Romeo and JulietTest 1 Study Game

Elizabeth IWho was queen when William Shakespeare

wrote most of his plays?

1500sDuring what century did Shakespeare begin

writing?

The Printing PressWhat was one major invention that changed

the world during the Renaissance?

40Around how many plays did Shakespeare write

during his career?

The GlobeShakespeare wrote most of his plays for which

theater?

He would be arrested. What would happen to a person during the

Renaissance who wore clothes from above his social station?

only males In Renaissance Theater, who could act in plays

on stage?

gambling and dancing What were TWO hobbies that Renaissance

people enjoyed participating in?

The Portrait MiniatureWhat was the most popular and influential

invention in art during the Renaissance?

JewelryPeople during the Renaissance spent more

money on ____________ than they did paintings.

MarloweWho was an author who wrote at the same

time Shakespeare did?

Love, Religion, Development of Human Potential, the “here and now”

What four themes did we discuss that influenced writers of the Renaissance?

14How many lines does a sonnet contain?

Iambic Pentameter In what meter is a sonnet written?

3How many quatrains does a sonnet contain?

4How many lines are in a quatrain?

1How many couplets does a sonnet have?

2How many lines are in a couplet?

EmotionsWhat is a sonnet usually about?

ABAB CDCD EFEF GGWhat is the rhyme scheme of a sonnet?

the many different meanings of love Ackerman’s essay is mostly about what?

love has not changed throughout time even though humans have

What important fact about love does Ackerman reveal in her essay?

ItalyRomeo and Juliet takes place in what country?

DramaWhat genre of literature is Romeo and Juliet?

two families are feuding What is the cause of the conflict in the play?

CapuletWhat is Juliet’s last name?

SonnetThe Prologue to Romeo and Juliet is an

example of which type of literature?

The ChorusWho says the lines of the Prologue in the play?

They are equals in society.Shakespeare states in the Prologue that the

two families are “alike in dignity.” What does he mean by this phrase?

Romeo and Juliet will die In the Prologue, we are told that

Chorusa group who says things at the same time

Foilcharacter who is used as a contrast to another

character

Dramatic Irony . the audience/reader knows something

important that a character in a play or story does not

Puna play on the multiple meanings of a word or

on two words that sound alike but have different meanings

Prologuea short introduction at the beginning of a play

that gives a brief overview of the plot

Monologuea speech by one character in a play

Coupletoften signals the exit of a character or end of a

scene

Soliloquyan unusually long speech in which a character

who is on stage alone expresses his or her thoughts aloud