Shakespeare/Romeo/Juliet/West Side Story

Question 1

Tony plans to ________ with ______ because he has accidentally killed Bernardo.

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run away/Maria

Question 2

Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is

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a tragedy

Question 3

West Side Story is

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a tragic musical

Question 4

Shakespeare's father was

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the mayor and a business man

Question 5

We never meet Maria's parents in West Side Story.

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True

Question 6

What details do you remember about West Side Story? Maria wanted

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Anita to lower the neckline of her dress

Question 7

When Juliet says, "Wherefore art thou, Romeo," she is saying

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Where are you, Romeo?

Question 8

"You shall find me a grave man," is an example of

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a pun

Question 9

Juliet, the last of the major characters to die on stage, dies

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by stabbing herself with Romeo's dagger

Question 10

Maria kills herself after Tony dies.

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False

Question 11

The two gangs in West Side Story are the

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Jets and Sharks

Question 12

Friar Laurence tells Juliet that she will need courage to drink the poison.

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True

Question 13

At the end of the play, the families continue to fight and more people die.

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False

Question 14

Even though he was wrong to show it, Officer Krupke was

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prejudiced towards the Sharks

Question 15

During the Capulet feast, Tybalt becomes upset when he discovers Rosaline talking with Romeo.

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False

Question 16

Bernardo didn't trust anyone from

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America

Question 17

Maria threatens the Sharks and the Jets with

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a pistol

Question 18

The Sharks say that Doc keeps money

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in his mattress

Question 19

Anne Hathaway was Shakespeare's

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wife

Question 20

When the play opens, Romeo is in love with

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Rosaline

Question 21

Who kills Tony?

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Chino

Question 22

The theaters in London closed for two years because of

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the spread of the Black Death

Question 23

Tony said that he and Maria had

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"magic;" nothing could stop them!

Question 24

Maria confides in

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Anita

Question 25

A poem with 14 lines that rhyme is called

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a sonnet

Question 26

Anita is compared to

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Juliet's nurse

Question 27

Juliet was under the influence of the potion for

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42 hours

Question 28

Romeo and Juliet agree to marry after knowing each other for

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a few hours

Question 29

Anita planned to take a bubble bath with a fragrance called

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Black Orchid

Question 30

The Capulets and Montagues agree to end the feud and

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have a double funeral for Romeo and Juliet

Question 31

Romeo agrees to go to the Capulet's party because he

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wants to see Rosaline

Question 32

As Juliet prepares to drink the potion, her main thought is about

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being able to be reunited with Romeo

Question 33

According to Lord Capulet, Juliet weeps all the time because of

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the death of Tybalt

Question 34

West Side Story was gang vs gang. Romeo and Juliet was

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family vs family

Question 35

The Friar agrees to perform Romeo and Juliet's marriage in the hope that it will

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stop the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues

Question 36

Tony and Maria pledge their love

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in the dress shop

Question 37

Doc tells Tony that Anita almost got raped by the Jets.

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False

Question 38

The nurse encouraged Juliet to marry Paris and obey her father.

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True

Question 39

Anita grieves the death of

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Bernardo

Question 40

Someone who writes plays is called

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playwright

Question 41

Tony and Maria meet for the first time

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at the school dance

Question 42

Shakespeare was considered to be London's greatest

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bard

Question 43

West Side Story was set in

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New York City

Question 44

Tony yells for Chino to

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"come and get me, too, Chino!"

Question 45

Who delivers the "poisonous" message to Tony's friends?

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Anita

Question 46

Upon hearing the Prince's sentence of death, Romeo turns himself in and confesses to murder.

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False

Question 47

Lt. Schrank and ____________ interrupt the fight.

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Officer Krupke

Question 48

William Shakespeare was born and died on the same date (different years, of course).

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True

Question 49

Doc comes back to his store just in time to interrupt the gang rape of Anita.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 50

When Mercutio says, "A plague on both your houses," he has just been

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stabbed by Tybalt and is about to collapse and die

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