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R+J Review

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Aggressive; Swears to get his vengeance later

a)

Nurse

b)

Mercutio

c)

Tybalt

d)

Benvolio

2.

Warns both parties of punishment if fighting happens again

a)

Rosaline

b)

Paris

c)

Mercutio

d)

Prince

3.

The ideal spouse for Juliet; called "a man of wax" and "the flower of Verona"

a)

Romeo

b)

Paris

c)

Prince

d)

Mercutio

4.

Light-hearted and witty; was invited to the Capulet party

a)

Mercutio

b)

Romeo

c)

Benvolio

d)

Tybalt

5.

Level headed, rational, peaceful; tries to end the fighting between the families

a)

Paris

b)

Prince

c)

Mercutio

d)

Benvolio

6.

Enjoys talking but deeply cares for Juliet's best interests

a)

Paris

b)

Lady Capulet

c)

Nurse

d)

Tybalt

7.

Romeo's spiritual advisor

a)

Benvolio

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Prince

d)

Lord Montague

8.

Only referenced; never actually appears in play

a)

Gregory

b)

Rosaline

c)

Abram

d)

Lady Montague

9.

The story of Romeo takes place in which city?

a)

Venice

b)

Vienna

c)

Verona

d)

Vanderbilt

10.

1. Which answer choice best summarizes this speech about Paris that Lady Capulet makes to Juliet?


Read o'er the volume of young Paris' face,

And find delight writ there with beauty's pen;

Examine every married lineament,

And see how one another lends content;

And what obscured in this fair volume lies

Find written in the margent of his eyes.

a)

Paris is a large but handsome man

b)

Paris is like a beautiful book

c)

Paris is already married

d)

Paris' eyes are very revealing

11.

Which statement is the BEST summary of Benvolio's role in Act I?

a)

He shows concern for Romeo and tries to calm the fighting families.

b)

He tries to defend Romeo and threatens to challenge Tybalt to a duel.

c)

He discusses Romeo's private feelings with his uncle, Romeo's father.

d)

He reluctantly agrees to accompany Romeo to the masked feast at the Capulets' home.

12.

In Act I, Scene v, which answer BEST describes why does Capulet allow Romeo to remain at the feast?

a)

He wants to monitor Romeo and see what Romeo might be scheming to do.

b)

He wants to confront Romeo later when there are not so many people present.

c)

He is annoyed but wants to deal with Romeo in his own way.

d)

He will not allow a well-mannered guest to be insulted in his home.

13.

Based on the fact that Romeo locks himself away in his room, what can the reader conclude about him?

a)

He is too embarrassed to be seen out in public.

b)

He is avoiding people he doesn’t like.

c)

He is moody and love-sick, not wanting to be bothered.

d)

He is playing hard to get with Rosaline.

14.

After Tybalt identifies Romeo to Lord Capulet, how is Lord Capulet characterized?

a)

He is bitter. Capulet is equally angered and swears that they will punish Romeo later.

b)

He is level-headed. Capulet hears good things about Romeo and does not want to appear rude in front of his guests.

c)

He is supportive. Capulet encourages Romeo to dance with Juliet, sparking the new relationship.

d)

He is quizzical. Capulet questions Romeo’s motivations for attending.

15.

What does the following line mean?


“He jests at scars that never felt a wound”

a)

Mercutio jokes about love because he has never been in love.

b)

Romeo jokes about love because he has never been in love.

c)

Tybalt jokes about fighting because he has never been injured.

d)

Benvolio jokes about fighting because he has never been injured.

16.

What point does Juliet make when she speaks these lines?


What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.

a)

She thinks that Romeo has a sweet sounding name.

b)

She wishes that Romeo was from a different family

c)

She is enjoying the scent of the roses around her balcony

d)

The blossoming love she feels for Romeo is like a blooming rose.

17.

Juliet tells Romeo not to swear by the moon because the moon symbolizes….


“O swear not by the moon! The inconstant moon that monthly changes in her circled orb…”

a)

coldness, lonesomeness

b)

variability, change

c)

envy, jealousy

d)

secrecy, forbidden love

18.

How will Juliet sneak away to Friar Lawrence's cell?

a)

By wearing a mask

b)

By having the Nurse create a diversion

c)

By pretending to go to confession

d)

By leaving the house at night

19.

After he is wounded, Mercutio says, "A plague a both your houses! / They have made worms' meat of me." Which of these statements is the best paraphrase of Mercutio's words?

a)

I am too weak to enter any of the houses. Tybalt and his friends have killed me.

b)

Curse both the Capulets and the Montagues. Their feud has killed me.

c)

My wounds are like a plague spreading in people's houses. They will kill me.

d)

The feud between the two families is like a plague whose germs are like fat worms.

20.

By the end of Act III, how has Juliet come to regard the Nurse?

a)

with gratitude

b)

with resentment

c)

with admiration

d)

with indifference

21.

How does Juliet react to news of her arranged marriage with Paris?

a)

With horror and anger

b)

With apathy and sullenness

c)

With meekness and obedience

d)

With embarrassment and alarm

22.

“Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.”

a)

pun

b)

oxymoron

c)

foreshadowing

d)

verbal irony

23.

"I will not marry yet; and, when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo, whom you know I hate, rather than Paris."

a)

pun

b)

oxymoron

c)

foreshadowing

d)

verbal irony

24.

“Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven, wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show!”

a)

pun

b)

oxymoron

c)

foreshadowing

d)

verbal irony

25.

“Delay this marriage for a month, a week, Or, if you do not, make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies.”

a)

pun

b)

oxymoron

c)

foreshadowing

d)

verbal irony

26.

“Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!”

a)

pun

b)

oxymoron

c)

foreshadowing

d)

verbal irony

27.

“Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes With nimble soles. I have a soul of lead. So stakes me to the ground I cannot move.”

a)

pun

b)

oxymoron

c)

foreshadowing

d)

verbal irony

28.

What does Paris think has upset Juliet so much?

a)

Mercutio's death

b)

Tybalt's death

c)

Romeo's banishment

d)

The Nurse's betrayal

29.

What is Friar Lawrence's plan for Juliet?

a)

She will marry Paris but continue to see Romeo.

b)

She will go to Mantua and write to her parents of her marriage.

c)

She will fake her own death and run away with Romeo.

d)

She will kill Paris and frame Benvolio for the murder.

30.

How does Juliet first try to kill herself?

a)

By hanging herself with Romeo's cloak

b)

By slitting her wrists with Romeo's sword

c)

By leaping from the top of her tomb

d)

By kissing Romeo's poisoned lips

31.

What message does Balthasar (Romeo's friend) report to Romeo in Mantua?

a)

Juliet will definitely marry Paris

b)

The Prince has pardoned Romeo and will allow him to return to Verona

c)

Juliet is dead and has been laid to rest in the Capulets' tomb

d)

Friar Lawrence is on his way to Mantua.

32.

Why does Romeo seek out an apothecary?

a)

He wants a special medical pass to return to Verona

b)

He plans to poison himself.

c)

He wants a medical expert to confirm that Juliet is really dead.

d)

He wants a special potion to revive Juliet.

33.

Which of these choices most clearly expresses Romeo's chief character flaw?

a)

aggressiveness

b)

impulsiveness

c)

lack of imagination

d)

lovelessness

34.

Which choice BEST states the tragic theme, or overall message, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?

a)

Hasty, reckless actions may have disastrous consequences.

b)

Danger can never be avoided in human life

c)

True love is so strong that it can never die.

d)

Disobedience to authority figures must be severely punished, whatever the cost.

35.

Which of the following themes is most clearly suggested by the Prince's words and actions at the end of the play?

a)

All's well that ends well.

b)

Children should obey their parents.

c)

The punishment should fit the crime.

d)

Feuds and vengeance bring tragedy.