Pd. 1 Honors English - Intro to Shakespeare Quiz

What does it mean to be "both alike in dignity"?

• Both families like the word dignity
• Both families are of equal importance
• Both families enjoy fighting each other
• Both families want to be wealthy

Where does this play take place?

• During a fair
• In England
• In Verona
• During summer

What are "civil blood" and "civil hands"?

• The blood and hands of normal citizens
• The blood and hands of politicians
• The blood and hands of kings and queens
• The blood and hands of peasants

Who takes their lives?

• Two strangers who have never met
• A boyfriend and girlfriend from one family
• A husband and wife from one family
• Two children of the fighting families

What happens once the lovers have died?

• The fighting gets worse
• The fighting just continues
• The fighting finally ends
• The fighting becomes illegal

What is this play about?

• The death of the lovers and the feud between the families
• The feud between the families and how it started long ago
• The love between the children and how they lived happily
• The rules of the city that forced the families to keep fighting

The play depicting Romeo and Juliet is a drama that is depicting Shakespearean tragedy because

• it has Elizabethan language.
• it has elements of comedy that counter the underlying tension of the serious plot.
• it has names of people that we know to be associated with tragedy.
• it results in a catastrophe.

Romeo would be considered both a tragic character and a/an

• protagonist
• antagonist
• anti-hero

• comic relief

A character's remark that others on stage do not hear is called a/an

• side note
• footnote
• aside
• soliloquy

A speech given by a character alone that exposes a character's thoughts and feelings is a/an

• side note
• footnote
• aside
• soliloquy