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Shakespeare with R&J

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Shakespeare lived in

a)

late 1300's to early 1400's

b)

late 1400's to early 1500's

c)

late 1500's to early 1600's

d)

late 1600's to early 1700's

2.
Where was he born?
a)
In Stratford-upon-Avon
b)
In London
c)
In Manchester
d)
In Edinburgh
3.

Shakespeare's wife was

a)

younger than him

b)

the same age as he was

c)

older than he was

4.
What was his wife's name?
a)
Anne Boleyn
b)
Queen Elisabeth I
c)
Queen Victoria
d)
Ann Hathaway
5.

Shakespeare had

a)

two children

b)

three children

c)

four children

6.

Select all that apply:


William Shakespeare was

a)

an actor

b)

a playwright

c)

a movie maker

d)

a poet

7.
What was his theatre?
a)
Buckingham Palace
b)
The Tower of London
c)
The Globe
d)
Westminster Abbey
8.
What kind of works did he write?
a)
Novels
b)
Sonnets and plays
9.
Theme is________of a literary work
a)
the central idea
b)
the plot
c)
the climax
10.
Romeo and Juliet is about
a)
tragic power
b)
tragic greed
c)
tragic love
11.

Shakespeare opens up the play with what type of character?

a)

a chorus, or a character, speaking the prologue and epilogue in a play and serving to comment on events

b)

a part of a song that recurs at intervals, usually following each verse

c)

the main character

d)

a group of singers

12.
Shakespeare uses the prologue to inform the audience that _____________.
a)
Romeo is a Montague & Juliet is a Caplet
b)
Juliet is a widow
c)
Romeo is a fugitive
d)
The lovers from two feuding families will die
13.
What family does Juliet belong to? 
a)
Capulet
b)
Montague
c)
Hatfield
d)
McCoy 
14.
What family does Romeo belong to? 
a)
Capulet
b)
Montague
c)
Hatfield
d)
McCoy 
15.
Who is Romeo in love with at the beginning? 
a)
Juliet
b)
Mary
c)
Caroline 
d)
Rosaline 
16.
What insulting gesture is made at the beginning of the play? 
a)
Flip off with the middle finger
b)
A crude gesture pointed at someone's mother
c)
The gesture of cutting the throat. 
d)
The gesture of biting the thumb. 
17.
Where is the play set?
a)
Bologne
b)
Verona
c)
Rome
d)
Venice
18.
How does Lady Capulet feel about Paris' proposal?
a)
She is excited for Juliet and wants her to consider marriage to Paris.
b)
She thinks Juliet is too young and should wait two more years.
c)
She would prefer that Juliet marry Prince Escalus or his cousin Mercutio.
d)
She is surprised because Juliet is beyond marrying age and is considered to be an old maid.
19.
As Juliet is talking to her mother in Scene 3, the Nurse says, "Why, he's a man of wax." Who is she referring to?
a)
Paris
b)
Anybody at the party
c)
Romeo
d)
Tybalt
20.
___________ is Romeo's father.
a)
Montague
b)
Capulet
c)
Friar Laurence
d)
Never named
21.
Why are the two families feuding?
a)
One family stole from the other
b)
No one remembers
c)
They own rival businesses
d)
Their children fall in love
22.

Who speaks this line to Juliet?

"Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days."

a)

Lady Capulet

b)

Lady Montague

c)

Nurse

d)

Paris

23.

"What drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee. Have at thee, coward!" (Think bad tempered.)

a)

Romeo

b)

Tybalt

c)

Prince

d)

Benvolio

24.

In his conversation with Benvolio very early in the play, Romeo appears _____________.

a)

happy and pleasant

b)

sad and moody

c)

rough and angry

d)

sarcastic and rude

25.
When Juliet says, "It is an honor that I do not dream of," to what is she referring?
a)
Dating
b)
Having babies
c)
Marriage
26.
Who does Romeo meet at the party?
a)
Rosaline
b)
Lord Capulet
c)
Juliet
d)
Paris 
27.

What is Friar Lawrence doing when we first meet him in the play?

a)

gathering herbs and flowers

b)

praying to pilgrims

c)

reading a book about herbology

d)

eating and drinking with pilgrims

28.
How does Mercutio treat Nurse?
a)
He makes rude jokes about her.
b)
He mistakenly thinks that she is Rosaline.
c)
He adores her and wants her to be his mom.
d)
He mistakes her for Juliet's mom.
29.

Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

a)

They are in love.

b)

Juliet is pregnant.

c)

Romeo is going to war.

d)

He hopes it will make the families stop fighting.

30.

What happens in the play that the audience never really sees?

a)

Romeo and Juliet kiss

b)

Romeo and Juliet get married

c)

Romeo and Juliet kill themselves

d)

Romeo and Juliet see each other at the party

31.
Who are the people that helped Romeo and Juliet get married?
a)
The Friar and the Nurse
b)
Paris and Lord Capulet
c)
Benvolio and Mercutio
d)
Bert and Ernie
32.

Why doesn't the nurse tell Juliet right away what Romeo said?

a)

She has to prepare herself to deliver bad news.

b)

She thinks Juliet needs to learn patience.

c)

She claims to be tired and out of breath.

d)

She doesn't want Juliet to marry Romeo.

33.

Before Friar Lawrence learns about Juliet, he believes Romeo never went to bed because ---------------------------.

a)

He was with Rosaline.

b)

He was hiding from his father.

c)

He was fighting with Tybalt.

d)

He was carousing drunkenly with his friends.

34.

Juliet eagerly awaits for the Nurse to bring details about

a)

the marriage plans

b)

the funeral arrangements

c)

her mother's location

d)

Friar Lawrence's death

35.

The Friar will not let Romeo and Juliet stay alone together until what?

a)

They are married.

b)

They make confession.

c)

They talk to their parents.

d)

They promise him to behave.

36.

Select all that apply:

Read this quote: "What’s that light in the window?

It is the east. And Juliet is the sun. Rise,

beautiful sun. Kill the jealous moon. The

moon is pale and sad." What literary device is used?

a)

Metaphor - a figure of speech containing an implied comparison.

b)

Simile - indirect comparison using "like" or "as".

c)

Personification- giving inanimate objects human-like qualities

37.

Read the quote: "Plants have great power. There’s some

good in everything. But good can be

abused. Good becomes bad if misused.

This plant can both help and harm.

Smelling it will make you well. Tasting

it will kill you. There’s good and evil in

everything." Who said this?

a)

Friar Lawrence

b)

Friar Tuck

c)

Lord Montague

d)

Prince Escalus

38.

Why has Tybalt sent a letter to Romeo?

a)

challenging him to a duel for crashing the party

b)

challenging his to a battle of wits for insulting Tybalt's intelligence

c)

challenging Romeo to a game of chess to prove who is a stronger opponent

d)

congratulating Romeo on his marriage to Juliet

39.

Who does Juliet send as her messanger to Romeo?

a)

Peter

b)

Nurse

c)

Benvolio

d)

Tybalt

40.

Which device is being demonstrated below?

“You have dancing shoes / with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead / So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.”

a)

simile

b)

prologue

c)

metaphor

d)

pun

41.

Which device is demonstrated below?

“honourable villain”

“loving hate"

"feather of lead"

"cold fire"

a)

oxymoron

b)

metaphor

c)

similie

d)

pun

42.
Romeo arrives at the Capulet family tomb to find his love, Juliet supposedly dead. However, we the audience know that Juliet is not really dead, she merely took a potion to make it look like she was dead for her own motives. When the audience of a story knows more than the characters involved, what type of irony is employed?
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Dramatic Irony
43.

From Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet which of these lines contains an allusion?

a)

And therefore have I little talked of love

b)

Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death

c)

For Venus smiles not in a house of tears

d)

All of the above

44.

How does Romeo contribute to Mercutio's death?

a)

He duels Mercutio.

b)

He tells Tybalt what Mercutio's weakness is.

c)

He interferes with the fight to break it up and Tybalt stabs Mercutio.

d)

He holds back Mercutio so Tybalt can kill him.

45.
What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?
a)
death
b)
jail
c)
banished from Verona
d)
banished from Mantua 
46.

Romeo is sentenced to death by the Prince.

a)

True

b)

False

47.
What does Romeo say he would rather do than be banished?
a)
Serve a prison sentence
b)
Pay a fee
c)
Apologize
d)
Die
48.
Lord Capulet says he will ______ Juliet if she refuses to marry Paris.
a)
love
b)
disown
c)
hug
d)
smile at
49.

Why does Juliet lose trust in the Nurse?

a)

Nurse wants Juliet to kill herself.

b)

Nurse tells Juliet to run away.

c)

Nurse tells Juliet to marry Paris.

d)

Nurse tells Juliet's parents about Romeo.

50.
Who said, "A plague on both of your houses!"?
a)
Juliet
b)
Capulet
c)
Mercutio 
d)
Tybalt
51.

Romeo received word from Balthazar in Mantua that Juliet was

a)

taking a nap.

b)

in her family's tomb.

c)

married to Paris.

d)

watch television.

52.

After word of Juliet's apparent death, Romeo goes to a

a)

priest.

b)

a druggist.

c)

a clown.

d)

a doctor.

53.

Romeo purchased _____________ from the druggist.

a)

candy

b)

a sleeping potion

c)

poison

d)

garlic

54.

Friar John brought word to Friar Lawrence that

a)

Friar Lawrence's message to Romeo never made it to Mantua!

b)

He delivered Romeo's letter to the wrong person.

c)

Romeo was fighting.

d)

Romeo has left for France.

55.

Friar Lawrence planned to go to the tomb because

a)

Juliet was dead.

b)

Juliet was going to leave town soon.

c)

Juliet was going to wake up soon.

d)

Paris was going to be there.

56.

Romeo ran into Paris at Juliet's tomb and told him

a)

I came here to kill you.

b)

I came here to get married.

c)

I came here to die.

d)

I came here to get revenge.

57.

Select all that apply:


Juliet wakes up in the tomb to discover that

a)

Tybalt is not dead.

b)

Romeo and Paris are dead.

c)

Friar Lawrence is there.

d)

Romeo has passed out.

58.

Select all that apply:

When Juliet sees Romeo lying there, she

a)

gives him a kiss.

b)

runs away with Friar Lawrence.

c)

takes Romeo's knife and stabs herself in the heart.

d)

passes out.

59.

Friar Lawrence told the Prince, Capulets, and Montagues the truth about Romeo and Juliet. TRUE or FALSE?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

60.

"For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo." Translated "There was never a story more full of pain than the story of Romeo and Juliet."


This quote was the final line in the play. TRUE or FALSE?

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

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