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Romeo and Juliet Test Flashcards

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1
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flood

A

inundate

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2
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romeo’s best friend

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mercutio

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3
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who is romeo’s cousin

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benvolio

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4
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where does the story take place

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verona

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5
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ultimately, why did romeo and juliet kill themselves?

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love

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6
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determined

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resolute

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7
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romeo belongs to what family

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montague

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8
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how did juliet kill herself

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dagger

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9
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who was juliet’s confident

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the nurse

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10
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who told romeo that juliet was ‘dead’

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balthasar

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11
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juliet’s cousin

A

tybalt

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12
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harsh

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stark

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13
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animosity

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rancor

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14
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destructive

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baleful

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15
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a plea

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entreaty

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16
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juliet belongs to what family

A

capulet

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17
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how did romeo kill himself

A

poison

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18
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what did mercutio say would be on both families

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a curse

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19
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where did the party take place

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capulet mansion

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20
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who was the authority figure

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prince

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21
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where did romeo and juliet meet

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at a party

22
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the prince said that both families were what

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punished

23
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deeply thoughtful

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pensive

24
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who was romeo in love with before he met juliet

A

rosaline

25
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to rest

A

repose

26
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scold

A

chide

27
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who is juliet supposed to marry

A

paris

28
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to forget

A

forsake

29
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who married romeo and juliet

A

friar lawrence

30
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who wrote romeo and juliet

A

shakespeare

31
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where did romeo flee to

A

mantua

32
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knock-knock jokes are attributed to who

A

shakespeare

33
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when was he born

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april, 23, 1564

34
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where did he grow up

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startford-upon-avon

35
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who were king and queen during shakespeare ‘s time

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Queen Elizabeth and King James

36
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Who had a profound impact on Shakespeare’s writing?

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Elizabeth

37
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who was Christopher Marlowe

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author same time as shakespeare

38
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what is the name of Shakespeare’s theatre

A

the globe

39
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what are the various divisions of literature written by shakespeare

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comedy, tragedy, history

40
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Twelfth Night, Midsummers night’s dream, merchants of venice, the taming of the shrew are all what type of Shakespearean division

A

comedy

41
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romeo and juliet, macbeth, othello, hamlet are what type of Shakespearean division

A

tragedy

42
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kings richard and james is what type of Shakespearean division

A

history

43
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What type of literary style did shakespear write in

A

iambic pentameter

44
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how many syllables in a line of iambic pentameter

A

10

45
Q

how many beats in a line of iambic pentameter

A

5

46
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how many lines does a sonnet have

A

14

47
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how many quatrains are in a sonnet

A

3

48
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what does a sonnet end with

A

couplet

49
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An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud by oneself or regardless of any hearers

A

Soliloquy

49
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what’s a couplet

A

a 2 lined poem where the last words rhyme with each other

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