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Romeo and Juliet Introduction
Romeo and Juliet Introduction
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This quiz focuses on prior knowledge before studying the play, Romeo and Juliet.
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What does the prologue explicitly ask the audience to have during the play?
patience
imagination
gratitude
kindness
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What are common characteristics of Shakespearean tragic heroes?
charismatic
well-educated
nobility or royalty
attractive appearance
3
How was the prologue structured like a sonnet?
it had ten syllables per line
it had a rhyme scheme
it had fourteen lines
it had three quatrains and one couplet
4
What causes the doom of protagonists in tragedies?
the tragic hero
the tragic death
the tragic flaw
the tragic fall
5
How are the Montagues and Capulets connected?
they are in a bitter war
they in a mutiny against the prince
by an ancient feud
by a horrible plague
6
What themes are in the play?
fate versus free will
innocence to experience
coming of age
love (and family)
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What do we know about plays during Shakespearean times?
they were performed in a theatre
they were performed live
they were approximately two hours long
men played the roles of women
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What was Shakespeare?
a poet
all answers are correct
an actor
a playwright
9
In Shakespearean times, what were the stars connected to?
family
love
death
fate
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Who did Shakespeare marry?
Katy Perry
Madonna
Anne Hathaway
Kim Kardashian
11
What was the setting of Romeo and Juliet?
Venice, Italy
Stratford, England
Verona, Italy
London, England
12
Where was Shakespeare from?
far from his wife and children (including Hamnet)
in Stratford, Ontario, Canada
in the same town as Justin Bieber
in Stratford, England
13
How has the chorus evolved from Greek to Shakespearean plays?
the chorus has no role in Shakespearean plays
individual characters take on the role of the chorus
royalty has taken on the role of the chorus
the chorus has become the epilogue and prologue
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Romeo and Juliet see each other for the first time at a masque. What type of love may this be?
love of the family
an arranged marriage
friends for life
love at first sight
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What is the revealed destiny of Romeo and Juliet?
death by infanticide
death by homicide
death by regicide
death by suicide
