Romeo and Juliet Test Review

Tybalt's nickname is the "Prince of Cats" because

• he is agile and quick to fight

• he likes to nap

• he doesn't like water

• he is very independent

Iambic means

• a line of poetry that does not rhyme
• a stressed syllable followed by an unstressed syllable
• two unstressed syllables in a row
•  one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable

The resolution of Romeo and Juliet is that:
I)  The Capulet and Montague families make peace.
II)  The families will have to live with the tragedy that their feud has caused.
III) The Montague family will put up a golden statue in honor of Juliet
IV)  Friar Lawrence will be banned from his church.
V) The Prince will kill anyone who fights in Verona's streets.

• I and II
• IV and V
• III, IV and V
• I, II, and III

The inciting incident of the story is when

• The Capulets and the Montagues right in the square
• the two families are feuding
• Romeo meets Juliet at a party
• the Prince banishes Romeo

Which of the following could have possibly prevented Romeo and/or Juliet's deaths:
I)  Friar Lawrence doesn't leave the tomb without Juliet
II)  Romeo doesn't go to the Capulet's party.
III)  Friar Lawrence refuses to marry Romeo and Juliet.
IV) Friar John got the note to Romeo.
V)  The nurse hadn't helped Romeo and Juliet get married.

• All of the above
• None of the above
• II and IV
• I and V

Over the course of the play Juliet changes in each of the following ways EXCEPT

• she becomes willing to make her own choices
• she trusts fewer people in her life
• she becomes more shy and scared of the world
• she becomes more brave

The prologue of the play is written as a

• rhyme
• monologue
• sonnet
• dialogue

When Romeo and Juliet would have originally been performed all the roles would have been played by

• people who had little money
• wealthy people
• men
• women

Each of the following is an example of a rising action in the story EXCEPT

• Juliet takes Romeo's dagger and stabs herself.
• Juliet begs the Friar for a plan to keep her from marrying Paris
• Romeo tries to break up the fight between Mercutio and Tybalt and Mercutio is killed under his arm.
• Juliet tells her mother that she will be interested in Paris if that's her mother's wish.

The fact that the Capulets and the Montagues agree to make peace at the end of the play is an example of a/an:

• exposition
• inciting incident
• climax
• resolution