Romeo and Juliet

What theme is present in the following?

Romeo and Juliet have just met and kissed for the first time at the ball.

Juliet: Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

Romeo: Sin from my lips? O trespass sweetly urged. Give me my sin again.

• Anger

• Love

• Lust

• Sadness

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What theme does Shakespeare demonstrate with by lovers committing suicide after Romeo mistakes Juliet for being dead?

• Tragedy

• Sadness

• Happiness

• Family

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When an audience knows more about the characters and this knowledge helps build suspense, that is called

• dramatic irony

• an aside

• soliloquy

• a tragedy

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A soliloquy is

• a speech give by a character alone

• when the audience knows more than the characters

• a humorous scene or speech intended to relieve tension

• reveals a character's public thoughts

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Romeo and Juliet is a

• tragedy

• comedy

• holiday classic

• Shakespeare's first play

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When Benvolia says "Let's call it a day, we'll certainly get into a fight," we can infer he is ________________.

• angry

• flamboyant

• short tempered

• peaceful

When Tybalt says, "Boy, this shall not excuse the injuries that thou hast done me", what does he mean by "the injuries"?

• He is upset that Romeo went to the Capulet party when he wasn't invited.
• He is talking about a time in the past when Romeo stabbed him with a sword.
• He is referring to Mercutio insulting him in the middle of the streets. 
• He believes Romeo has insulted him by trying to make peace.

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an introductory passage or speech before the main action

• soliloquy

• prologue

• dialogue

• tragedy

two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

• quatrain

• couplet

• sonnet

• oxymoron

Which characters best demonstrate the themes of nurturing?

• Lady Capulet and Lady Montague

• Lord Capulet and Lord Montague

• Benvolio and Michael Jordan

• Nurse and Friar Lawrence

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