Romeo and Juliet Test Flashcards
flood
inundate
romeo’s best friend
mercutio
who is romeo’s cousin
benvolio
where does the story take place
verona
ultimately, why did romeo and juliet kill themselves?
love
determined
resolute
romeo belongs to what family
montague
how did juliet kill herself
dagger
who was juliet’s confident
the nurse
who told romeo that juliet was ‘dead’
balthasar
juliet’s cousin
tybalt
harsh
stark
animosity
rancor
destructive
baleful
a plea
entreaty
juliet belongs to what family
capulet
how did romeo kill himself
poison
what did mercutio say would be on both families
a curse
where did the party take place
capulet mansion
who was the authority figure
prince
where did romeo and juliet meet
at a party
the prince said that both families were what
punished
deeply thoughtful
pensive
who was romeo in love with before he met juliet
rosaline
to rest
repose
scold
chide
who is juliet supposed to marry
paris
to forget
forsake
who married romeo and juliet
friar lawrence
who wrote romeo and juliet
shakespeare
where did romeo flee to
mantua
knock-knock jokes are attributed to who
shakespeare
when was he born
april, 23, 1564
where did he grow up
startford-upon-avon
who were king and queen during shakespeare ‘s time
Queen Elizabeth and King James
Who had a profound impact on Shakespeare’s writing?
Elizabeth
who was Christopher Marlowe
author same time as shakespeare
what is the name of Shakespeare’s theatre
the globe
what are the various divisions of literature written by shakespeare
comedy, tragedy, history
Twelfth Night, Midsummers night’s dream, merchants of venice, the taming of the shrew are all what type of Shakespearean division
comedy
romeo and juliet, macbeth, othello, hamlet are what type of Shakespearean division
tragedy
kings richard and james is what type of Shakespearean division
history
What type of literary style did shakespear write in
iambic pentameter
how many syllables in a line of iambic pentameter
10
how many beats in a line of iambic pentameter
5
how many lines does a sonnet have
14
how many quatrains are in a sonnet
3
what does a sonnet end with
couplet
An act of speaking one’s thoughts aloud by oneself or regardless of any hearers
Soliloquy
what’s a couplet
a 2 lined poem where the last words rhyme with each other
