-Stratford, England
Rome, Italy
24
Who was the monarch during Shakespeare's time?
Queen Elizabeth II
King James I
Queen Elizabeth I
both A and C
25
What is the name of Shakespeare's theater?
The Earth
The Globe
The Map
The World
