Romeo And Juliet Test Flashcards

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“He that is strucken blind cannot forget

The precious treasure of his eyesight lost”

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Benvolio

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“The weakest goes to the wall”

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Gregory

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“Oh! She doth teach the torches to burn bright!

It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night……”

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Romeo

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“One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun ne’er saw her match since first the world begun.”

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Romeo

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“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.”

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Juliet

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“Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night till it be marrow.”

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Juliet

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“He jests at scars that never felt a wound……”

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Romeo

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“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

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Juliet

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“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.”

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Friar Laurence

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“A gentleman, nurse, the love to hear himself talk, and will speak more in a minute than he will stand in a month.”

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Romeo

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“Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”

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Friar Laurence

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“When he shall die, take him and cut him out in little stars….”

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Juliet

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“All these woes shall serve for sweet discourses in our time to come.”

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Lord capulet

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“Eyes, look your last!

Arms take your last embrace!”

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Romeo

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“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and Romeo.”

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The prince

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Romeo

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Montague

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Juliet

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Capulet

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Friar Laurence

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Neutral

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Mercutio

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Montague

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The nurse

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Neutral

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Tybalt

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Capulet

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Paris

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Capulet

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Benvolio

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Montague

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The Prince

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Neutral

24
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When did plays begin?

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700bc

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It was a seasonal festival honoring which god?

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Dionysius

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Why did men dress in goat costumes?

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Because of their sexual potency

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What does tragedy mean?

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Goat song

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When the fifty men were dancing around in a circle what was the focus on?

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Circle of life, death, rebirth, winter and spring

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Where did dialogue come from?

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When the chorus chose a leader to recite lines then wait for a response

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Who was the first actor?

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Thespis

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Who was the first playwright?

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Aeschylus

32
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What Greek word did comedy come from?

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Komos

33
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What did plays try to do with catholic religion?

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Turn people against it which was later brought back by othe kings and queens

34
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What can Elizabethan plays not be about?

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Politics or religion

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When was shakespear born?

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1564

36
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Who did he marry?

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Anne Hathaway at the age of 18

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How many plays did shakespear write?

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37

38
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What year does shakespear die?

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1616

39
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What did shakespear found?

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A lyrical expression to the deepest secrets of a man

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Who built the theatre? A play place

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James burbage

41
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Who built the globe?

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Peter smith

42
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When did the globe burn down and when was it rebuilt?

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1613 and was rebuilt 1614

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When was the globe permanently destroyed and by who?

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The puritans in 1644