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Reading Shakespeare Quiz

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Last updated over 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
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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.


By the end of Act II, what characters know about Romeo and Juliet's love for one another?
Capulet
Lady Capulet
Juliet
Tybalt
Nurse
Montague
Lady Montague
Romeo
Benvolio
Mercutio
Friar Laurence
County Paris
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Pun
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Foreshadow
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Pun
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Foreshadow
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Pun
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Foreshadow
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Pun
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Foreshadow
Apostrophe
Hyperbole
Pun
Oxymoron
Soliloquy
Foreshadow