English 1 Final (REVIEW)

What is one of the more likely reasons why high school students are required to read literary works written by  William Shakespeare?

• because most of today’s high-paying jobs require fluency in Elizabethan-era language and literature

•  because Shakespeare’s works are highly entertaining 

• because Shakespeare’s works have had (and continue to have) a significant influence on the world’s authors and culture 

• since most of today’s teachers were forced to read Shakespeare, it is only fitting that the cycle of abuse shall continue 

With which theater are Shakespeare’s works most closely associated? 

• the King’s Theater 

• the Queen Elisabeth Theater

• the Apollo Theater

• the Globe Theater

Shakespeare most likely included the prologue to make certain that everyone in the audience knew that 

•  the children from two long-feuding families will fall in love and die

• the play is written in iambic pentameter. 

• Juliet will fake her own death in order to be with Romeo. 

• Juliet was from a rich family and Romeo was from a poor family

The lines of the prologue, “And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which but their children’s end, naught could remove,” is  finally fulfilled when 

• Capulet says, “O brother Montague, give me thy hand.” 

• the Prince says, “Capulet! Montague! See what a scourge is laid upon your hate…”

• the Friar says, “A greater power than we can contradict hath thwarted our intents.”

• the Nurse says, “I tell you, he that can lay hold of her shall have the chinks.”

The fight in Act I, Scene 1 starts when 

• Tybalt becomes furious upon seeing Romeo with Juliet.

• the Prince exclaims that he wants to marry Juliet. 

• Benvolio taunts Tybalt for being unmanly and weak.

•  Capulet and Montague servants quarrel over petty insults. 

Although it was first mentioned in the prologue, the initial fight between Tybalt and Benvolio (and all of the others) in Act I is a  bit of dramatic exposition that emphasizes

• Tybalt’s reputation as a talented swordsman. 

• Benvolio as a possible romantic rival of Romeo.

• Mercutio as a good fighter.  

• the long-running feud between the families. 

When the audience first meets Romeo, he is depressed because 

•  the woman he loves doesn’t love him in return.

• Juliet won’t answer his love letters. 

• Juliet’s parents won’t let him speak with her. 

• his parents are pressuring him to marry someone he doesn’t want to.

In Act I, Romeo agrees to attend Capulet’s party when he hears 

• that some guy in tights will be singing a solo for everybody

• that the girl he likes, Rosaline, will be there

• that Mercutio has gotten tickets

•  that Juliet will be at the party

In Act I, Scene 3, the audience is introduced to Juliet, Lady Capulet, and the Nurse. From the standpoint of plot development, the  most important point of this scene is to show that 

• Lady Capulet wants Juliet to do something to end the feud. 

• Lady Capulet cautions Juliet not to be defiant towards her father. 

• Lady Capulet and the Nurse would like for Juliet to marry Paris.

• The Nurse thinks that Romeo is the better choice as a husband.

Regarding character development, Shakespeare uses the interaction between Juliet, Lady Capulet, and the Nurse mainly to  establish the fact that 

• Romeo is very attractive and is well regarded by the citizens of Verona.

• Juliet has a better relationship with the Nurse than she does with her mother. 

• Juliet and Lady Capulet find the Nurse rather annoying. 

• Juliet is confused and ashamed of her lustful feelings towards Paris.