Romeo and Juliet Test Review Short Answer Question

Romeo and Juliet Test Review

Short Answer Question Relate our theme “personal identity through history” to Romeo and Juliet. How do the personal histories of Romeo and Juliet affect their lives? How does it shape who they are and how they act? How does it affect their relationships with others? (4 pts)

What dramatic element is defined as a brief remark by a character revealing his or her true thoughts or feelings, unheard by other characters? Aside

What house did Paris belong to/associate with? Capulet

Who was Shakespeare’s main patron during most of his career? Queen Elizabeth

What would Romeo’s tragic or fatal flaw be? Impulsiveness/ruled emotions by

What day does Romeo kill Paris? Thursday

What would a conversation between or among characters be called? Dialogue

Mercutio was character used for comic relief by his use of what dramatic/literary element? Pun

On what day did Romeo and Juliet meet? Sunday

What day does Juliet meet with Friar Lawrence to stop her marriage to Paris? Tuesday

What house did Mercutio belong to/associate with? Montague

What house did the apothecary belong to/side with? Neutral (had no knowledge of feud)

How would Romeo’s death scene be dramatic irony? Romeo is killing himself because he believes Juliet to be dead, but we know she is alive.

What house did the Nurse belong to/associate with? Capulet

Who is constantly offering advice, guidance, and plans to support both Romeo and Juliet? Friar Lawrence

Acting became a paid profession causing what to be built? Theatres

Who says the following: O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn me love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet Juliet

What is Friar Lawrence’s plan to get Juliet out of marrying Paris? Juliet will take a sleeping potion that will make her appear dead. Romeo will come and take her to Mantua.

What day is Tybalt killed? Monday

True or False: Shakespeare had four children. False

What is verbal irony? When a character says something different from what they mean

What is the meaning of the following quote? O Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo Deny thy father and refuse thy name, Or if thou wilt not, be but sworn me love, And I’ll no longer be a Capulet Why must you be called Romeo? Forget who you are, but if you don’t, say you love me and I will deny my name.

The time period of Queen Elizabeth’s reign was referred to as England’s _____ Golden Age (or Elizabethan Era)

What house did Benvolio belong to/associate with? Montague

What is the climax of the play? Romeo gets banished. Juliet is told she must marry Paris.

What does the following mean? : O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circle orb Lest that thy love prove likewise variable Don’t swear that your love will be like the moon because the moon constantly changes

Who was Shakespeare’s wife? Anne Hathaway

What day does the balcony scene ocurr? Sunday

True or False: Shakespeare and his troupe would not perform at the Globe Theatre for the Queen. The performed at the castle. True

Who says the following: Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man Mercutio

Juliet is constantly compared to what in the play? Sun/Light

True or False: Stars are associated with happiness in Romeo and Juliet? False

Who says the following: O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon, That monthly changes in her circle orb Lest that thy love prove likewise variable Juliet

When is Juliet found “dead”? Wednesday

What is Shakespeare’s death date and believed birth date? April 23

What house did Tybalt belong to/associate with? Capulet

Who says the following: A plague a both your houses! / They have made worms meat of me Mercutio

What is a soliloquy? when a character is alone on stage revealing their inner thoughts and feelings

What house did Prince Escalus belong to/associate with? Neither (Neutral)

What is the significance of “personal identity through history” to the play and unit? It was thematic focus

Who says the following: These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder Which, as they kiss, consume. Friar Lawrence

What didn’t go according to Friar Lawrence’s plan that would stop Romeo from meeting Juliet in the tomb? Romeo never received the letter

What didn’t go according to Friar Lawrence’s plan that would stop Romeo from meeting Juliet in the tomb? Romeo never received the letter

True or False: Women actors were not allowed during Elizabethan times. True

What house did Balthasar belong to/associate with? Montague

What house did Friar Lawrence belong to/associate with? Neutral

Who became Shakespeare’s patron AFTER Queen Elizabeth? King James I

Who says the following: Oh, I am fortune’s fool! Romeo

Who says the following: I do protest I never injure thee/ But love thee better than thou canst devise / Till thou shalt know the reason of my love / And so, good Capulet, which name I tender / As dearly as mine own, be satisfied Romeo

Why were theatres forced to be moved out of London’s city limits (across the Thames)? Theatre was seen as negative due to the people who attended