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Reading Shakespeare Quiz

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Last updated about 7 years ago
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Question 1
1.

Label the different levels of the social hierarchy in England during the Elizabethan Era. (½ pt per correct level labeled)

Question 2
2.

Scan the following quote from Romeo and Juliet.

Question 3
3.

Because Juliet is speaking to Romeo without her knowledge of his hearing it, the above quote is considered to be what type of literary element?

Question 4
4.

Identify the speaker of the following quote: "If ever you disturb our streets again, / Your lives shall pay
the forfeit of the peace.”

Question 5
5.

Explain the significance of the quote in #4. What are the circumstances surrounding this being said? What impact does this quote have on the events throughout the rest of the play?

Question 6
6.

By the end of Act II, what characters know about Romeo and Juliet's love for one another?

Question 7
7.

What poetic device is used in the following quote: "…ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man…"

Question 8
8.

What poetic device is used in the following quote: "Poor ropes, you are beguil’d, / Both you and I, for Romeo is exil’d."

Question 9
9.

What poetic device is used in the following quote: "A plague on both your houses."

Question 10
10.

What poetic device is used in the following quote: "A damned saint, an honourable villain!"

Question 11
11.

What poetic device is used in the following quote: "…Beg pardon of the prince, and call thee back / With twenty hundred thousand times more joy / Than thou went'st forth in lamentation."

Question 12
12.

Fill in the blanks to fill this famous line from Romeo and Juliet.