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Worksheets9th Romeo and Juliet Test Practice
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 33mins
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1.
What happens to the food, flowers, bells, and music that were to be used for Juliet's marriage to Paris?
a)
They are wasted, thrown away.
b)
They are used for Juliet's funeral.
c)
There never were any preparations. It was a rush wedding.
d)
Romeo uses them when he marries Rosaline.
2.
Friar Laurence tells Juliet that if it's really true that she'd rather die than marry Paris, then she can ______________.
a)
Die
b)
Pretend to die
c)
Run away
d)
Kill Paris
3.
Which statement best describes Benvolio's advice to Romeo about love?
a)
It's better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
b)
All's fair in love and war.
c)
There are plenty of fish in the sea.
d)
All's well that ends well.
4.
Where does Romeo die?
a)
Mantua
b)
Venice
c)
In the Capulet tomb
d)
In the Montague tomb
5.
Romeo and Juliet is set in _____.
a)
Verona
b)
Madrid
c)
Florence
d)
Rome
6.
In Act II, Shakespeare introduces Friar Laurence as he ______________.
a)
Collects beautiful flowers for the altar
b)
Says a mass for Tybalt
c)
Fights with his own conscience
d)
Collects plants for medicinal use
7.
The phrase "in choler," from the beginning of the play, means _____.
a)
in color
b)
angry
c)
in dress clothes
d)
wearing a collar
8.
Where do Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time?
a)
at Mercutio's house
b)
On Juliet's balcony
c)
At Lord Capulet's party
d)
At Friar Laurence's cell
9.
How does Juliet die?
a)
She is killed by the Montagues.
b)
She is killed by Romeo when he learns she has been unfaithful with Paris.
c)
She takes poison and dies at the same time as Romeo.
d)
She stabs herself with a dagger after she sees that Romeo is dead.
10.
What were the conditions that Lord Capulet first placed upon Paris regarding his wish to marry Juliet?
a)
He had to make her fall in love with him.
b)
He had to wait two years.
c)
He had to kill Romeo.
d)
Both A and B.
11.
Why doesn't Romeo find out about Friar Laurence's plan to have Juliet fake her death?
a)
Balthasar tells him she's dead before Fr. Laurence's messenger arrives.
b)
Fr. Laurence forgets to tell him.
c)
Romeo learns of Juliet's mother's plan to poison him and runs away to Venice.
d)
Friar Laurence's messenger delivers the message to the wrong address.
12.
Who drives a chariot made of half a hazelnut and pulled by little atomies?
a)
Juliet
b)
Queen Mab
c)
Queen Mabel
d)
Mercutio
13.
What quality does Romeo appear to value most in women?
a)
Money
b)
Intelligence
c)
Kindness
d)
Beauty
14.
In what way is the plot divided in this and many other Shakespeare plays?
a)
Chapters
b)
Sonnets
c)
Scenes
d)
Acts and Scenes
15.
What trusted character did Juliet seem most comfortable with?
a)
the nurse
b)
Rosaline
c)
her mother
d)
her father
16.
Paris' "suit" in Act I refers to
a)
Paris' everyday dress
b)
Paris' wedding clothes
c)
Paris' hatred of Romeo
d)
Paris' wish to marry Juliet
17.
Who spoke the following lines?
"A plague on both your houses! / They have made worms' meat of me."
"A plague on both your houses! / They have made worms' meat of me."
a)
Romeo
b)
Tybalt
c)
Mercutio
d)
Balthasar
18.
"If ever you disturb our streets again, / Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
Who spoke the line above?
Who spoke the line above?
a)
Prince Escalus
b)
Lord Montague
c)
Lord Capulet
d)
Tybalt
19.
My only love sprung from my only hate."
Who spoke the line above?
Who spoke the line above?
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Rosaline
d)
Lady Capulet
20.
Because Lord Capulet believes Juliet is mourning the loss of Tybalt, he arranges a day of happiness for her. What is to happen that day?
a)
She is to attend the Queen at Court.
b)
She is to marry Romeo.
c)
She is to marry Paris.
d)
A big party is being thrown in her honor.
21.
"I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, / Or manage it to part these men with me. "
a)
Tybalt
b)
Benvolio
c)
Paris
d)
Mercutio
22.
"She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes / In shape no bigger than an agate stone / On the forefinger of an alderman, / Drawn with a team of little atomies / Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep."
Who spoke the line above?
Who spoke the line above?
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Mercutio
d)
Tybalt
23.
"But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? / It is the East, and Juliet is the sun?"
a)
Paris
b)
Tybalt
c)
Romeo
d)
Mercutio
24.
"Within the infant rind of this small flower / Poison hath residence, and medicine power."
Who spoke the line above?
Who spoke the line above?
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Friar Laurence
d)
Lady Capulet
25.
"These violent delights have violent ends / And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, / Which, as they kiss, consume."
Who spoke the line above?
Who spoke the line above?
a)
Romeo
b)
Paris
c)
Tybalt
d)
Friar Laurence
26.
"Tis twenty years till then."
Who spoke the line above?
Who spoke the line above?
a)
Paris
b)
Juliet
c)
Romeo
d)
Benvolio
27.
The act of speaking one's thoughts aloud by a character in a play is called a _______________.
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialogue
c)
Soliloquy
d)
Aside
28.
"I am a'weary, give me leave awhile. / Fie, how my bones ache! What a jaunce have I had!"
Who spoke the line above?
Who spoke the line above?
a)
Lady Montague
b)
Lady Capulet
c)
Friar Laurence
d)
the Nurse
29.
A remark by a character in a play intended to be heard by the audience but not by the other characters in the play is called a ________________.
a)
Monologue
b)
Dialogue
c)
Aside
d)
Stage Directions
30.
Shakespearean sonnets are written in __________ pentameter.
a)
trochaic
b)
spondaic
c)
dactylic
d)
iambic
31.
Instructions to an actor or director, written into the script of a play, are called _______________.
a)
Asides
b)
Stage Directions
c)
Script Notations
d)
Stage Notes
32.
Two rhyming lines of poetry, often the last two lines in a sonnet, are called a ________.
a)
Meter
b)
Couplet
c)
Couple
d)
Sonnette
33.
The conflict between the prince and the feuding Montagues and Capulets is an example of character vs. _________ conflict.
a)
fate
b)
nature
c)
the supernatural
d)
society
34.
Instead of being executed for killing Tybalt, Romeo is ________ instead.
a)
tortured
b)
exiled
c)
put under house arrest
d)
fined
35.
It is considered __________ that Paris still believes he will be marrying Juliet when he meets her in Friar Laurence's cell, although Juliet and the audience know she's already married to Tybalt?
a)
Situational Irony
b)
Dramatic irony
c)
Verbal Irony
36.
After Romeo is banished, the nurse tells Juliet she should __________.
a)
go ahead and marry Paris, even though she is now married to Romeo
b)
kill him, because he killed her cousin, Tybalt
c)
run away to Mantua with Romeo
d)
marry Benvolio, because he has dreamy eyes
37.
Why does Friar Laurence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
a)
Romeo threatens him.
b)
He thinks it will bring their families together.
c)
He is afraid to leave them alone together.
d)
He doesn't like Paris.
38.
A(n) __________ is a play on words based on the similarity of sound between two words with different meanings.
a)
pun
b)
aside
c)
prologue
d)
simile
39.
Opposite words that are used together is a(n) _________.
a)
monologue
b)
pun
c)
soliloquy
d)
oxymoron
40.
Which device is being demonstrated below?
“You have dancing shoes / with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead / So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.”
“You have dancing shoes / with nimble soles. I have a soul of lead / So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.”
a)
aside
b)
prologue
c)
foil
d)
pun
41.
Which device is demonstrated below?
When I leave my classroom every morning, my Samsung Galaxy S5 begs to go with me.
When I leave my classroom every morning, my Samsung Galaxy S5 begs to go with me.
a)
dynamic character
b)
confidant
c)
foil
d)
personification
42.
Which device is demonstrated below?
Mrs. Snyder tripped and fell on her face. Mrs. Robertson said to her, “Oh, you’re so graceful!”
Mrs. Snyder tripped and fell on her face. Mrs. Robertson said to her, “Oh, you’re so graceful!”
a)
verbal irony
b)
situational irony
c)
personification
d)
aside
43.
Which device is demonstrated below?
They fought like cats and dogs.
They fought like cats and dogs.
a)
Metaphor
b)
simile
c)
hyperbole
d)
quatrain
44.
Which device is demonstrated below?
“It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”
“It was so cold, I saw polar bears wearing jackets”
a)
Personification
b)
Onomatopoeia
c)
Hyperbole
d)
Simile
45.
A device an author uses to prepare a reader for an event or action that is to happen later in the story.
a)
Foreshadowing
b)
Foreground
c)
Foretelling
d)
Foreman
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