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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Test Review
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 15mins
Which of the following events is NOT part of the play's exposition?
Romeo and Juliet fall in love at the Capulet ball.
A feud exists between the Capulet and Montague families.
The play takes place in Verona, Italy.
Juliet is a Capulet.
Which of the following events is NOT part of the play's rising action?
Paris asks Capulet permission to marry Juliet.
Romeo kisses Juliet at the Capulet ball.
Juliet drinks a sleeping potion.
Tybalt is angry that Romeo is at the Capulet ball.
Which of the following events ARE part of the turning point climax?
Romeo drinks poison.
Tybalt kills Mercutio.
The Capulets get mad at Juliet.
Romeo kills Tybalt
Which of the following events is NOT part of the falling action?
Lord Capulet arranges for Juliet to marry Paris.
The feud ends.
Juliet drinks a sleeping potion.
Romeo buys poison.
Which of the following events IS part of the falling action and the catastrophe climax of the play?
Tybalt kills Mercutio.
Romeo kills Paris.
The chemist sells Romeo poison.
Romeo and Juliet commit suicide.
Which of the following events IS the resolution of the play?
Romeo drinks the poison.
Juliet stabs herself.
Capulet and Montague end their feud.
Friar Laurence explains the events to the Prince.
What is the term for a contradiction between what the audience knows and what a character knows to be true?
alliteration
foreshadowing
dramatic irony
paradox
Friar John was unable to deliver the letter to Romeo because of the quarantine. Of which of the two types of conflict is this an example?
external
internal
dramatic
emotional
To build suspense, Shakespeare often gives clues that hint of events to come. What is the literary term for this?
dramatic irony
verbal irony
foreshadowing
tragedy
Romeo’s first reaction to both being banished and learning of Juliet’s death is to kill himself. This is an example of his tragic flaw. What is it?
impulsiveness
emotional
suicidal
determination
What is a speech that expresses a character’s thoughts aloud and is not heard by other characters?
monologue
soliloquy
aside
secret
Because Tybalt is Juliet's cousin, which type of conflict does Romeo feel when Tybalt challenges him?
internal
external
guilt
dramatic
What do we call the main character in a literary work?
antagonist
protagonist
villain
hero
Shakespeare uses words that appeal to our senses to help us imagine how Juliet is feeling. What literary term is this?
personification
alliteration
imagery
narrative
Why is Romeo and Juliet considered a tragedy?
The main characters die.
Their tragic flaw is impulsiveness.
They disobey their parents.
Romeo kills Tybalt.
What is the term for the central message or idea of a literary work?
tone
mood
plot
theme
In Scene 3.5, what type of irony is used when Juliet tells Lady Capulet:
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“I will never be satisfied with Romeo, until I see him – dead – is my poor heart, broken by my cousin.”
dramatic irony
verbal irony
situational irony
literal irony
Dramatic irony is when...
the characters act emotional.
the audience knows something the characters do not.
the story is sad.
the audience feels lots of emotions.
The prologue to Romeo and Juliet is in the form of a 14 line poem called a ____________.
soliloquy
quatrain
sonnet
couplet
Which of the following is an example of alliteration?
Dunkin' Donuts
Kaboom!
raining cats and dogs
the car roared
What event does the prologue of Romeo and Juliet foreshadow?
The marriage of Juliet and Paris.
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
Tybalt's death.
The Friar's potion plan.
Why did Shakespeare continually use foreshadowing throughout the play?
He wanted to build suspense.
He wanted to distract the audience.
He knew it was the best way to develop the characters.
He thought it was the easiest way to write.
Why does Romeo feel internal conflict about killing Tybalt?
He's still in love with Rosaline.
He wants to trick the Capulet family.
He thought Mercutio was crazy.
He's part of the Capulet family now.
When the nurse finds Juliet "dead," this is dramatic irony because...
everyone is so sad.
Lord Capulet makes a speech about her dying.
We know Juliet is not really dead.
Romeo doesn't know she is dead.
Opposite ideas that make sense, like war brings peace, is called
metaphor
hyperbole
paradox
simile
Why does Shakespeare use paradox and oxymoron?
To sound like a fancy writer.
To create suspense.
To show exaggerated feelings.
To show that we can have confusing feelings.
Romeo says that compared to the other girls, Juliet is "like a white dove in amongst black crows." What does this simile mean?
He thinks Juliet is more beautiful than the other girls at the party.
Juliet has lighter colored skin than the other girls in the room.
Juliet is a bird, and the other girls are not.
He thinks Juliet sings better than everyone.
Which of the following is an example of external conflict?
Juliet expresses her fears about the potion.
Friar John cannot deliver the letter to Romeo.
Romeo doesn't want to fight Tybalt.
Juliet has conflicting feelings when she learns Romeo killed Tybalt.
During the balcony scene, Juliet doesn't realize Romeo is listening until he talks to her directly, but the audience knows he's there. This is an example of
dramatic irony
monologue
foreshadowing
surprise
An author's diction (word choice) shows his attitude. What is this literary term?
plot
feeling
verse
tone
All stories have problems that drive the story. What is the literary term for these problems?
conflict
plot
mood
events
Why does Shakespeare use imagery when Juliet is thinking about taking the potion in Act 4?
It was required of playwrights in Shakespeare's time.
To help us understand Juliet's thoughts and feelings.
To explain how opposite ideas can make sense.
It helps us imagine how the potion tastes.
Why is Friar Laurence motivated to go to the tomb in Act 5?
He wanted to put flowers on Juliet's grave.
He plans on giving Juliet more tonic.
He learns that Romeo never received his letter.
He wants to see Romeo kill himself.
Romeo says "Death has not won yet-your lips and cheeks still show signs of life" when he sees Juliet in the tomb. What is he thinking?
He's happy that she's alive.
He thinks she looks beautiful even though he thinks she's dead.
He thinks it's good that she died.
He thinks she looks really bad.
Romeo tells the Friar he wants to cut out the part of his body with his name if being a Montague keeps him from Juliet. His reaction is evidence for which theme?
Impulsive decisions lead to avoidable mistakes.
Fate is in control of our lives.
Hate is destructive.
Suicide is not a good thing.
Which of the following evidence does NOT support the claim that Lord Capulet is most to blame for the suicides of Romeo and Juliet?
Lord Capulet threatens to disown Juliet if she doesn't marry Paris.
Lord Capulet is most concerned about his honor.
Lord Capulet changes the wedding to a funeral.
Lord Capulet moves the wedding up to Wednesday.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. What should people do when faced with tough situations?
Suffer alone.
Talk to someone.
Do nothing and hope it gets better.
Sleep more.
