What is dramatic irony?

Audience knows more than the characters

What is situational irony?

When the opposite of what is expected happens

Which statement is true about verbal irony and sarcasm?

All sarcasm is verbal irony, but not all verbal irony is sarcasm.

How do Shakespearean tragedies typically end?

Most or all of the main characters die.

What is verbal irony?

When someone says the opposite of what they mean

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1
Where was Shakespeare born?
London
Stratford-upon-Avon
Oxford
Canterbury
2
What is dramatic irony?
When someone says the opposite of what they mean
When a character says something sarcastic
When the opposite of what is expected happens
Audience knows more than the characters
3
A Shakespearean sonnet ends with a...?
Octave
Couplet
Triplet
Quatrain
4
What’s the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
AABB CCDD EEFF GG
ABC ABC DEF DEF
ABBA ABBA CDE CDE
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
5
Juliet's somewhat violent cousin.
Paris
Benvolio
Tybalt
Mercutio
6
What is situational irony?
When the opposite of what is expected happens
When a character says something sarcastic
Audience knows more than the characters
When someone says the opposite of what they mean
7
Who wants to marry Juliet?
Tybalt
Paris
Mercutio
Benvolio
8
What literary device is it when Mercutio says "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man."?
Hyperbole
Metaphor
Symbolism
Pun
9
Which statement is true about verbal irony and sarcasm?
Verbal irony and sarcasm are the same thing.
All verbal irony is sarcasm, but not all sarcasm is verbal irony.
All sarcasm is verbal irony, but not all verbal irony is sarcasm.
Verbal irony and sarcasm are completely different.
10
Who gives Juliet the sleeping potion?
Paris
The Nurse
Friar Laurence
Romeo
11
Who delivers news to Romeo in Mantua?
Tybalt
Benvolio
Mercutio
Balthasar
12
Romeo's cousin and friend
Sampson
Tybalt
Benvolio
Paris
13
At the end of Romeo and Juliet, all of the characters are dead except...
Tybalt
Mercutio
Benvolio
Romeo
14
At the end of Romeo and Juliet, all of the characters are dead except...
Juliet
Paris
Lady Montague
Nurse
15
How do Shakespearean tragedies typically end?
The good guys win and the bad guys die.
Everyone gets married and has a party.
Most or all of the main characters die.
The hero realizes what his tragic flaw is.
16
What is the rhythm created by iambic pentameter?
Two stressed syllables
unstressed-stressed
Two unstressed syllables
stressed-unstressed
17
What is verbal irony?
Audience knows more than the characters
When someone says the opposite of what they mean
When a character says something sarcastic
When the opposite of what is expected happens
18
A Petrarchan sonnet is divided into...?
One stanza
Three quatrains and a couplet
Octave and sestet
Two sestets
19
Romeo goes to the Capulets' party to see this woman.
Portia
Bianca
Juliet
Rosaline
20
Iambic pentameter has how many syllables per line?
10
12
8
14
21
Which character does NOT speak in iambic pentameter?
Prince Escalus
Friar Laurence
Tybalt
Nurse
22
What theater is linked to Shakespeare
The Globe Theatre
The Apollo Theatre
The Lyceum
The Royal Theatre
23
Who kills Tybalt?
Benvolio
Romeo
Mercurio
Paris
24
About how many plays did Shakespeare write?
50
40
25
37
25
How many lines are in a sonnet?
10
16
12
14

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