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Romeo&Juliet

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name

Class

Date

What poetic form is the prologue?

Free Verse

Sonnet

Haiku

Couplet

Who speaks the Prologue?

Romeo

Chorus

Juliet

Lord Montague

What is the conflict in the play?

Juliet does not want to marry Paris.

Nurse refuses to help Juliet.

The Capulets and Montagues are in a feud that prevents Romeo and Juliet from expressing their love.

Juliet is in love with Tybalt, which is forbidden by her parents.

Which is NOT a major theme in the play?

Fate is inevitable.

Love and passion can cause a person to act recklessly and unethically.

Family values conflict with individual values.

Children should always listen to and obey their parents.

Who are the tragic heroes?

Romeo and Juliet

Juliet and Friar Lawrence

Nurse and Friar Lawrence

Romeo and Tybalt

Which character DOES NOT die in the play?

Tybalt

Romeo

Mercutio

Benvolio

What is dramatic irony?

The characters know something the audience doesn't.

The audience knows something main characters don't.

Irony that is extra dramatic

A drama that is ironic

What is an example of dramatic irony in Romeo and Juliet?

Juliet is in a deep sleep when Romeo believes her to be dead.

Friar Lawrence runs away from danger.

Romeo kills himself next to Juliet.

Juliet kills herself because Romeo is dead.

What literary device is being used? "It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!"

Personification

Alliteration

Metaphor

Simile

10.

What makes Romeo and Juliet a tragedy by definition?

The protagonists die in the end and the family is left to deal with their guilt.

The play is sad.

Many characters die by the end of the play.

Two young lovers take their own lives.

11.

Who dies first?

Romeo

Juliet

12.

14 lines of poetry that rhymes and is written in iambic meter

sonnet

soliloquy

blank verse

end-stopped line

13.

Prologue: Why are Romeo and Juliet "Star - cross'd lovers"?

They meet at night

They are not destined to be together

They love the stars

14.

A feud is...

a love story

a fight that continues for a long time

a game show on TV

a weird way of pronouncing "food"

15.

What message does Balthasar give to Romeo at the beginning of Act V.

Juliet is marrying Paris.

He is no longer banished.

The Friar is on the way to Mantua.

Juliet is dead.

16.

How does Juliet feel about the night?

She likes it because it reminds her of the masquerade, where she met Romeo

She hates it because it's when the "inconstant moon" appears

She loves it because it hides her meetings with Romeo

She doesn't notice it: now she only notices Romeo

17.

Which character threatens to disown his/her child for disobedience?

Lord Montague

Lady Montague

Lord Capulet

Lady Capulet

18.

True or False: Both families are inspired to continue fighting each other after the deaths of Romeo & Juliet.

True

False

19.

The last character to speak in the play is...

Friar Laurence

Lord Capulet

Lord Montegue

The Prince

20.

This is the type of English language used by Shakespeare.

Old English

Middle English

Early Modern English

Modern English

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Romeo&Juliet

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 15mins

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