ROMEO and JULIET

Question 1

What is Shakespeare’s day of birth?

Answer 1

23 April 1564

Question 2

Where was Shakespeare born?

Answer 2

Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, England

Question 3

What time period (era) did Shakespeare write in?

Answer 3

Elizabethan era

Question 4

Whom did Shakespeare marry, and how many children did he have?

Answer 4

Anne Hathaway, 3 children (one son, two daughters)

Question 5

What is the name of the theatre best associated with Shakespeare?

Answer 5

The Globe Theater

Question 6

What three categories of plays that Shakespeare write?

Answer 6

Tragedies, comedies, histories

Question 7

What was the term used to refer to actors in Shakespeare’s time?

Answer 7

Players

Question 8

During Shakespeare time, what would the audience do if they did not like a performance?

Answer 8

They would throw rotten fruits like tomatoes and insult the players.

Question 9

What is a dowry?

Answer 9

Property or money brought by a bride to her husband on their marriage

Question 10

Why were most marriages arranged, for both noble and common people?

Answer 10

They were arranged to bring prestige or wealth to the family.

Question 11

What is the title of the person who nurses babies?

Answer 11

Wet nurse

Question 12

A famous line from Romeo and Juliet is when Juliet says, “Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?” What does “wherefore” mean?

Answer 12

For what reason

Question 13

Tragedy

Answer 13

Unhappy ending, usually everyone dies.

Question 14

Couplet

Answer 14

Two lines of verse, usually in the same meter and joined by rhyme.

Question 15

Soliloquy

Answer 15

An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud when by oneself or regardless of any hearers, especially by a character in a play.

Question 16

Sonnet

Answer 16

A poem of 14 lines using any of a number of rhyme schemes, 10 syllables or lines.

Question 17

Aside

Answer 17

A remark or passage by character in a play that is intended to be heard by the audience but unheard by the other characters.

Question 18

Blank verse

Answer 18

Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter.

Question 19

Verbal irony

Answer 19

Sarcasm. Irony in which a person says one thing and means another, or uses words to convey meaning that is the opposite of the literal meaning.

Question 20

Situational irony

Answer 20

Irony involving a situation in which actions have an effect.

Question 21

Dramatic irony

Answer 21

Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama that is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.

Question 22

Oxymoron

Answer 22

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction.

Question 23

Pun

Answer 23

A joke using different meanings of a word.

Question 24

Foreshadowing

Answer 24

A warning or indication of a future event.

Question 25

Personification

Answer 25

Giving a thing human qualities

Question 26

Hyperbole

Answer 26

Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to take literally.