Romeo And Juliet Test Flashcards
“He that is strucken blind cannot forget
The precious treasure of his eyesight lost”
Benvolio
“The weakest goes to the wall”
Gregory
“Oh! She doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night……”
Romeo
“One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.”
Romeo
“My bounty is as boundless as the sea, my love as deep. The more I give to thee the more I have, for both are infinite.”
Juliet
“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be marrow.”
Juliet
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound……”
Romeo
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
Juliet
“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”
Friar Laurence
“A gentleman, nurse, the love to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand in a month.”
Romeo
“Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”
Friar Laurence
“When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars….”
Juliet
“All these woes shall serve for sweet discourses in our time to come.”
Lord capulet
“Eyes, look your last!
Arms take your last embrace!”
Romeo
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and Romeo.”
The prince
Romeo
Montague
Juliet
Capulet
Friar Laurence
Neutral
Mercutio
Montague
The nurse
Neutral
Tybalt
Capulet
Paris
Capulet
Benvolio
Montague
The Prince
Neutral
When did plays begin?
700bc
It was a seasonal festival honoring which god?
Dionysius
Why did men dress in goat costumes?
Because of their sexual potency
What does tragedy mean?
Goat song
When the fifty men were dancing around in a circle what was the focus on?
Circle of life, death, rebirth, winter and spring
Where did dialogue come from?
When the chorus chose a leader to recite lines then wait for a response
Who was the first actor?
Thespis
Who was the first playwright?
Aeschylus
What Greek word did comedy come from?
Komos
What did plays try to do with catholic religion?
Turn people against it which was later brought back by othe kings and queens
What can Elizabethan plays not be about?
Politics or religion
When was shakespear born?
1564
Who did he marry?
Anne Hathaway at the age of 18
How many plays did shakespear write?
37
What year does shakespear die?
1616
What did shakespear found?
A lyrical expression to the deepest secrets of a man
Who built the theatre? A play place
James burbage
Who built the globe?
Peter smith
When did the globe burn down and when was it rebuilt?
1613 and was rebuilt 1614
When was the globe permanently destroyed and by who?
The puritans in 1644
