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Romeo and Juliet is a?
a) Comedy
b) Tragedy
c) Romance
d) Essay

The rhyme pattern ABAB,CDCD,EFEF,GG belongs to THIS kind of writing
a) A soliloquy
b) A play
c) A Shakespearean sonnet
d) A poem

Shakespeare was part of...
a) The Shoreditch Players
b) Cirque du Soleil
c) Broadway
d) The Globe

Couplet
a) words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone or to the audience
b) the humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time
c) two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
d) five verse feet with each foot an iamb (a total of ten syllables)

Iambic Pentameter
a) words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone or to the audience
b) the humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time
c) two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
d) five verse feet with each foot an iamb (a total of ten syllables)

“Sweet sorrow” and “loving hate” are examples of:
a) Oxymoron
b) Personification
c) Simile
d) Metaphor

Sonnet
a) a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, that has one of several rhyme schemes
b) two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
c) words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone or to the audience
d) a fourteen line poem with no rhyme scheme

As he is dying in Romeo's arms, Mercutio says to him, Ask me about my death tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man. This is an example of:
a) Hyperbole
b) Pun
c) Oxymoron
d) Aside

Pun
a) words spoken by a character in a play, usually in an undertone or to the audience
b) the humorous use of a word or phrase to suggest two or more meanings at the same time
c) two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme
d) five verse feet with each foot an iamb (a total of ten syllables)

Which figurative language term is used in the line “and thou art wedded to calamity”?
a) Simile
b) Personification
c) Irony
d) Onomatopoeia

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