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Romeo and Juliet Scene Study

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 23mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who says the following line?


“Tis but thy name that is my enemy.

O, be some other name!

What’s in a name? That which we call a rose

By any other word would smell as sweet.”

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Nurse

d)

Friar Lawrence

2.

What is a moron?

a)

An idiot

b)

A smart person

c)

A kind character

d)

A gentle servant

3.

What is an oxymoron?

a)

Juxtaposition

b)

A motif

c)

An oxygenated moron

d)

A figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction

4.

Which character uses oxymoron in a speech?

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Nurse

d)

Benvolio

5.

Which of the following is an oxymoron?

a)

A rose by any other name

b)

What light through yonder window breaks

c)

Feather of lead

d)

Two blushing pilgrims

6.

Who is compared to a pilgrim?

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Nurse

d)

Benvoloio

7.

Who is compared to a saint?

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Nurse

d)

Mercutio

8.

How does Shakespeare dictate what actions should take place on stage?

a)

Detailed stage directions

b)

Through the dialogue

c)

He doesn't

d)

A separate handbook

9.

Who kisses by the book?

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Benvolio

d)

Mercutio

10.

Who begins Acts I and II?

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

The Chorus

d)

Friar Laurence

11.

Why does Shakespeare begin Act I and Act II with a prologue?

a)

To recap what has happened

b)

To make the play longer

c)

To make the audience laugh

d)

To publicize his other shows

12.

What metaphor does Romeo use to compare Juliet?

a)

An orb

b)

A comet

c)

The planets

d)

The sun

13.

In Act II, what is Romeo's objective?

a)

To talk to her

b)

To see her

c)

To touch her

d)

To transform her

14.

What does prologue?

a)

Second Log

b)

Good Speech

c)

First Speech

d)

Bad Speech

15.

How do you pronounce doth?

a)

Duth

b)

Deth

c)

Dahth

d)

Dooth

16.

What is verse?

a)

A Tik Tok dance

b)

Shakespeare's poetic form of dialogue

c)

The repetitive part of a song

d)

Rod Wave's beats

17.

Who says the following line?


"O, she is lame! love's heralds should be thoughts,

Which ten times faster glide than the sun's beams,"

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Nurse

d)

Friar Laurence

18.

What structure are the prologues written in?

a)

Sonnet

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Haiku

d)

Blank Verse

19.

How many lines are in a sonnet?

a)

12

b)

14

c)

16

d)

20

20.

What do you call the two lines at the end of a sonnet?

a)

The couplet

b)

The verse

c)

The soliloquy

d)

The end

21.

How should an actor say "O" when performing Shakespeare?

a)

With a British accent

b)

With a country accent

c)

A vocal release or sigh

d)

A simple "Oh!"

22.

What is a soliloquy?

a)

A type of verse Shakespeare uses

b)

An act of speaking one's thoughts aloud when by one's self

c)

A solemn event or occasion

d)

A speech that should be performed a little slow

23.

What are operative words?

a)

Words used in Shakespearean operas

b)

Words used by authoritarians to command others

c)

Words a surgeon would use

d)

The most important words

24.

When you don't understand a Shakespearean text, what can be most useful in fostering an understanding?

a)

Scream the speech

b)

Read the speech quietly

c)

Read the last word of each line

d)

Sing the speech

25.

What is a caesura?

a)

A break between words, a pause

b)

A loud, visceral reaction

c)

The end of the line

d)

A dramatic reading

26.

What do we call the meter in which Shakespeare writes verse?

a)

Sonnet

b)

Iambic Pentameter

c)

Five Meters

d)

10 Syllabic Meter

27.

How many syllables are in a standard line of Shakespeare's verse?

a)

5

b)

10

c)

14

d)

20

28.

What do we call the syllables in a Shakespeare line?

a)

Beats

b)

Notes

c)

Ticks

d)

Tacks

29.

How can you best paint a picture and set a mood when acting or speaking Shakespeare's text?

a)

By screaming

b)

By screlting

c)

By articulating consonants

d)

By singing

30.

What is antithesis?

a)

A contrast or opposition between two things

b)

Something that goes against your thesis

c)

The bad guy

d)

A type of verse

31.

What is juxtaposition?

a)

Figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action

b)

A comparison using like or as

c)

Two things being seen or placed close together

d)

A position where you face out toward the audience

32.

What is a rhetorical ladder?

a)

A character's way of climbing to the top

b)

A tool to change a lightbulb

c)

The device Romeo uses to persuade Juliet

d)

A list, growing in importance

33.

Who is banished from Verona?

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Paris

d)

Benvolio

34.

What is context?

a)

With the script

b)

A lot of text

c)

Circumstances of a situation

d)

the material dealt with in a speech, literary work, etc.

35.

What is a foe?

a)

Enemy

b)

A type of deer

c)

A friend

d)

A fickle person

36.

What does bade mean?

a)

To wander

b)

To command, order, or direct

c)

To refuse

d)

To discard

37.

What does chide mean?

a)

To scold

b)

To command

c)

To wander

d)

To discard

38.

What is a common motif Romeo and Juliet use to describe and illustrate one another?

a)

Weather

b)

Animals

c)

Dark

d)

Light

39.

In a modern adaptation, one could have the Capulets and Montagues be what types of divided factions?

a)

Democrats and Republicans

b)

Alabama v Auburn Fans

c)

Differing religious sects

d)

All of the above

40.

Who says the following line?


“There is no world without Verona walls

But purgatory, torture, hell itself.

Hence “banishèd” is banished from the world,

And world’s exile is death.”

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Laurence

d)

Tybalt

41.

Who says the following line?


“O! I am fortune’s fool!”

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Laurence

d)

Tybalt

42.

Who says the following line?


"Why, lamb! why, lady! fie, you slug-a-bed!"

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Friar Lauerence

d)

Nurse

43.

Which best summarizes the following line?


"Oh, here


Will I set up my everlasting rest,


And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars


From this world-wearied flesh."

a)

I will die like eggs and becomes like the stars.

b)

I will remove myself from the hands Fate by taking fate into my own hands.

c)

I will shake it off and move on.

d)

I will take a long nap, eat some eggs, and watch the stars because I have seen a lot.

44.

Which of the following is most likely the reason Juliet decides to stab herself?


"Yea, noise? Then I’ll be brief. O happy


dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die."

a)

People are coming and she needs to die quickly.

b)

Stabbing seems more dramatic.

c)

Stabbing will hurt less.

d)

Shiny objects make her happy.

45.

Who delivers the final speech, restoring order to Verona?

a)

Paris

b)

Tybalt

c)

Capulet

d)

Prince