Romeo and Juliet Acts I-III Study Guide

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What is the term for a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable?

Spondaic Dimeter
Iambic Hexameter
Iambic Pentameter (correct)
Trochaic Tetrameter

What is the term for the use of vivid words and phrases to create mental pictures or associations?

Figurative Language (correct)
Allusion
Metonymy
Hyperbole

What is the term for a character speaking alone on stage, revealing their thoughts?

Monologue
Aside
Soliloquy (correct)
Dialogue

What is the term for a witty verbal irony involving a play on a word with two or more meanings?

Double Entendre (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the art of persuasion in speaking or writing?

Rhetoric (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the situation where characters are ignorant of the reality, but the audience is aware of the truth?

Dramatic Irony (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of speech patterns used by lower-status characters in Shakespeare's plays?

Lacking regular rhyme or rhythm (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the consequence of the 'larger-than-life' protagonist's error in judgment or weakness of character?

The character's demise (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between Tybalt and Benvolio's characters?

Tybalt is hot-headed, while Benvolio is calm (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary attitude of Lord Capulet towards Paris' marriage proposal?

He is enthusiastic and supportive (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the comical characteristic of Nurse's personality?

Her talkativeness and verbosity (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the poetic structure of Romeo and Juliet's first conversation?

Sonnet (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the quote “Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill”?

Mercy is a form of murder (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following quotes is an example of personification and alliteration?

O Fortune, Fortune, all men call thee fickle (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the quote “Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast”?

Impulsive decisions lead to failure (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following quotes is an example of a dramatic irony?

Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the meaning of the quote “These violent delights have violent ends”?

Violent actions lead to violent consequences (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following quotes is an example of an oxymoron?

Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical (D) Signup and view all the answers

What literary device is employed in the phrase 'Dove-feathered raven, wolvish-ravening lamb'?

Oxymoron (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary objective of Friar Lawrence's plan for Romeo after his banishment?

To help Romeo escape to Mantua (D) Signup and view all the answers

What does the speaker mean by the phrase 'O, I am fortune's fool!'?

The speaker is blaming fortune for their current misfortune (D) Signup and view all the answers

Who speaks the lines 'A plague a' both your houses!'?

Mercutio (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the central theme of the Friar's soliloquy in Act II, Scene III?

The fear of untimely death and fate (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of Juliet's question 'What's in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other word would smell as sweet'?

Juliet is arguing that a person's name does not define their identity (C) Signup and view all the answers