WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which character said the following quote?
"Thus with a kiss I die."
"Thus with a kiss I die."
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Paris
d)
Lady Capulet
2.
Which character said the following quote?
"I am fortune's fool!"
"I am fortune's fool!"
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Mercutio
d)
Tybalt
3.
Which character said the following quote?
"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet."
"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other word would smell as sweet."
a)
Juliet
b)
Romeo
c)
The Nurse
d)
Lady Capulet
4.
Which character said the following quote?
"Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."
"Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast."
a)
Friar Lawrence
b)
The Nurse
c)
Capulet
d)
Mercutio
5.
Which character said the following quote?
"If love be rough with you, be rough with love.
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down."
"If love be rough with you, be rough with love.
Prick love for pricking, and you beat love down."
a)
Mercutio
b)
Romeo
c)
Juliet
d)
Friar Lawrence
6.
Which character said the following quote?
"Younger than she are happy mothers made."
"Younger than she are happy mothers made."
a)
Paris
b)
Romeo
c)
Capulet
d)
The Nurse
7.
Which character said the following quote?
"No, sir. I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir."
"No, sir. I do not bite my thumb at you, sir, but I bite my thumb, sir."
a)
Sampson
b)
Gregory
c)
Abram
d)
Tybalt
8.
Which character said the following quote?
"What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
Turn thee, Benvolio. Look upon thy death."
"What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
Turn thee, Benvolio. Look upon thy death."
a)
Tybalt
b)
Mercutio
c)
Romeo
d)
Montague
9.
Which character said the following quote?
"If ever you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
"If ever you disturb our streets again,
Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace."
a)
The Prince
b)
Capulet
c)
Montague
d)
Friar Lawrence
10.
Which character said the following quote?
"See, where he comes. So please you, step aside.
I’ll know his grievance or be much denied."
"See, where he comes. So please you, step aside.
I’ll know his grievance or be much denied."
a)
Benvolio
b)
Mercutio
c)
Romeo
d)
Friar Lawrence
11.
Which character said the following quote?
"I’ll look to like if looking liking move.
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly."
"I’ll look to like if looking liking move.
But no more deep will I endart mine eye
Than your consent gives strength to make it fly."
a)
Juliet
b)
Romeo
c)
Benvolio
d)
Paris
12.
Which character said the following quote?
"A man, young lady! Lady, such a man
As all the world. Why, he’s a man of wax."
"A man, young lady! Lady, such a man
As all the world. Why, he’s a man of wax."
a)
The Nurse
b)
Lady Capulet
c)
Capulet
d)
Tybalt
13.
Which character said the following quote?
"Then she is well, and nothing can be ill.
Her body sleeps in Capels' monument,
And her immortal part with angels lives."
"Then she is well, and nothing can be ill.
Her body sleeps in Capels' monument,
And her immortal part with angels lives."
a)
Balthazar
b)
Peter
c)
Romeo
d)
Friar Lawrence
14.
Which character said the following quote?
"These times of woe afford no time to woo.
Madam, good night. Commend me to your daughter."
"These times of woe afford no time to woo.
Madam, good night. Commend me to your daughter."
a)
Paris
b)
Romeo
c)
Tybalt
d)
Friar Lawrence
15.
Which character said the following quote?
"O God, I have an ill-divining soul.
Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb."
"O God, I have an ill-divining soul.
Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low
As one dead in the bottom of a tomb."
a)
Juliet
b)
Romeo
c)
Mercutio
d)
Tybalt
16.
Which of the following Shakespearean terms is INCORRECTLY matched with its modern translation?
a)
falls-dies
b)
exeunt-exit
c)
fair-equal
d)
mad-crazy
17.
Which of the following Shakespearean terms is INCORRECTLY matched with its modern translation?
a)
monument-tomb
b)
beseech-beg
c)
foe-friend
d)
brawl-fight
18.
Which of the following Shakespearean terms is INCORRECTLY matched with its modern translation?
a)
lamentable-cheerful
b)
woe- sadness
c)
merriment-celebration
d)
rapier-sword
19.
Which of the following Shakespearean terms is INCORRECTLY matched with its modern translation?
a)
thee-you
b)
hither-here
c)
yonder-anywhere
d)
thither-there
20.
Which of the following Shakespearean terms is INCORRECTLY matched with its modern translation?
a)
hence-here
b)
thou-you
c)
kin-relative
d)
wherefore-where
21.
What does the word "blow" mean in the following exchange between Tybalt and Mercutio?
Tybalt: Gentlemen, good e'en. A word with one of you.
Mercutio: And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something. Make it a word and a blow.
Tybalt: Gentlemen, good e'en. A word with one of you.
Mercutio: And but one word with one of us? Couple it with something. Make it a word and a blow.
a)
a hit from a sword
b)
a kiss from a friend
c)
a whistle from an enemy
d)
a breath of relief
22.
What does the word "discourses" mean in the following line from Romeo's most famous soliloquy?
"Her eye discourses. I will answer it."
"Her eye discourses. I will answer it."
a)
speaks
b)
closes
c)
opens
d)
knocks
23.
Which of the following characters are NOT related?
a)
Paris and Mercutio
b)
Benvolio and Romeo
c)
Tybalt and Juliet
d)
Mercutio and Benvolio
24.
Which of the following characters is mentioned several times in the play, but never has any lines of dialogue?
a)
Rosaline
b)
Peter
c)
Balthazar
d)
The Apothecary
25.
Over how many days does the play take place?
a)
5
b)
3
c)
4
d)
7
26.
Which of the following dying words is INCORRECTLY matched with the character that said it?
a)
Mercutio-"They have made worms' meat of me. I have it, and soundly too. Your houses!"
b)
Tybalt - "Thou, wretched boy, that dids't consort him here shalt with him hence."
c)
Romeo- "Lay me with Juliet"
d)
Juliet - "O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die."
27.
What is a soliloquy?
a)
A long speech given by a character that is alone onstage to reveal their private thoughts
b)
A few lines of text a character says that select characters on stage are not supposed to hear
c)
A long speech given by a character that is directed for only the audience to hear
d)
A few lines of text given by a character that is meant for only the audience to hear
28.
What is an allusion?
a)
A reference to a common aspect of culture
b)
A line of text with repetitive vowel sounds
c)
A line of text in which the first letter of close by words has the same beginning sound
d)
A trick a magician performs
29.
Which of the following literary devices is incorrectly matched with its definition?
a)
oxymoron - a situation of opposing concepts that is illogical and impossible
b)
pun - a word or phrase that intentionally has multiple meanings
c)
simile - comparing two dissimilar objects using the words "like" or "as"
d)
personification - giving human qualities to a non-human object or idea
30.
Which of the following characters is in the text version of the play, but not in the movie?
a)
Peter
b)
Balthazar
c)
Rosaline
d)
The Apothecary
31.
Which of the following is NOT a difference between the text version of the play and the movie?
a)
Friar Lawrence goes to the Capulet tomb in the text, but not in the movie
b)
Juliet threatens to kill Friar Lawrence in the movie but not in the text
c)
Paris is killed in the text, but not in the movie
d)
Juliet and Romeo meet at the Capulet party in the text, but not in the movie
32.
How is the method in which Romeo finds out about the Capulet party different in the text compared to the movie?
a)
In the text, Romeo helps Peter read the invitation list, but in the movie he hears about it on TV
b)
In the text Mercutio tells him about it, but in the movie, Benvolio tells him about it
c)
In the text, he is invited by Capulet, but in the movie, he is invited by Juliet
d)
In the text, he hears the party going on, and decides to crash it, but in the movie, he goes in by accident thinking it was Mercutio's party
33.
Why does Juliet decide that she is never going to trust the Nurse again at the end of Act IV?
a)
Because the Nurse advised her to marry Paris and forget about Romeo
b)
Because the Nurse told her parents that she secretly married Romeo
c)
Because the Nurse refused to help her with Friar Lawrence's plan to pretend she is dead
d)
Because the Nurse
34.
Which of the following characters did NOT die at the hands of Romeo?
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Tybalt
d)
Paris
35.
Which of the following lines is INCORRECTLY matched with its literary device?
a)
"My bosom's lord sits lightly in his throne" - personification
b)
"Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper" - simile
c)
"Whiter than the snow upon a Raven's back" - personification
d)
"These violent delights have violent ends" - foreshadow
36.
Which of the following lines is INCORRECTLY matched with its literary device?
a)
"She would be as swift in motion as a ball" - simile
b)
"Dry sorrow drinks our blood" - personification
c)
"Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch!" - metaphor
d)
"Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied" - oxymoron
37.
Which of the following lines is INCORRECTLY matched with its literary device?
a)
"Give me a torch. I am not for this ambling. Being but heavy, I will bear the light" - pun
b)
"I'll look to like if looking liking move" - alliteration
c)
"Why then, O brawling love, O loving hate" - oxymoron
d)
We'll have no Cupid hoodwinked with a scarf" - metaphor
38.
Which of the following lines is INCORRECTLY matched with its literary device?
a)
"That dreamers often lie" - pun
b)
"For in a minute there are many days" - hyperbole
c)
"'Twixt my extremes and me this bloody knife shall play umpire" - metaphor
d)
"I pay thy poverty and not thy will" - paradox
39.
Which of the following speeches does NOT contain a foreshadow?
a)
"Methinks I see thee now, thou art so low as one dead in the bottom of a tomb"
b)
"The day is hot; the Capulets, abroad; and if we meet we shall not 'scape a brawl"
c)
"I fear too early, for my mind misgives some consequence yet hanging in the stars"
d)
"I saw the wound, I saw it with mine eyes - God save the mark!"
40.
Which of the following is NOT a location in which one of the scenes in the play takes place?
a)
The Capulet Tomb
b)
Juliet's bedroom
c)
Romeo's bedroom
d)
The streets of Verona
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