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Romeo and Juliet Act 1 and Background

Total questions: 79

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If you call someone who’s 6’ 7” "Shorty", you are using which type of irony?

a)

Verbal

b)

Situational

c)

Dramatic

2.

Which literary term are these: sweet sorrow, jumbo shrimp, Microsoft Works?

a)

Hyperbole

b)

Allusion

c)

Oxymoron

d)

Pun

3.

Romeo and Juliet were each supposed to meet someone else but instead, meet each other. This is which type of irony?

a)

Verbal

b)

Dramatic

c)

Situational

4.

What’s the syntax term for the structural similarity between sentence parts?

a)

Comma Splice

b)

Parallel

c)

Comma Error

d)

Fragment

5.

What’s the “D” in PADSFFTTT?

a)

Diction

b)

Diversion

c)

Distinction

d)

Dramatic Irony

6.

In SPACE-CAT, the reason that moved the speaker to speak/write is what—the emotional spark—the “E”?

a)

Excitement

b)

Exigence

c)

Effect

d)

Effort

7.

In an argument paper, what’s the sentence that expands your claim to include the major topics you’ll be writing about?

a)

Trace

b)

Theme

c)

Thesis

d)

Introduction

8.

The essay we wrote about love, where you get information from multiple sources, is called a ___ essay.

a)

Expository

b)

Informational

c)

Argumentative

d)

Synthesis

9.

When was Shakespeare alive?

a)

Late 1300s

b)

1462-1492

c)

Early 1600s

d)

Late 1600s

10.

What COUNTRY was Shakespeare from?

a)

Italy

b)

Europe

c)

England

d)

Ireland

11.

Where is the setting of Romeo & Juliet (town & country)?

a)

Verona, Italy

b)

Stafford-on-Avon, England

c)

Venice, Italy

d)

Sydney, Australia

12.

Name of Shakespeare’s theater?

a)

The Wooden Circle

b)

Theater in the round

c)

The Circle

d)

The Globe

13.

Where do Romeo & Juliet first meet?

a)

School

b)

A party

c)

The church

d)

The market

14.

What provided the light for Shakespeare’s plays?

a)

Torches

b)

Electricity

c)

Candle

d)

Sun

15.

How old is Juliet?

a)

12

b)

13

c)

14

d)

15

16.

Which literary term is Romeo’s refers to the story of Cupid?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Pun

c)

Hyperbole

d)

Allusion

17.

Why won’t Romeo & friends be recognized at the party?

a)

Everyone will be drinking

b)

No one really knows them

c)

They will be in the back hiding

d)

They will wear masks

18.

Who recognizes Romeo though? (at the party)

a)

Benvolio

b)

Tybalt

c)

Mercutio

d)

Lady Capulet

19.

The fact that we know that Romeo and Juliet are going to die, but they don't know is what type of irony?

a)

Dramatic

b)

Verbal

c)

Situational

20.

When we meet the Friar, he is alone and talking to himself about poison and gathering flowers. This is an example of what dramatic speech?

a)

Monologue

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Dialogue

d)

Aside

21.

What is wrong with this sentence: Let's go to the game and you can get some nachos.

a)

Comma Splice

b)

Comma Error

c)

Not Parallel

d)

Fused

22.

What's wrong with this sentence: Show me how much you care, and take time to do the test right.

a)

Comma Splice

b)

Comma Error

c)

Not Parallel

d)

Fused

23.

The fact that Romeo has a dream that the party will lead to his untimely death is an example of what?

a)

Verbal Irony

b)

Situational Irony

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Dramatic Irony

24.

The Prologue is written in what 14-line form of poetry?

a)

Lyric

b)

Blank Verse

c)

Spoken Word

d)

Sonnet

25.

Who asks Lord Capulet for Juliet's hand in marriage?

a)

Prince Escalus

b)

Romeo

c)

Peter

d)

Count Paris

26.

A large division in a play.

a)

Act

b)

Scene

c)

Script

d)

Stage Directions

27.

A small division in a play.

a)

Act

b)

Scene

c)

Script

d)

Set Directions

28.

The directions that tell the actor how to read a line.

a)

Staging

b)

Stage Directions

c)

Prologue

d)

Scene

29.

Reference to something famous in a work of literature

a)

Dialogue

b)

Narrative

c)

Affirmation

d)

Allusion

30.

Speaker on stage gives a long speech to characters

a)

Dialogue

b)

Aside

c)

Monologue

d)

Soliloquy

31.

Conversation between two or more characters

a)

Dialogue

b)

Aside

c)

Monologue

d)

Soliloquy

32.

When the character talks directly to the reader or audience

a)

Dialogue

b)

Aside

c)

Monologue

d)

Soliloquy

33.

Unaccented and accented poetic foot

a)

Beat

b)

Meater

c)

Iambic

d)

Pentameter

34.

A play on words- (One candle says to the other, this is lit!)

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Allusion

d)

Pun

35.

A character used to contrast another character

a)

Foil

b)

Comic Relief

c)

Pun

d)

Couplet

36.

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme

a)

Sonnet

b)

Blank Verse

c)

Lyric

d)

Couplet

37.

The characteristics that make a character who they are is known as their ___________

a)

Foil

b)

Persona

c)

Pentameter

d)

Flaws

38.

Line of poetry containing five poetic feet

a)

Meter

b)

Beat

c)

Iambic Pentameter

d)

Blank Verse

39.

14-line poem

a)

Blank Verse

b)

Couplet

c)

Lyric

d)

Sonnet

40.

The character that creates a humorous effect in the play

a)

Jester

b)

Character Foil

c)

Comic Relief

d)

Tragic Flaw

41.

A play with a happy ending

a)

Tragedy

b)

Historical Drama

c)

Romance

d)

Comedy

42.

A play with a sad ending

a)

Tragedy

b)

Historical Drama

c)

Romance

d)

Comedy

43.

A story written to be performed

a)

Song

b)

Lyric

c)

Script

d)

Blank Verse

44.

A group of actors that narrate the story.

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Persona

c)

Prologue

d)

Chorus

45.

The type of irony when the reader knows more than the character does

a)

Situational

b)

Verbal

c)

Dramatic

46.

The type of irony when the character says one thing but means another

a)

Situational

b)

Verbal

c)

Dramatic

47.

Clues that warn or point to a bad ending

a)

Irony

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Chorus

d)

Script

48.

Two opposite words put together to make a new concept

a)

Sonnet

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Parallelism

49.

The type of irony when you expect one thing to happen, but something opposite happens.

a)

Situational

b)

Dramatic

c)

Verbal

50.

A sentence that needs a comma but does not have one.

a)

Comma Error

b)

Comma splice

c)

Fused

d)

Fragment

51.

A sentence that has a comma but something else is needed.

a)

Comma Error

b)

Comma Splice

c)

Fused Sentence

d)

Fragment

52.

Two sentences shoved together with no punctuation.

a)

Comma Error

b)

Comma Splice

c)

Fused Sentence

d)

Fragment

53.

What is an incomplete sentence?

a)

Comma Error

b)

Comma Splice

c)

Fused Sentence

d)

Fragment

54.

When we first see this character, he had been crying.

a)

Benvolio

b)

Mercutio

c)

Romeo

d)

Paris

55.

Romeo and Benvolio found out about the party from him.

a)

Paris

b)

Tybalt

c)

Friar Laurence

d)

Peter

56.

Juliet's Parents

a)

Capulets

b)

Montagues

57.

Tells us the background and what is going to happen

a)

Mercutio

b)

Mab

c)

Chorus

d)

Nurse

58.

Man Juliet is supposed to marry

a)

Paris

b)

Escaluls

c)

Romeo

d)

Mercutio

59.

Shakespeare's wife

a)

Elizabeth

b)

Anne Hathaway

c)

Juliet

d)

Mary

60.

Romeo's Parents

a)

Capulets

b)

Montagues

61.

Queen during Shakespeare's time

a)

Elizabeth

b)

Anne Hathaway

c)

Juliet

d)

Mary

62.

Ruler of Romeo and Julilet's town

a)

Paris

b)

Montagues

c)

Capulets

d)

Escalus

63.

Played by a boy when the play was presented in Shakespeare's time

a)

Juliet

b)

Nurse

c)

Lady Montague

d)

All females

64.

Juliet's Cousin

a)

Romeo

b)

Mercutio

c)

Benvolio

d)

Tybalt

65.

Romeo's Cousin

a)

Juliet

b)

Benvolio

c)

Mercutio

d)

Tybalt

66.

Girl Romeo "Loves" before Juliet

a)

Anne Hathaway

b)

Elizabeth

c)

Rosaline

d)

Mary

67.

Juliet's Servent

a)

Nurse

b)

Peter

c)

Romeo

d)

Tybalt

68.

Romeo's bestie

a)

Benvolio

b)

Mercutio

c)

Tybalt

d)

Peter

69.

Agrees to Marry Romeo and Juliet

a)

Mercutio

b)

Nurse

c)

Laurence

d)

Montague

70.

Stops the fight scene in Act 1 Scene 1

a)

Paris

b)

Escalus

c)

Romeo

d)

Benvolio

71.

Where is the big party?

a)

Montague Manor

b)

Capulet Mansion

c)

Prince's Palace

d)

Paris' Home

72.

What does Romeo keep comparing himself to when he kisses Juliet the first time?

a)

Beggar

b)

Pilgrim

c)

Groundling

d)

Servant

73.

Do you remember how to write a complex sentence? (it will be on the test)

a)

yes

b)

No

74.

Do you remember how to correctly use a quote from a source and give credit? (It will be on the test)

a)

yes

b)

no

75.

Do you know the three essential colon spots? (On the test!)

a)

Yes

b)

No

76.

Do you know what Benvolio means by "I'll make thee think thy swan a crow" ? He says this to Romeo when he is wanting to be with Rosaline.

a)

yes

b)

No

77.

Do you know the difference between a gerund and a participle? (On the test)

a)

Yes

b)

No

78.

Look over some of the commonly misused words bell ringers if you don't remember the rules. (on the test)

a)

Ok!

b)

No... you can't make me!

79.

When is the 1300s?

a)

The 12th Century

b)

The 13th Century

c)

The 14th Century

d)

The 15th Century