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Freshman Final Review

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 55mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The part of the plot where setting, character, and conflicts are introduced:
a)
resolution
b)
exposition
c)
climax
d)
rising action
2.
The part of the plot where actions are taken to resolve the conflict, but further complications arise:
a)
resolution
b)
exposition
c)
climax
d)
rising action
3.
Most indirect characterization comes from a character's:
a)
clothing
b)
speech
c)
actions
d)
name
4.
The reason behind a character's actions is
a)
usually a secret
b)
their own business 
c)
their motivation
d)
irrelevant 
5.
What is the name for a narrator that doesn't always tell the truth?
a)
mean
b)
unreliable
c)
This doesn't happen.
d)
first person
6.
If a character struggles with opposing thoughts or desires, they are experiencing--
a)
internal conflict
b)
external conflict
7.
Which of these does not describe a dynamic character?
a)
They experience changes
b)
Their change is often a major aspect of the plot.
c)
They experience no growth or change in the text.
d)
Their change could lead to a major theme of the text.
8.
Which best describes  theme?
a)
A lesson about life that can be taken from a work. 
b)
A moral of the story that you agree with.
c)
Something people with too much time make up.
d)
A cliche about a topic in the story.
9.
A break in the story to tell about something in the past is a:
a)
flashback
b)
external conflict
c)
foreshadowing
d)
indirect characterization
10.
Hinting at something that will happen later in the story is--
a)
flashback
b)
external conflict
c)
foreshadowing
d)
indirect characterization
11.
A character that is one-dimensional and has few details about their character is--
a)
round
b)
flat
c)
static
d)
dynamic
12.
A character that has many complex traits is--
a)
round
b)
flat
c)
static
d)
dynamic
13.
A character that never changes is--
a)
round
b)
flat
c)
static
d)
dynamic
14.
When we know something a character doesn't know, there is:
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
stress
15.
When someone says one thing but means another, there is--
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
stress
16.
When there is a difference between expectations and reality, there is--
a)
verbal irony
b)
dramatic irony
c)
situational irony
d)
stress
17.
Which sentence shows first person narration?
a)
In the quiet, I whispered my secret.
b)
Shannon and Gracie argued over the right answer.
18.
This part of speech shows relationships between a noun/pronoun and an object:
a)
verb
b)
interjection
c)
conjunction
d)
preposition
19.
Which of these is NOT true about proper nouns?
a)
They are specific people, places, or things.
b)
They must be capitalized.
c)
They take the place of nouns.
d)
They are the opposite of common nouns.
20.
What type of verb is the bolded word?
I ate too much today.
a)
action
b)
linking
c)
helping
21.
What type of verb is the bolded word?
I can help you if you ask.
a)
action
b)
linking
c)
helping
22.
What type of verb is the bolded word?
I read the recipe.
a)
transitive
b)
intransitive 
c)
helping
23.
Which correctly identifies the bolded word in this sentence.
I stood in line at the ticket booth.
a)
pronoun used as adjective
b)
noun used as adjective
c)
proper adjective
d)
compound adjective
24.
Which correctly identifies the bolded word in this sentence.
The chain-link fence surrounded the yard.
a)
pronoun used as adjective
b)
noun used as adjective
c)
proper adjective
d)
compound adjective
25.
Which correctly identifies the bolded word in this sentence.
The Journal Courier is a Jacksonville newspaper.
a)
pronoun used as adjective
b)
noun used as adjective
c)
proper adjective
d)
compound adjective
26.
Which correctly identifies the bolded word in this sentence.
Each person contributed money to buy pizza.
a)
pronoun used as adjective
b)
noun used as adjective
c)
proper adjective
d)
compound adjective
27.
Which of these is the definite article?
a)
a
b)
an
c)
the
28.
The word that completes a prepositional phrase is known as a(n):
a)
Adjective
b)
Object
c)
Preposition
d)
modifier
29.
What is the bolded word?
I often read before going to bed.
a)
Adjective
b)
Adverb
c)
Preposition
30.
What is the bolded word?
She had a hard time at school yesterday.
a)
Adjective
b)
Adverb
c)
Preposition
31.
What is the bolded word?
I right behind you.
a)
Adjective
b)
Adverb
c)
Preposition
32.
What is the bolded word?
You left your coat behind.
a)
Adjective
b)
Adverb
c)
Preposition
33.
This type of conjunction always comes in pairs:
a)
Coordinating
b)
Subordinating
c)
Correlative
d)
Conjunctive Adverb
34.
This type of conjunction joins elements of equal importance in a sentence.
a)
Coordinating
b)
Subordinating
c)
Correlative
d)
Conjunctive Adverb
35.
This type of conjunction joins ideas where one is less important than the other.
a)
Coordinating
b)
Subordinating
c)
Correlative
d)
Conjunctive Adverb
36.
This type of conjunction joins two complete ideas with a semicolon before and a comma after the conjunction.
a)
Coordinating
b)
Subordinating
c)
Correlative
d)
Conjunctive Adverb
37.
The part of the plot with the most tension and intensity:
a)
resolution
b)
exposition
c)
climax
d)
rising action
38.
Which of these is true of an omniscient narrator?
a)
They only narrate in the third person.
b)
They are always unreliable.
c)
They are the most reliable narrators.
d)
They know all character's thoughts and feelings.
39.
What is the antecedent of his in this sentence:
Stump ran after his toy.
a)
Stump
b)
ran
c)
his
d)
toy
40.
What type of verb is the bolded word?
I am very tired.
a)
action
b)
linking
c)
helping
41.
What question do adverbs NOT answer?
a)
Where?
b)
To What Extent?
c)
In What Manner?
d)
Which one?
42.

Which of these is NOT something the prologue tells us.

a)

The setting is Verona.

b)

Kids from feuding families will fall in love.

c)

The lovers will die by their own hands.

d)

Romeo will be banished from Verona.

43.

Meter in poetry is--

a)

a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables

b)

what makes it rhyme

c)

not a real thing

44.

What is the main way Romeo and Mercutio are different.

a)

They are from different social classes.

b)

Romeo is older than Mercutio.

c)

Mercutio doesn't take love seriously like Romeo.

d)

One is a Capulet and one is a Montague

45.

Which type of dramatic speech is short and from a character to the audience or one other character.

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

aside

d)

dialogue

46.

Which type of dramatic speech is longer and spoken when alone; it reveals true feelings.

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

aside

d)

dialogue

47.

Which type of dramatic speech is longer and can be heard by all characters on stage.

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

aside

d)

dialogue

48.

Which type of dramatic speech is multiple characters speaking back and forth.

a)

monologue

b)

soliloquy

c)

aside

d)

dialogue

49.

Which of these is NOT true of a tragedy?

a)

characters experience bad luck and possibly even death

b)

the character's downfall is usually a result of their tragic flaw

c)

a happy ending comes after bad luck

d)

an unhappy ending comes for multiple characters

50.

Which is NOT true of a Shakespearean sonnet?

a)

It has 14 lines.

b)

It is in iambic pentameter.

c)

It has the following rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

d)

It doesn't have to rhyme.

51.

Which type of characters speak in verse (poetry) in Shakespearean drama?

a)

major characters or those of higher social status

b)

minor characters

c)

comic characters

d)

characters of low social status

52.

A pun is--

a)

a play on words

b)

no longer a type of joke we use

c)

a type of rhyme scheme

d)

lines not meant to be heard by other characters

53.

After the events of Act III, everyone (except Nurse and Friar) thinks Juliet is upset because:

a)

Romeo was banished

b)

Mercutio died

c)

Romeo died

d)

Tybalt died

54.

Comic relief is--

a)

meant to lighten the mood

b)

a mistake by the author

c)

usually bad jokes

d)

not present in Romeo and Juliet at all

55.

Which of these is NOT an example of dramatic irony?

a)

Nurse finding Juliet "dead" on the day she is supposed to marry Paris.

b)

Romeo being told by Balthasar that Juliet is dead.

c)

Juliet asking Nurse for help in getting ready for her marriage to Paris.

d)

Juliet waking up from the potion to find Romeo dead in the tomb.