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Review The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
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Exam review for Shakespeare's play, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
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1
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
has five large sections, called...?
verses
stanzas
acts
scenes
2
"Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she" gives the Earth human qualities called...
personification
dramatic irony
metaphor
allusion
3
The first fourteen lines of Act I of
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
is called the....?
monologue
soliloquy
prologue
aside
4
"She'll not be hit with Cupid's arrow. She hath Dian's wit." contains references called...
tragedy
foreshadowing
dramatic irony
allusion
5
In what country did Shakespeare live and perform?
London
Italy
France
England
6
Nurse's description of dead Tybalt as "Pale, pale as ashes, all bedaubed in blood," is ...
a metaphor
personification
a simile
an allusion
7
Which character? Romeo's cousin, a peace-maker who tells the truth reliably when asked.
Tybalt
Balthasar
Benvolio
Lord Montague
8
Who was queen during most of Shakespeare's life?
Elizabeth
Hélène
Diana
Marie
9
Shakespeare constructed an open-air theater called...?
the Globe
the Groundling
the Mantua
the Hathaway
10
When dying Mercurio says, "A plague a both your houses!" it hints at future tragedy, called...
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
oxymoron
allusion
11
What year did Shakespeare die?
1515
1616
1818
1717
12
The long speech Juliet makes, alone in her room before she takes the sleeping potion is...
soliloquy
foreshadowing
monologue
aside
13
In Shakespeare's time, all roles in plays were acted by...?
nobility
men
women
groundlings
14
Which character? Disappointed in love, killed by Romeo in the churchyard.
Benvolio
Tybalt
Mercutio
Paris
15
Which character? Romeo's friend, the Prince's relative, who tells of a wild & crazy dream.
Tybalt
Mercutio
Benvolio
Paris
16
The protagonists in
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
had what tragic flaw?
jealousy
impulsiveness
greed
dishonesty
17
Lady Capulet says Paris will "make thee a joyful bride," but we know Juliet is already a bride
aside
oxymoron
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
18
Which character? Deeply concerned about her son's melancholy behavior, dead at the end.
Lady Capulet
Juliet
Nurse
Lady Montague
19
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
is set in two cities in which country?
England
Spain
France
Italy
20
When the servants joke about coals, colliers, choler and collar, the word-play is called a ...
foreshadowing
allusion
pun
oxymoron
21
Who is pictured in the image below?
William Shakespeare
Henry Shakespeer
King James I
Lord Bard
22
What highly contagious disease caused some theaters to be shut down in Shakespeare's day?
polio
tuberculosis
measles
bubonic plague
23
"Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health" includes opposites called...
prologue
allusion
foreshadowing
oxymoron
24
The speech the Friar makes to Romeo, advising him to be grateful for being alive, is...
aside
dramatic irony
soliloquy
monologue
25
At his wedding, Romeo says, "Then love-devouring death do what what he dare..."
metaphor
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
monologue
26
Which character? Knows Juliet better than anyone, but betrays her.
Nurse
Romeo
Lord Capulet
Lady Capulet
