R and J Background/ Act 1 Review

Question 1

Act I, scene iV: when R is with B & M getting ready for party, how can we infer he is unhappy?

Accepted Answer

He rejects their jokes.

Question 2

What language were boys required to speak at grammar school?

Accepted Answer

Latin

Question 3

Which of the four choices was NOT a type of crime in Elizabethan England?

Accepted Answer

burglary

Question 4

What % of the population was killed by the Bubonic Plague during the Elizabethan period?

Accepted Answer

33%

Question 5

What type of parents can we BEST infer the Montagues to be?

Accepted Answer

Indulgent

Question 6

Based on the Nurse's words, or diction, what can we best infer thus far?

Accepted Answer

She is crude.

Question 7

The chief medicine of the time was what?

Accepted Answer

herbs

Question 8

Why are the sports of Elizabethan England no longer played today?

Accepted Answer

They are too bloody.

Question 9

Why did Henry VIII create the church of England?

Accepted Answer

He wanted a divorce.

Question 10

Act I begins with two men making jokes in the streets. What lit tech does this demonstrate?

Accepted Answer

comic relief

Question 11

How was clothing and fashion divisive in Elizabethan England?

Accepted Answer

It clearly separated people by wealth.

Question 12

Which of the following types of plays did Shakespeare NOT write?

Accepted Answer

farce

Question 13

Which of the following was NOT a consideration for marriage?

Accepted Answer

love

Question 14

What was the chief difference between the punishments of the poor and the wealthy?

Accepted Answer

The wealthy had less gruesome deaths.

Question 15

When Romeo is heartbroken, what advice does Benvolio offer to him?

Accepted Answer

Find a new girl.

Question 16

Why was the change of religion in England important?

Accepted Answer

People were killed for being the wrong religion.

Question 17

What was a petty school?

Accepted Answer

elementary school

Question 18

Which inference is MOST TRUE of Benvolio?

Accepted Answer

While he will fight, he prefer not to.

Question 19

Which of the following was NOT a special trait required of actors on the Elizabethan stage?

Accepted Answer

Juggling

Question 20

Elizabethan actors were the social equivalent to what?

Accepted Answer

servants

Question 21

What was the purpose of the Sumptuary laws?

Accepted Answer

To distinguish between the upper and lower class

Question 22

Which of the following was not a common recreational activity of Elizabethan England?

Accepted Answer

dog fighting

Question 23

Since many people did not read, how did people know what kind of play would be performed?

Accepted Answer

flags

Question 24

Of the four medical professions, which was considered the LOWEST class?

Accepted Answer

apothecary

Question 25

What was Shakespeare impact on society?

Accepted Answer

He invented words.

Question 26

How did theater impact social class?

Accepted Answer

It was one place social classes would interact together.

Question 27

Which inference is most true of Tybalt?

Accepted Answer

He is a man of action.

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