Dramatic Techniques QUIZ: Romeo and Juliet

Why is William Shakespeare important?

• He was a great humanitarian that donated money to the poor

• He invented the idea of acting and performing

• He made acting a legitimate career and used his platform to portray important issues and he invented new words and ideas

• He encouraged people to leave the Catholic church

Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet during the Renaissance period, but what is the setting/time period of the drama?

• Middle Ages

• Renaissance

• Victorian Era

• Elizabethan Era

What is a "monologue"?

• The most famous speech in a play

• An expressive speech given by an actor, alone on stage

• A long speech delivered by one actor while other characters ARE on stage

• A discussion between two actors

Words spoken by an actor directly to the audience, which are believed to not be "heard" by the other characters on stage during a play.

• Sonnet

• Monologue

• Soliloquy

• Aside

A group of characters [ Originally in Greek tragedy, later forms of drama], who comment/narrate on the action of a play without participation in it.

• Ensemble

• Choir

• Chorus

• Band

What is DRAMATIC irony?

• When the audience knows something the character(s) don't know, they act opposite of how they should

• When characters say something opposite of what they actually mean

• When the characters actions are opposite of what you'd expect

Which part of the play is this considered?:

"Two households, both alike in dignity
 (In fair Verona, where we lay our scene),
 From ancient grudge break to new mutiny,
 Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean."

• Epilogue

• Prologue

• Dialogue

• Monologue

Answer explanation

"pro" meaning forward or before (or ahead)- This is narrated to the audience before the events of the play begin.

What is the purpose of the 'aside' in this scene?

• To reveal the main conflict in the plot.

• To make it clear to the audience who is friends with who

• To allow certain information to be heard by the audience, assuming other characters couldn't hear it.

• To increase the amount of stage directions

Based on the stage directions in this excerpt, who started the fight?

• Tybalt, he uses provocative language

• Sampson, he provoked Benvolio

• Abram, he provoked the Capulets

• Benvolio, he drew his sword before Tybalt

Which of these situations in IRONIC in Act 1?

• The Capulet servants starting the fight, they are typically more peaceful

• Benvolio drawing his sword, he is typically peaceful, as is his cousin, Romeo

• Tybalt drawing his sword, he's not a very good fighter

• The prince coming to break it up, usually he stays out of conflict