Romeo and Juliet Final Test

Shakespeare composed his dramas in three genres. Which list below is correct?

• comedies, tragedies, dramas

• comedy, romance, tragedy

• histories, tragedies, comedies

• mystery, action, drama

Concerning William Shakespeare, what significant events occurred on about April 23?

• first play performed

• day he was born

• date he died

• both b and c

In England, the years 1560 – 1620 were known as the __________ era.

• Elizabethan
• Renaissance

• Classical

• Victorian

The “Chorus” in Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is what type of poem?

• sonnet

• lyric

• narrative

• ballad

What do we call poetry that is written in iambic pentameter but does not rhyme?

• sonnet

• blank verse

• free verse

• narrative

A long speech or monologue that is delivered by a single character alone on the stage that reveals the character's inner-most thoughts and feelings.

• Aside

• dramatic irony

• chorus

• soliloquy

Words that are no longer used in everyday speech or writing.

• Vivid language

• archaic language

• puns

• rhetoric

A hint or suggestion in a work that implies doom or that something bad is going to happen.

• Foreshadowing

• alliteration

• foreboding

• archaic

The line, “Do you bite your thumb at me, sirrah?” is considered an example of what?

• Insult

• foreboding

• archaic language

• comic relief

The Prince of Verona warns, “If ever you disturb our streets again, your __________ shall pay the forfeit of the peace”.

• family

• lives

• friends

• enemies