Romeo and Juliet Intro Quiz (1.1)

Who wrote Romeo and Juliet?

• William Shakespeare

• Queen Elizabeth

• Aesop

• Edgar Allan Poe

When did Shakespeare do most of his writing?

• 1400 C.E.

• 1600 C.E.

• 1800 C.E.

• 300 B.C.E.

Where does Romeo and Juliet take place?

• Verona, Italy

• London, England

• Paris, France

• Barcelona, Spain

What happens to Romeo and Juliet at the end of the play?

• They get imprisoned

• They escape into the wilderness

• They live happily ever after

• They die

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What's the relationship between Romeo and Juliet's families?

• They are powerful and they hate each other.

• They are from different countries.

• They are friendly with each other.

• Juliet's family is rich and Romeo's family is poor.

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Which poetic meter does Shakespeare use?

• Iambic Pentameter

• Trochaic Tetrameter

• Anapestic Trimeter

• Dactylic Hexameter

What is an iamb?

• Stressed Syllable + Stressed Syllable

• Stressed Syllable + Unstressed Syllable

• Unstressed Syllable + Stressed Syllable + Unstressed Syllable

• Unstressed Syllable + Stressed Syllable

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How many syllables are in a line of iambic pentameter?

• 12

• 6

• 10

• 8

What sound does iambic pentameter imitate?

• Heartbeat

• Breathing

• Running

• Laughing

In Elizabethan times, people married for love.

• True

• False