Romeo and Juliet

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TRUE / FALSE: Write “O” for false and “T” for true. All other answers will be marked incorrect.

• Shakespeare’s primary reason for writing plays was to earn a living.

• Women were allowed to perform on stage in England in Shakespeare’s day.

• If King James wanted to see Shakespeare’s company perform, he reserved a seat in the Globe Theater’s highest level, in the section furthest from the stage.

• Only the rich were educated in Shakespeare’s day.

• Shakespeare wrote and performed his plays after the Puritans left England, settled at Plymouth Rock, and shared their first Thanksgiving with North American natives.

• The play Romeo and Juliet is about overwhelming romantic love.

• The play begins with Romeo and Juliet realizing that they truly love one another.

• The play ends with both Romeo and Juliet committing suicide, but this is the only thing that will bring the two families together.

Vocabulary: sonnet, iambic pentameter, Romeo, Juliet, prologue, pun, Verona, groundlings, London, King James, Queen Elizabeth, The Globe, aside, soliloquy, alliteration, classical allusions, metaphor

Scene Grid: Make sure your scene grid is filled out. You should be familiar with what happens in each scene.

Life in Shakespeare’s Day

• Where did Shakespeare write and perform his plays?

• Who could read and write 400 years ago?

• What is the play Romeo and Juliet about?

• What was Shakespeare’s primary reason for writing plays?

• Who played the female parts in Shakespeare’s plays, and why?

• If the King or Queen wanted to see Shakespeare’s company perform, what did they do?

Famous lines from Romeo + Juliet: Understand the meaning of the following lines:

• Act I Prologue

• I.2.12

• I.2.93-4

• I.3.104

• I.4.27-8

• I.5.154

• II.2.35

• II.2.46

• II.2.206

• III.1.95 & III.1.113

• V.3.122

• V.3.182-3

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Comprehensive exam, including true/false and several matching sections.