Romeo and Juliet Introduction

What is Romeo's last name?

• Capulet

• Montague

• Monroe

• Reid

Romeo and Juliet is considered what type of tragedy because of the way Shakespeare includes poetic language throughout the play?

• Lyrical

• Rhyming

• Romantic

• Musical

a play of serious actions that ends unhappily

• blank verse

• dramatic irony

• tragedy

• comedy

14 lines of poetry that rhymes and is written in iambic meter

• sonnet

• soliloquy

• blank verse

• end-stopped line

The play Romeo and Juliet took place in Verona, Italy.

• True

• False

Who are the two families in this play (“both alike in dignity”) that are long standing enemies?

• The Duncans and Macduffs

• The Capulets and The Montagues

When did Shakespeare publish Romeo and Juliet?

• Between 1580-1586

• Between 1570-1575

• Between 1591-1596

• About a week ago.

When is the story, Romeo and Juliet, set to take place?

• 1450

• 1480

• 1470

• 1460

Have you read Romeo and Juliet before?

• I have not.

• I have.

What is the setting of the play 'Romeo and Juliet'?

• Verona, Italy

• Paris, France

• London, England

• Rome, Italy