WorksheetsSAT 6/R&J
Total questions: 55
Worksheet time: 28mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
"A plague o' both your houses!"
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Tybalt
d)
Mercutio
2.
Benvolio encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet party to:
a)
Compare Rosaline with other girls
b)
Challenge Tybalt and other enemies
c)
See what they can get away with for sport
d)
Enjoy the company of Rosaline
3.
"And for that offense immediately we do exile him hence. Let Romeo hence in haste, else when he is found, that hour will be his last."
a)
Prince
b)
Lord Montague
c)
Lord Capulet
d)
Friar Laurence
4.
How does Capulet react when Tybalt first tells him that Romeo, the son of his enemy, has come to the party uninvited?
a)
He shakes with anger
b)
He doubts that it is true
c)
He plots Romeo's downfall
d)
He tells Tybalt to ignore Romeo
5.
How does the Prince react to the tensions between the Capulets and the Montagues?
a)
He favors the Montagues
b)
He insists that they must end their hostilities or suffer the consequences
c)
He favors the Capulets
d)
He suggests that they join their two houses in marriage
6.
At the end of ACT II, Friar Laurence takes Romeo and Juliet away to:
a)
Be married
b)
Give them advice
c)
Hide them from their enemies
d)
Discover their plans to run away to Mantua
7.
What will happen to Juliet if she refuses to marry Paris?
a)
Juliet's father will disown her
b)
Juliet will be scorned by her friends
c)
The houses of Montague and Capulet will fight again
d)
Everyone will learn about her secret marriage
8.
Romeo goes to the Apothecary to:
a)
Get medicine for Juliet to wake her from her sleep
b)
Get drugs to help himself sleep
c)
Buy poison to kill himself
d)
Buy poison for both himself and Juliet
9.
Why does Friar Laurence's plan fail?
a)
Romeo does not receive his letter
b)
Juliet wakes too soon
c)
Paris arrives and discovers the plot
d)
Romeo's servant hides in the churchyard
10.
When Paris initially states his interest in marrying Juliet, Juliet's father:
a)
Says he hopes to find a suitor more to his liking than Paris
b)
Tells Juliet she must marry the man her parents chose
c)
Asks Juliet to look upon Paris favorably
d)
Tells Paris that Juliet is still too young to marry
11.
Why does the Apothecary agree to give Romeo an illegal poison?
a)
His poverty is too much to bear; he needs the money
b)
He is able to relate to Romeo's tragic story
c)
Romeo all but threatens his life
d)
He is anxious to help someone do great bodily harm to themselves
12.
is a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character who is alone on stage.
a)
monologue
b)
prologue
c)
soliloquy
d)
aside
13.
A character’s comment that is not heard by other characters on stage
a)
monologue
b)
soliloquy
c)
aside
14.
Reference to another character, place, situation, event or object from another piece of literature or history
a)
personification
b)
imagery
c)
allusion
d)
foreshadowing
15.
The use of words to create a sensory experience
a)
allusion
b)
personification
c)
foreshadowing
d)
imagery
16.
A joke based on words with several meanings or on words that sound alike but have different meanings
a)
comedy
b)
allusion
c)
pen
d)
pun
17.
The use of clues to prepare the reader or audience for upcoming events; used to create suspense
a)
forecasting
b)
foreshadowing
c)
figurative language
d)
plot cues
18.
The audience has important information that characters do not
a)
dramatic irony
b)
verbal irony
c)
situational irony
d)
divergent irony
19.
A particular kind of play in which the character suffers a major downfall
a)
tragedy
b)
comedy
c)
black comedy
20.
Tybalt sent what to the Montague house?
a)
a letter
b)
threats
c)
money
d)
a servant
21.
This is a type of literature that is meant to be acted out on a stage.
a)
Novel/Fiction
b)
Nonfiction
c)
Drama
d)
Poem
22.
Two opposite words put together in a phrase is known as a(n)...
a)
Tragic Flaw
b)
Antonym
c)
Oxymoron
d)
Dialogue
23.
The antagonist is...
a)
the "good" guy
b)
the "bad" guy
24.
The protagonist is...
a)
the "good" guy
b)
the "bad" guy
25.
True or False: Symbols are items/actions that stand for THEMSELVES and for other ideas.
a)
True
b)
False
26.
The conflict in a short story is...
a)
the struggle or problem faced by the characters
b)
the rising feeling of tension experienced by the reader
c)
the use of clues to indicate future events
d)
a glimpse of previous events experienced by the characters
27.
a character, action, or situation that is a prototype (pattern) of human life, occurring over and over again in literature
a)
aside
b)
archetype
c)
comic relief
d)
heroic couplet
28.
Soliloquy is ...
a)
A long speech in which a character, usually alone on stage, expresses thoughts
b)
5 units of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
c)
A form of lyric poetry with 14 lines and a specific rhyme scheme
29.
Couplet is ...
a)
5 units of an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable
b)
A comparison made between two things that are essentially not alike
c)
Two consecutive lines that rhyme
30.
Motivations are...
a)
Reasons for a character to do what he or she does
b)
Events that a character takes part in
c)
Conflicts that a character faces
d)
A task that the hero must acomplish
31.
Which term means "a series of events and conflict that propels the story?"
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Falling Action
d)
Climax
32.
Which term means "the part of the play after the climax and leading to the resolution?"
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Falling Action
d)
Complications
33.
What means "the part of a play that gives info needed to understand the characters & action?"
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Falling Action
d)
Climax
34.
Which term means "the high point of the story?"
a)
Exposition
b)
Rising Action
c)
Falling Action
d)
Climax
35.
How do the Montagues and the Capulets honor Romeo and Juliet's love?
a)
golden statues
b)
stop fighting
c)
become friends
d)
all of these
36.
to mislead; to fool
a)
delude
b)
deify
c)
defunt
d)
dawdle
37.
to paint coarsely or unskillfully
a)
defunct
b)
daunt
c)
daub
d)
delete
38.
carefree and self-confident in manner; elegant and gracious
a)
daunt
b)
debonair
c)
decadence
d)
deify
39.
to take out; cross out
a)
daunt
b)
delude
c)
delete
d)
declaim
40.
to make afraid or discouraged
a)
daunt
b)
delude
c)
defunct
d)
delete
41.
to make a god of; to look upon or worship as a god
a)
dawdle
b)
delude
c)
daub
d)
deify
42.
to speak in a dramatic, pompous, or blustering manner
a)
delete
b)
declaim
c)
debonair
d)
daunt
43.
to waste time
a)
dawdle
b)
declaim
c)
defunct
d)
deify
44.
no longer in existence
a)
defunct
b)
delete
c)
declaim
d)
debonair
45.
moral deterioration
a)
daub
b)
daunt
c)
decadence
d)
declaim
46.
It has often been suggested that the fall of Rome was a result of its ___________________.
a)
delete
b)
decadence
c)
deify
d)
daunt
47.
I discovered too late that the bargain stock I had purchased was for a ___________________ corporation.
a)
dawdle
b)
debonair
c)
defunct
d)
declaim
48.
Bright colors were _______________ randomly over the artist’s easel.
a)
dawdled
b)
daubed
c)
deluded
d)
declaimed
49.
We were ____________________(ed) into thinking we could trust the smooth-talking salesman.
a)
daunt
b)
defunct
c)
delete
d)
delude
50.
“Don’t ________________ children,” the teacher called down the hallway. “We must hurry.”
a)
daub
b)
dawdle
c)
debonair
d)
deify
51.
He _________________ (ed) her; then he was crushed when she turned out to be a mere human like all the rest of us.
a)
deify
b)
daub
c)
declaim
d)
delete
52.
Although the waves were high and the wind bitterly cold, the treasure seekers were not ______________. –add ed
a)
daunt
b)
delete
c)
deify
d)
decadence
53.
The judge told the actor to answer the questions simply and leave his ___________________ (add ing) for the stage.
a)
dawdle
b)
decadence
c)
declaim
d)
delete
54.
I expected to see an awkward young man, so I was quite surprised to see a _______________ gentleman.
a)
daub
b)
debonair
c)
dawdle
d)
declaim
55.
___________________ the second sentence; you already made your point, and the repetition only weakens your argument.
a)
defunct
b)
delete
c)
deify
d)
delude
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