Romeo and Juliet
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What meter does Shakespeare usually use?
Iambic Pentameter
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When was Shakespeare born?
1564
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When were Shakespeare’s plays performed?
From 2-4PM
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Who were Shakespeare’s contemporaries?
Ben Jonson and Christopher Marlow
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What did Shakespeare do?
He was a playwright, actor, and partial owner of the globe theater
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What was the name of Shakespeare’s acting company?
The Lord Chamberlain’s Men and later, the Kingsmen
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What was the name of the time period Shakespeare lived in?
Elizabethan
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What play was being performed when the globe theater burned down?
Henry the VIII
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Did Shakespeare create the plot of Romeo and Juliet?
No
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What type of plays did Shakespeare write?
History, romance, comedy, tragedy
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How does the fight in act 1, scene one begin?
The servants of both families fight
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All of the following words are archaic(no longer in use) except?
Coz, god-den, halt, marry!
Coz, god-den, halt, marry!
Halt
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“With this night's revels and expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of untimely death.”, what event does this predict?
Romeo’s death
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The term cuplet refers to two lines that rhyme with each other and are written in iambic pentameter. Which are true, rhyme, iambic pentameter, or both?
Both
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What does Shakespeare reveal in the prologe?
Romeo and Juliet will die and this will resolve the conflict between both families
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How is Mercutio a foil to Romeo?
Romeo and Mercutio look at women differently: Romeo falls in love, Mercutio wants to sleep with them and leave the next day
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When Romeo describes Juliet as the sun what metaphoric device is used?
A metaphor
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“Give me a torch”
“Give me a torch”
Romeo
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“What’s in a name?”
“What’s in a name?”
Juliet
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“For this alliance will so happily prove”
“For this alliance will so happily prove”
Friar Laurence
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“Something about fairies and Queen Mab”
“Something about fairies and Queen Mab”
Mercutio
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“Don’t disturb these streets”
“Don’t disturb these streets”
Prince
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“Romeo the love I bare thee… thou art a villain”
“Romeo the love I bare thee… thou art a villain”
Tybalt
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“Marry and thy men”
“Marry and thy men”
Nurse
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“For I will raise her statue in pure gold”
“For I will raise her statue in pure gold”
Lord Montague
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“Die in the streets ugly ho”
“Die in the streets ugly ho”
Lady Capulet
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“For he hath hid himself among these trees”
“For he hath hid himself among these trees”
Benvolio
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