Romeo and Juliet Quiz 1 F

a) ‘Romeo and Juliet’ was written in the Jacobean era.

b) ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is similar to ‘The Tempest’ because both plays are tragedies.

c) ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is set in the Italian city-state of Verona.

d) A tragedy is the complete opposite of a comedy. The two genres have nothing in common.

e) ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ was a tragedy because Egeus said that he wanted his daughter to be killed.

a) When he found out the tragic news, he had to leave work early.

b) ‘Titus Andronicus’ is another famous tragicby Shakespeare.

c) When the tragic struck, there was a special news bulletin.

d) It was a very tragedy incident.

e) The end of ‘Romeo and Juliet’ is very tragedy.

a) Romeo, Benvolio and Mercutio are members of the Capulet family.

b) The war in Verona is between Prince Escales and the Capulet family.

c) Romeo kills Tybalt because they were both in love with Juliet.

d) Juliet kills herself instead of having to marry Paris.

e) Romeo killed himself because he thought that Juliet was dead.

a) ‘Star-crossed’ shows that Romeo and Juliet are famous characters: they are superstars.

b) The ‘civil blood’ suggests that there will be violence and death in the play.

c) ‘Civil hands unclean’ proves that Romeo dies at the end of the play.

d) The marriage of Romeo and Juliet ends the ‘ancient grudge’ between the two families.

e) The Prologue rhymes, which means that it must be a sonnet.

a) A sonnet has 14 lines.

b) A sonnet has an ABAB rhyme scheme.

c) A sonnet always comes at the start of a tragedy.

d) A sonnet is usually a love poem.

e) The phrase, ‘A pair of star-crossed lovers’ proves that the Prologue is a sonnet.

a) Tybalt

b) Mercution

c) Lord Capulet

d) Lord Montague

e) Prince Escales

a) It is clear why the Montagues and the Capulets are in a feud with each other.

b) The Prince and the heads of the two families want to make a peaceful truce.

c) Tybalt kills Benvolio in the fight.

d) Gregory and Sampson want to fight the Montagues to annoy the people of Verona.

e) The Prince says that anyone caught fighting in the future will be punished by death.

a) Shakespearean tragedies are more difficult to understand and read then comedies.

b) The tragic heroes begin the play with a high status and always end the play as low-status characters (like jesters, fools and clowns).

c) The death of the tragic hero always comes as a surprise. An audience has no idea that a terrible catastrophe is coming.

d) The tragic hero is active. They take actions in the play, and these actions usually lead to their deaths.

e) Shakespearean tragedies have no moments of humour.

a)Obedient

b)Rebellious

c) Defiant

d) Passionate

e) Tyrannical

a) During Juliet’s first appearance, we see that she is a typical Shakespearean tragic hero.

b) Juliet acts like a tragic hero because she wants to follow her mother’s advice.

c) Lord Capulet does not want Paris to marry his daughter because Paris is not a member of the Capulet household.

d) At the start of the play, Juliet does not take action. She seems happy to let other people make decisions for her.

e)‘Romeo and Juliet’ is not a tragedy because she does not act like a typical tragic hero at the start of the play.