1. Romeo and Juliet Jeopardy
English 9

2. Literary Elements

3. What literary elements are in this passage. Juliet: Go ask his name
What literary elements are in this passage? Juliet: Go ask his name. If he be married My grave is like to be my wedding bed. Nurse: His name is Romeo, and a Montague, The only son of your great enemy. Juliet: My only love sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me, That I must love a loathed enemy.
Foreshadowing, simile, dramatic irony
Simile, situational irony
Dramatic irony, foreshadowing

4. Who is Juliet’s foil?
Mercutio
Nurse
Lady Capulet

5. What is a motif of the play?
True love
Light and dark
feuds

6. A long uninterrupted speech is____________
soliloquy
monologue
aside

7. A long, uninterrupted speech delivered when the character is alone that reveals his/her thoughts or feelings is _____________
monologue
soliloquy
aside

8. A sad story that shows the downfall or death of the tragic hero is…
comedy
tragedy
sad

9. A group of performers who comment on the action is…
Capulets and Montagues
Chorus
Townspeople

10. What is the main conflict of the play?
The feud between the Montagues and the Capulets
Romeo and Juliet defying their families
Tybalt against Romeo

11. Who is Romeo’s foil?
Nurse
Mercutio
Benvolio

12. Which is not an example of dramatic irony?
Romeo not knowing Juliet isn’t dead
Tybalt killing Mercutio
Juliet not knowing Romeo’s a Montague

13. Something a tragic hero has
A tragic flaw is …
Hero’s problem
Defect in character
Something a tragic hero has

14. An extended comparison between two unalike things is a ________
metaphor
simile

15. Reading Comprehension Questions

16. What is the punishment the Prince threatens in Act I?
banishment
death
jail

17. Who reviews the action that has just happened so that the audience understands the action?
Mercutio
Benvolio
Tybalt

18. What does Romeo compare Juliet to in the opening of the balcony scene?
The moon
The sun
A rose

19. Who are the two feuding families?
Mantanes and Capulets
Montagues and Capulets
Montagues and Caplets

20. Who is the confidant of the lovers?
Friar John
Friar Lawrence
Mercutio

21. Why was Shakespeare’s writing considered new and different?
He wrote in English
He appealed to the common man
No one had ever done plays before

22. How does staging affect the balcony scene?
It shows they are in love
You realize Romeo and Juliet aren’t talking to each other until the end
It shows the mood

23. Who is Romeo in love with when the play begins?
Juliet
Rosaline
No one

24. What two acts have Prologues performed by the Chorus?
I, III
I, II
I, IV

25. The Chorus describes Romeo and Juliet as_______
Doomed by fate
Star-crossed lovers
In love

26. Romeo agrees to go to the Capulet's party because he …
wants to fight with Tybalt
wants to see Rosaline
can't wait to see Juliet

27. Romeo and Juliet agree to marry after knowing each other …
a few months
a few hours
a few days

28. The Friar agrees to perform Romeo and Juliet's marriage in the hope that it will…
teach the Montagues a lesson
stop the feud between the Capulets and the Montagues
get Romeo to stick to one girl

29. When Mercutio says, "A plague on both your houses," he has just been …
banished for fighting
stabbed by Tybalt and is about to die.
sentenced to death by the prince

30. Juliet finally agrees to marry Paris because …
he is wealthy
The Friar advised her to pretend that she agrees
she cannot resist her father

31. Friar Laurence's plans fail because …
Juliet cannot take the drug
the letter doesn't get delivered to Romeo
the nurse tells the Capulets about the plan

32. Juliet, the last of the major characters to die on stage, dies …
by poisoning herself
by stabbing herself
from a heart attack because of grief

33. True/False

34. TRUE or FALSE Romeo and his friends wear masks to the Capulet feast

35. TRUE or FALSE When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Capulet says she must marry Paris or find another home.
TRUE
FALSE

36. TRUE or FALSE Juliet's wedding date is finally set for Wednesday

37. Quotes

38. Who said this quote?
"O, I see that the fairy, Queen Mab, has been with you."
Friar Lawrence
The Nurse
Romeo
Mercution
Juliet

39. Who said this quote?
"But soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
Juliet
The Nurse
Romeo
Mercutio
Friar Lawrence

40. Who said this quote?
"Come! Come with me and we'll make this ceremony short. You shall not be alone, until the holy church joins you two together."
Juliet
The Nurse
Friar Lawrence
Mercutio
Romeo

41. Who said this quote?
"Tybalt wanted to kill you, but you killed him. You are fortunate. The law that threatened your death became your friend and gave you exile. You are fortunate."
Juliet
The Nurse
Friar Lawrence
Mercutio
Romeo

42. OH NO!

43. YEAH!