R & J Quiz One (11./18/16)

Question 1

What is the genre of “Romeo and Juliet”?

Answer 1

Tragedy/ Romantic Tragedy

Question 2

What are the themes for “Romeo and Juliet”?

Answer 2

Love, Fate, Hate, and Death

Question 3

What is a theme?

Answer 3

The main idea/ moral of the story

Question 4

What is the setting?

Answer 4

Time, place, and social environment

Question 5

What is the setting or “Romeo and Juliet”?

Answer 5

13th or 14th century, in Verona, Italy

Question 6

Where did Romeo and Juliet live?

Answer 6

Verona, Italy

Question 7

Which character has a lot of scenes in his/her house?

Answer 7

Juliet Capulet

Question 8

What is a soliloquy?

Answer 8

During a play, characters talk to themselves out loud and some talk for quite a long time, therefore, revealing private thoughts and feelings.

Question 9

What is an aside?

Answer 9

When the actor either speaks to himself or secretively to another character. Sometimes the actor speaks directly to the audience during this.

Question 10

What is blank verse?

Answer 10

Poetry that does not rhyme, but displays iambic pentameter.

Question 11

What is foreshadowing?

Answer 11

Hints to the audience/reader about what will happen next/later on in the story line.

Question 12

What does the prologue in “Romeo and Juliet” tell us?

Answer 12

That “star-crossed lovers take their lives” (Shakespeare).

Question 13

On the Shakespearean Tragedy plot diagram, what is in Act I?

Answer 13

Exposition

Question 14

On the Shakespearean Tragedy plot diagram, what is in Act II?

Answer 14

Rising Action

Question 15

On the Shakespearean Tragedy plot diagram, what is in Act III?

Answer 15

Turning Point

Question 16

On the Shakespearean Tragedy plot diagram, what is in Act IV?

Answer 16

Falling Action

Question 17

On the Shakespearean Tragedy plot diagram, what is in Act V?

Answer 17

Climax and Resolution

Question 18

What is a protagonist?

Answer 18

The main character, who is a “good” person.

Question 19

What is the antagonist?

Answer 19

The person/thing/force against the main character. Often this person/thing/force is depicted to be “evil” within the story.

Question 20

What is so significant about the phrase “star-crossed lovers”? (Mentioned during class)

Answer 20

For the time period, it was appropriate for people to put their fate/destiny in the stars. If it was said a pair of lovers were “star-crossed,” this meant their stars aligned in a way that they crossed paths, therefore, meaning they were meant to cross paths in their earthly lives, as well. In short, they were meant to be.

Question 21

What is an oxymoron?

Answer 21

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms are combined. Ex: clean mud

Question 22

What is metaphor?

Answer 22

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action, in comparison, without using the words “like” or “as” to make the comparison.

Question 23

Other things to study from your notes:

Answer 23

The characters - know Romeo, Juliet, Lord & Lady Capulet, Lord & Lady Montague, Tybalt, and Benvolio for this quiz. Also, be familiar with chorus, servants, and the prince. Do not worry about other characters for THIS quiz.