2. CharactersPlotQuotes Literary Devices Shakespeare & Elizabethan Theatre 100 200 300 400 500

3. Characters – 100 points Q: Who is Romeo first in love with in the beginning of the play?

4. Characters – 100 points A: Rosaline

5. Characters – 200 points Q: Which member of the Capulet family loves to fight?

6. Characters – 200 points A: Tybalt

7. Characters – 300 points Q: Who develops a plan for Romeo to escape to Mantua and what is his relationship to Romeo?

8. Characters – 300 points A: Friar Laurence, Romeo’s friend

9. Characters – 400 points Q: Who decides that Juliet should marry Paris and what is his/her relationship to Juliet?

10. Characters – 400 points A: Lord Capulet, Juliet’s father

11. Characters – 500 points “His temperament jumps up and down like the mercury in a thermometer.” Q: Which character does this describe?

12. Characters – 500 points A: Mercutio

13. Plot – 100 points Q: What does the Prince say will happen in Act 1 if the Montagues and Capulets keep fighting?

14. Plot – 100 points A: They will be killed

15. Plot – 200 questions Q: Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

16. Plot – 200 points A: Because he hopes it will stop the feud between the Montagues and Capulets

17. Plot – 300 points Q: Why doesn’t Romeo want to fight Tybalt?

18. Plot – 300 points A: Because he is now his cousin

19. Plot – 400 points Q: What is Friar Laurence’s plan to save Juliet from marrying Paris?

20. Plot – 400 points A: Juliet will take a sleeping potion to make it appear like she is dead. Romeo will then be in the tomb when she wakes up, and they can escape to Mantua together.

21. Plot – 500 points Q: Which characters die in Act 5?

22. Plot – 500 points A: Romeo, Juliet, Paris and Lady Montague

23. Quotes – 100 points “But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart; my will to her consent is but a part” Q: Who said this quote?

24. Quotes – 100 points A: Lord Capulet

25. Questions – 200 points “What’s in a name? That which we call a Rose by any other word would smell as sweet” Q: Which character said this and who is he/she talking to?

26. Questions – 200 points A: Juliet, talking to Romeo

27. Quotes – 300 points “A plague on both your houses!” Q: Which character said this and when does he/she say it in the play?

28. Quotes – 300 points A: Mercutio, before he dies

29. Quotes – 400 points “Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die” Q: Which character said this and why is he/she saying it?

30. Quotes – 400 points A: Juliet; she wants to kill herself because Romeo is dead

31. Quotes – 500 points “For there never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” Q: Which character said this quote and when does he/she say it?

32. Quotes – 500 points A: The Prince, at the end of the play

33. Literary Devices – 100 points “Two households both alike in dignity In fair Verona where we set our scene…” Q: What is this type of rhythm called in poetry?

34. Literary Devices – 100 points A: Iambic Pentameter

35. Literary Devices – 200 points “Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man” Q: What literary device is this an example of?

36. Literary Devices – 200 points A: Pun A pun is a play on words that wittily exploits a double meaning. Shakespeare is referring to Mercutio’s death and a serious situation.

37. Literary Devices – 300 points “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks. It is the east and Juliet is the sun” Q: What literary device is this an example of?

38. Literary Devices – 300 points A: Metaphor Juliet is being compared to the light/sun; she illuminates the room even though it is night.

39. Literary Devices – 400 points “The grey-eyed moon smiles on the frowning night, Check’ring the eastern clouds with streaks of light” Q: What literary device is this an example of?

40. Literary Devices – 400 points A: Personification; the moon is given human-like characteristics

41. Literary Devices – 500 points Q: What is a theme of Romeo and Juliet?

42. Literary Devices – 500 points A: Love, fate, chance, free will, family, youth, death and any other answers Mrs. Brown is willing to accept!

43. Shakespeare/Theatre – 100 points Q: Where was the Globe Theatre located?

44. Shakespeare/Theatre – 100 points A: London, England

45. Shakespeare/Theatre – 200 points Q: What did Shakespeare leave to his wife when he died? (Hint – This shows that they really didn’t get along…)

46. Shakespeare/Theatre – 200 points A: The second best bed in the house

47. Shakespeare/Theatre – 300 points Q: What characteristics were actors expected to have in the Elizabethan era?

48. Shakespeare/Theatre – 300 points A: Strong singing voices, dancing ability, acrobatic talents, fencing experience, good memories

49. Shakespeare/Theatre – 400 points Q: Who could NOT be an actor in Shakespeare’s day?

50. Shakespeare/Theatre – 400 points A: Women; all the parts were played by men

51. Shakespeare/Theatre – 500 points Q: Why were theatres often closed down from 1603- 1610?

52. Shakespeare/Theatre – 500 points A: BLACK PLAGUE: Cramped people would cough and go to the bathroom in the theatre right next to each other; lack of sanitation in the theatre