Plot and Character Elements - Romeo and Juliet

What is a "groundling"

• One who stood to watch Shakespeare's plays

• A small rodent that is closely related to a groundhog

• A character who is unchanged throughout a play

• A character that is meant to lighten the mood in a tragedy

• None of the above

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What is a denoument?

• A character whose main purpose is to highlight another character

• An occurrence where the action is the opposite of what is expected

• The final part of a play; it resolves and explains all matters

• The audience knows something the characters do not

• None of these

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What is a crisis?

• A dramatic device where a character briefly breaks the fourth wall and speaks to the audience

• An additional pressure that adds to the central conflict, it often involves a critical choice

• This occurs when the action is the opposite of what is expected

• The final part of the play; it resolves and explains all matters

• None of these

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What is a dramatic foil?

• A character that remains unchanged throughout the play

• A character whose main purpose is to highlight another, more prominent character

• A character seen in Shakespeare's tragedies - they lighten the mood

• A character with multiple personality traits

• None of these

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What is comic relief?

• A character that undergoes an important change throughout the play

• A character whose main purpose is to highlight another, more important character

• A dramatic device where a character speaks their thoughts aloud on stage

• A character seen in Shakespeare's tragedies - they lighten the mood

• None of these

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What is a static character?

• A character that remains unchanged throughout the play

• A character that undergoes an important change throughout the play

• A character that is identified by only one or two personality traits

• A character with multiple and dynamic character traits

• None of these

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What is situational irony?

• This occurs when the audience knows something the characters do not

• This occurs when the action that occurs is opposite of what is expected

• This occurs when the words spoken express something contrary to the truth

• This is a dramatic device wherein a character briefly breaks the fourth wall to address the audience

• None of these

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Which of the following demonstrates Dramatic Irony?

• Romeo immediately falls in love with Juliet, though he does not yet know she's a Capulet

• Mercutio and Benvolio taunt the nurse in order to provide comic relief

• Sampson talks about being an aggressive fighter, but does not then act upon those words

• Lord Capulet gives permission to Paris to marry Juliet after two years have passed

• All of these represent dramatic irony

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What is a fatal flaw?

• A trait that leads to a protagonist's downfall

• The occurrence of the fates controlling men's actions in Shakespeare's works

• A literary device where a character addresses the dead or an inanimate object as though it can respond

• The final part of a play; it resolves and explains all matters

• None of these

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What type of character is Tybalt? Select all that apply.

• Flat character

• Round character

• Static character

• Dynamic character

• Comic relief

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