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Romeo and Juliet - Context
This GCSE English Literature quiz explores the context of Romeo and Juliet, including Elizabethan attitudes to family honour, marriage, violence and religion.
1 .
Which of the following is specifically associated with the play's Italian setting?
Christianity and romantic love
Hot-headed violence and death by poison
Impulsive love and pragmatic servants
Controlling parents and arranged marriages
As an unusual and lurid cause of death, poisoning is as exotic as its Italian location. In Act Three, Scene Five, Capulet's Wife alludes to her plan to have Romeo poisoned
2 .
For aristocratic families in Elizabethan England, what was the primary purpose of marriage?
To recognise the passionate love between a couple
To ensure that a couple would live in happiness and harmony
To contain passionate love within social structures
To forge and consolidate alliances
Such families arranged marriages for their sons and daughters which would be of maximum benefit to the family as a whole
3 .
Which of the following is the full title of the play?
The Most Excellent and Lamentable Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet: A Tragedy in Five Acts
Romeo and Juliet: A Tale of Star-Crossed Lovers
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet
Interestingly, the Prologue to the play tells the audience of the deaths of the two lovers and the title makes it perfectly clear that the play concerns a tragic event. What effect does it have to know the play you are watching will end badly?
4 .
When was Romeo and Juliet written?
Around 1555
Around 1595
Around 1625
Around 1675
The play was first published in 1597, although it was written earlier
5 .
In the play, what is meant by the title "nurse"?
A wet nurse
A medical nurse
A governess
All of the above
Wealthy families would hire a wet nurse, a mother to breastfeed and care for their newborn babies. Juliet's Nurse is closer to her than her own mother is
6 .
Father Laurence suggests Juliet escape and hide from her parents in which of the following?
The Montague house
The Prince's palace
Mantua
A convent
This is another aspect to the play which is possible in its Italian setting, and not in its context in Elizabethan England
7 .
Who ruled England at the time the play was written?
King Henry VIII
Queen Elizabeth I
King James I
King Charles I
Shakespeare's earlier plays were written while Elizabeth I was queen; his later plays were written while James I ruled
8 .
Around the time he was writing Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare also wrote another play which included as a comic sub-plot the tragic love affair of Pyramus and Thisbe. What is the name of this play?
Pyramus and Thisbe
Twelfth Night
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Much Ado About Nothing
The well known tragic tale of Pyramus and Thisbe ends with a misunderstanding that results in a double suicide
9 .
Juliet is able easily to leave her house by explaining that she must visit Friar Laurence for confession. What would have made this excuse less plausible if the play had been set in Elizabethan England, rather than Italy?
Girls and young women were never allowed to leave the house alone in Elizabethan England
England was no longer Protestant
England was no longer Catholic
Confession had never been practised in England
Private confession to a priest was forbidden in Elizabethan England
10 .
Shakespeare was not the first author to write the story of Romeo and Juliet. Which of the following is true?
The story of Romeo and Juliet was written in English as a poem by Arthur Brooke
The story of Romeo and Juliet had first been written in Italian
There was already a French version of Romeo and Juliet before Shakespeare wrote his play
All of the above
Shakespeare drew on popular and well-known stories to provide plots for many of his plays
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