1. That was EPIC! Save the Drama for Your Mama! Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Q $100 Q $200 Q $300 Q $400 Q $500 Final Jeopardy JEOPARDY Gods and Monsters Characters Background Information Literary Devices Themes Plot and Other Important Details

2. $100 Background Information What is one way that Shakespeare attempts to catch the attention of the Groudlings?

3. $100 Answer from Background Information Violence OR Vulgar Jokes

4. $200 Question from Background Information What made the performances at the Globe Theater “ground breaking” or unique?

5. $200 Answer from Background Information The fact that the rich and poor watched the same play, in the same theater, at the same time

6. $300 Question from Background Information How did Shakespeare establish the details about the setting in his plays.

7. $300 Answer from Background Information Through dialogue and through the prologues Performed by the Chorus

8. $400 Question from Background Information In Shakespeare’s plays, he has a very Interesting sense of humor. How did he show this humor in his real life?

9. $400 Answer from Background Information He had a curse written on his tombstone.

10. $500 Question from Background Information Why is Shakespeare a significant figure in our study of language today?

11. $500 Answer from Background Information He is responsible for the introduction of Approximately 1,700 words to the English language. (Yes, that does include swagger)

12. $100 Question from Characters What foil pair is being emphasized by the following quote: “Here were the servants of your adversary And yours, close fighting did approach. I drew to part them. In the instant came The fiery... with his sword prepared” (I.i.99-102)

13. $100 Answer from Characters Benvolio and Tybalt

14. $200 Question from Characters Identify a quote(s) that emphasizes the foil pair of Romeo and Mercutio. **Paraphrasing is not a correct answer, find a direct quote from the play!

15. $200 Answer from Characters Answers will vary.

16. $300 Question from Characters Examine the two quotes below. How do they Function for character development? “It is an honor that I dream not of” (I.iii.66) “If they bent of love be honorable, Thy purpose marriage, send me word tomorrow” (II.ii.143-145)

17. $300 Answer from Characters Juliet’s character has changed. She very quickly went from someone not even considering marriage to someone willing to elope with Romeo.

18. $400 Question from Characters Explain the role of confidants and advisors in the play.

19. $400 Answer Characters The Nurse is a confidant to Juliet, and Friar Laurence is an advisor to Romeo. Juliet loses a trusted confidant in her falling out with the nurse. Friar Laurence only gives advice that focuses on deception. Answers may vary.

20. $500 Question from Characters Explain 2 functions of Rosaline in the play.

21. $500 Answer from Characters Character development of Romeo Theme development: -The fleeting/fickle nature of young love Intervention of Fate (w/o Rosaline, Romeo doesn’t go to the Capulet party).

22. $100 Question from Literary Devices Examine the quote from Act I scene i line 134. What is significant about the diction of this line? What function does this line have to the story?

23. $100 Answer from Literary Devices Montague describes how Romeo’s odd behavior is an omen of something bad to come. This foreshadows the tragic ending of the play.

24. $200 Question from Literary Devices Find one pun from the text and explain its meaning/function.

25. $200 Answer from Literary Devices Answers will vary

26. $300 Question from Literary Devices Read the following quote: “But I, a maid, die maiden-widowed. / Come, cords; come, nurse. I’ll take to my wedding bed; / And death, not Romeo, take my maidenhead!” (III.ii.135-137) This is an example of what literary device?

27. $300 Answer from Literary Devices Personification -She says that death will be her husband, not Romeo

28. $400 Question from Literary Devices What antithetical idea is established by this quote? “Thou canst not speak of that thou dost not feel. Wert thou as young as I, Juliet thy love, An hour but married, Tybalt murderèd, Doting like me, and like me banishèd, Then mightst thou speak, then mightst thou tear thy hair”

29. $400 Answer from Literary Devices Young vs Old, Youth vs Experience

30. $500 Question from Literary Devices Find 2 quotes that provide examples of foreshadowing. Explain what is being foreshadowed.

31. $500 Answer from Literary Devices Answers will vary

32. $100 Question from Themes What concept is Shakespeare emphasizing in the continual comparison of Romeo Juliet to shrines, angels, pilgrims, and gods of idolatry?

33. $100 Answer from Themes Distortion of religion

34. $200 Question from Themes What theme is emphasized by the context of these two quotes: “…my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars” (I.iv.107-108) “Then I defy you, stars” (V.i.24)

35. $200 Answer from Themes The inevitability of fate

36. $300 Question from Themes Find 2 quotes the emphasize the following theme: Teenagers are impulsive in their decision making. Be able to explain the quotes!

37. $300 Answer from Themes Answers will vary.

38. $400 Question from Themes Explain 2 scenes from the play that demonstrate how fate is always intervening in the play.

39. $400 Answer from Themes Answers will vary.

40. $500 Question from Themes What theme is emphasized by the following two quotes: “One fairer than my love? The all-seeing sun Ne'er saw her match since first the world begun” (I.ii.94-95). “Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.”

41. $500 Answer from Themes Young love is fleeting, The fickle nature of young love

42. $100 Question from Plot and Other Provide two examples of dramatic irony from the play.

43. $100 Answer from Plot and Other Answers will vary

44. $200 Question from Plot and Other What is significant about the death of Mercutio?

45. $200 Answer from Plot and Other It is the climax of the play. It leads to the death of Tybalt and banishment of Romeo.

46. $300 Question from Plot and Other How do Romeo’s soliloquy in the balcony scene and Juliet’s soliloquy in Act III scene ii emphasize the antithesis of night and day?

47. $300 Answer from Plot and Other Romeo compares Juliet to the sun and says she makes the night seem as if it were day. Juliet says Romeo should be cut into little stars so that no one will pay attention to the sun.

48. $400 Question from Plot and Other What does Prince say is everyone’s punishment for the feuding in Act V?

49. $400 Answer from Plot and Other Capulet and Montague have been punished by the death of their children. Prince has been punished for enduring the fighting by the death of 2 of his cousins.

50. $500 Question from Plot and Other Examine the Prologue from scene ii. Give a brief summary of the context. In what form is the prologue written? Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir. That fair for which love groaned for and would die With tender Juliet matched, is now not fair. Now Romeo is beloved and loves again, Alike bewitchèd by the charm of looks, But to his foe supposed he must complain, And she steal love’s sweet bait from fearful hooks. Being held a foe, he may not have access To breathe such vows as lovers use to swear. And she as much in love, her means much less To meet her new beloved anywhere. But passion lends them power, time means, to meet, Tempering extremities with extreme sweet.

51. $500 Answer from Plot and Other Form: Sonnet Summary: Now Romeo’s old feelings of desire are dying, and a new desire is eager to take their place. Romeo groaned for the beautiful Rosaline and said he would die for her, but compared with tender Juliet, Rosaline doesn’t seem beautiful now. Now someone loves Romeo, and he’s in love again—both of them falling for each others' good looks. But he has to make his speeches of love to a woman who’s supposed to be his enemy. And she’s been hooked by someone she should fear. Because he’s an enemy, Romeo has no chance to see Juliet and say the things a lover normally says. And Juliet’s just as much in love as he, but she has even less opportunity to meet her lover. But love gives them power, and time gives them the chance to meet, sweetening the extreme danger with intense pleasure. (Courtesy of No Fear Shakespeare)

52. Final Jeopardy What character do YOU think is most to blame for the death of Romeo and Juliet? Why? (The right answer is determined by the effectiveness of the evidence!) Friar Laurence? Rosaline? Romeo and Juliet? Capulet and Montague?

53. Final Jeopardy Answer Answers will vary.