Quiz: Romeo and Juliet By Shakespeare

1. "Peter Piper Picked Pickled Peppers" is an example of...

Pun

Hyperbole

Oxymoron

Alliteration

2. In these lines, what is Prince Escalus' message to Capulet and Montague? "If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."

Capulet and Montague have been responsible for three brawls.

The city streets have been much disturbed.

“Ancient citizens” have had to take up arms.

Capulet and Montague will pay with their lives if there are further disturbances.

3. What was the end result of the events of "The Lottery"?

Tessie Hutchinson was run out of town

Bobby Shackleford was stoned to death

Old Man Warner got what he always wanted-- and end to the Lottery

Tessie Hutchinson was stoned to death

4. "I am so hungry I could eat a horse!" is an example of...

Assonance

Personification

Hyperbole

Ritalin

5. Which words in the following sentence can best be described as nouns? "Chester really wanted to swim with the dolphins; he had always dreamed of being in the ocean with nothing around him but the mammals of the sea, the sun in the sky, and his wits."

Chester, dolphins, ocean, sea, sky, wits

Chester, dolphins, swim, ocean, around

Chester, dolphins, ocean, him, in

Chester, wanted, being, around

6. In "Romeo and Juliet," Mercutio is stabbed...

By Romeo by mistake.

By Tybalt while distracted by Romeo trying to break up the fight.

By Benvolio in the heat of anger.

But dies when he is poisoned.

In the back by Tybalt.

7. In the "The Gift of the Magi," what items did each protagonist sacrifice in order to afford a gift for the other?

Grandmother's dress and new wallet.

Locks of long hair and grandfather's/father's watch

Next month's rent and grandmother's necklace

High paying job and trip to Paris

8. Which character in "The Most Dangerous Game remarks that "he had never slept in a better bed."

Zaroff

Ivan

Fortunado

Rainsford

9. What was the name of the theater founded by Shakespeare and his contemporaries?

The Royal Tennenbaum

The Global Theater

Madison Square Garden

The Globe Theater

10. In Poe's "The Cask of Amontillado," how does the narrator kill his foe?

Bludgeons him with a trowel

With poisoned wine

Leaves him out in the rain to catch a further cold

By walling him in a tomb chained to a wall

11. What does Romeo ask Friar Lawrence to do?

Persuade Juliet to marry him

Marry Romeo and Juliet that day

Talk to the Capulets about Juliet

Tell Rosaline about Juliet

12. How many plays did Shakespeare write?

158

37

4

1,256

13. Who does Juliet send as a messenger?

Mercutio

Peter

Her nurse

Friar Lawrence

14. What  does  Juliet  want  Romeo  to  do  as  she  speaks  from  her  balcony?

Give  up  his  friends

Change his name to Capulet

Fall in love with someone else

Deny his father and refuse his name

15. Which words in the following sentences can best be described as verbs? "Alice wondered why she had been sent to wonderland. Thinking aloud, she realized that this was exactly the place her detractors wanted her to be."

Wondered, been, place, to

Wondered, sent, realized, was, wanted

Wondered, why, aloud, exactly

Wondered, place, detractors

16. Shakespeare is rumored to have helped translate which famous book?

The Bible

Moby Dick

The Crucible

War and Peace

17. In "The Most Dangerous Game," Rainsford ends up on the island because he:

Falls from his yacht while fishing during the day

Falls from his yacht while smoking his pipe at night

Attempts to swim to the island after he hears gunshots

Crashes his yacht on the rough rocks on Ship-Trap Island

18. Who played all the parts in plays during Shakespeare's time?

Adult males

Women

Males

Members of the clergy

19. In "Romeo and Juliet," what event does the Prologue foreshadow?

The deaths of Romeo and Juliet

The marriage of Romeo and Juliet

The death of Romeo’s and Juliet’s child

The marriage of Paris and Juliet

20. Who did Shakespeare marry?

Judith Sadler

Susanna Hall

Anne Hathaway

Mary Queen of Scots

21. Shakespeare was born in what town or city?

London

Stratford-upon-Avon

Oxford

Wales

22. This occurs when an actor on stage talks directly to the audience. No one but that actor and the audience can "hear" what is being said.

Alliteration

Pun

Aside

Oxymoron

23. Romeo agrees with Benvolio's plan to go to Capulet's party because he hopes to

Forget his love for Rosaline.

Challenge Tybalt to a fight.

Catch a glimpse of Rosaline.

Make peace with the Capulets.

24. Aside from the articles (the, an, a), which words in the following sentence can be labeled as adjectives? "Tired of the hours of homework, the exhausted students flopped down on her cozy couch for some much needed rest and relaxation."

Tired and down

Tired, hours, rest

Tired, exhausted, her, cozy

Tired, exhausted, rest, relaxation

25. In the prologue before Act I in "Romeo and Juliet", Romeo and Juliet are referred to as

The unhappy hero, the luckless heroine

Star-crossed lovers

Pictures of young love

Rebels without a cause

26. Act I of "Romeo and Juliet" is mainly about the Capulet-Montague family feud and

Romeo and Juliet’s first meeting.

Romeo’s unrequited love for Rosaline.

Paris’s desire to marry Juliet.

Juliet’s interest in marriage.

27. The London theaters were closed on account of a virulent outbreak of the plague in 1593 and part of 1594. Specifically, what disease was this?

Tuberculosis

The Plague of Frogs

Bubonic Plague

The pox

28. Match the character with his/her description.