Romeo and Juliet

“Romeo and Juliet” is a tragicomedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about two young Italian star-crossed lovers whose deaths ultimately reconcile their feuding families.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Romeo and Juliet is officially classified as a tragedy, but in some respects the play deviates from the tragic genre.

He is engaged to Juliet and related to Prince Escalus.

• Mercutio

• Benvolio

• Abram

• Paris

Answer explanation

In Romeo and Juliet, Paris is the man that Lord and Lady Capulet want Juliet to marry. He is a count and is related to Escalus, the Prince of Verona.

The play Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare, was written during the ___________ era.

• Victorian

• Elizabethan

• Gregorian

• Bavarian

Answer explanation

In the Elizabethan era, many people believed that the stars could foretell their future. Shakespeare linked this theory into his play Romeo and Juliet. From the beginning of the play to the end, there is a theme of fate.

Romeo's last name is:

• Capulet

• Escalus

• Montague

• Balthasar

Answer explanation

Romeo Montague is the male protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.

He is the religious man who marries Romeo and Juliet and gives Juliet the poison.

• Friar Damaso

• Friar John

• Friar Laurence

• Friar Benvoilio

Answer explanation

Friar Laurence is a close friend of Romeo's. He is a good and kind character who supports the young lovers and helps them to marry in secret.

He is the ruler of Verona.

• Prince Matthew

• Prince Escalus

• Prince Timothy

• Count Paris

Answer explanation

Prince Escalus is the Prince of Verona. He holds authority over the Montague and Capulet families who are feuding.

Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Montague.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Juliet is the only daughter of the patriarch of the House of Capulet.

Romeo and Juliet is set in ______, Italy in the 1300s,

though it was written in the 1500s.

• Milan

• Verona

• Venice

• Rome

Answer explanation

Verona is a city in northeastern Italy. In Shakespeare's lifetime, it was part of the Venetian Republic, but until 1405 it had been an independent city-state. The Verona of Romeo and Juliet seems to be independent and with its own prince, who authorizes and enforces local laws.

He is the potion maker that sells Romeo the poison.

• Apothecary

• Mercutio

• Abram

• Benvolio

Answer explanation

Apothecary is a poor, starving, skeletal man with massive eyebrows whose shop does little business. Despite the threat of death if he is caught having sold poison, he accepts to give Romeo a deadly dose in return for a great deal of money.

The Elizabethan era is also known as “The “Enlightenment.”

• True

• False

Answer explanation

The Elizabethan age is considered to be a time of English renaissance that inspired national pride through classical ideals, international expansion, and naval triumph. This English Renaissance saw the flowering of poetry, music and literature.