Romeo & Juliet Background

Romeo and Juliet is a...

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• History

• Romance

The conversation occurring between characters in the play is the...

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

• Dialogue

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Speech by a single character without another character's response...

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

The larger sections of a play (like chapters) are called...

• Acts

• Scenes

In an actual play in a theater, Stage Directions are read aloud for the benefit of the audience.

• True

• False

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The Globe was an open-air theater. That meant...

• Plays were held during the daylight hours.

• Plays couldn't be held in the rain.

• It cost a fortune to go to a play.

• You had to bring tomatoes to the play.

Elizabethan Era London was very unhygienic.

• True

• False

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Romeo is around your age.

• True

• False

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Juliet is younger than Romeo.

• True

• False

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Shakespeare was born in what year? 

• 1616
• 1564
• 1966
• 1500

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