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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet TEST REVIEW
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 28mins
Which BEST explains why Friar Lawrence agreed to marry Romeo and Juliet?
He wants to spend more time with the Capulet and Montague families
He thinks it will help the two families give more money to the poor
He hopes it will help the relationship between their two families
When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, what ultimatum does Lord Capulet give Juliet?
To marry Paris this Thursday or be disowned. He won't even help her if she's on the streets.
To marry Paris this Thursday or be sent to a convent to live with and become a nun.
To marry Paris this Thursday or be sent to Mantua like Romeo and face banishment.
Who has a more favorable view of Romeo, particularly at the Capulet party?
Tybalt
Lord Capulet
What literary term refers to a "a play on words, sometimes on different meanings of the same word and sometimes on the similar meaning or sound of different words"
Foreshadowing
Innuendo
Pun
Hyperbole
Who said the following: ‘“What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word / As I hate hell, all Montagues, / and thee.”’
Lord Capulet
Nurse
Mercutio
Tybalt
On what day do Romeo and Juliet get married?
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
What is the best definition of drama?
Speech delivered by a lone character that reveals the speaker’s thoughts and feelings.
Literature performed for an audience by people who play parts of characters.
A purging of the emotions of fear and pity.
A poem, usually in iambic pentameter, that follows one of a number of different rhyme schemes
A sonnet contains how many lines?
10
12
14
16
A sonnet is made up of...
3 quatrains
2 quatrains and 1 couplet
2 quatrains and 2 couplet
3 quatrains and 1 couplet
This character refuses to let Tybalt fight at the party in Act I.
Lord Montague
Lord Capulet
Benvolio
The Prince
Romeo’s friend--he has a quick temper and a big mouth.
Benvolio
Balthasar
Mercutio
The Nurse
This character kills Mercutio.
Romeo
Tybalt
Benvolio
Balthasar
This character demands that a Montague be executed to avenge Tybalt’s death.
Juliet
Lady Capulet
Lady Montague
The Nurse
This character advises Juliet to forget Romeo and marry Paris.
The Nurse
Friar Lawrence
Lady Montague
Rosaline
(IN THE PLAY) This character brings Romeo news of Juliet’s “death.”
Balthasar
Benvolio
Tybalt
Friar Lawrence
This character is killed by Romeo near Juliet’s tomb.
Balthasar
Tybalt
Friar Lawrence
Paris
Readers know that Juliet is not really dead and will revive. Romeo, however, believes that she is really dead. This is an example of…
verbal irony
situational irony
dramatic irony
Who said it?
“Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man.”
Romeo
Tybalt
Benvolio
Mercutio
Who said it?
“Parting is such sweet sorrow…”
Romeo
Juliet
The Nurse
Friar Lawrence
Which of the following best summarizes Friar Lawrence’s PLAN for Juliet?
answer choices
Juliet will marry Paris but still see Romeo in Mantua.
Juliet will take a sleeping potion to appear dead, then run away to Mantua to reunite with Romeo.
Juliet will flee to Mantua and write her parents later to confess.
Juliet will take a sleeping potion to appear dead, then kill herself with Romeo.
At the very beginning of the play, what does the prince say will happen to anyone in the House of Montague or the House of Caplet if they fight in the streets again?
Death
Banishment
Prison
A fine
What is Romeo sad about at the very beginning of the play?
Juliet doesn't love him.
Rosaline doesn't love him.
His mother doesn't love him.
His cousins have left him home alone.
When Romeo first meets Juliet, what important piece of information is he lacking?
She is older than him.
She is married.
She has a nurse who follows her around.
She is a Capulet.
When Romeo first sees Juliet. . .
he is immediately in love.
he doesn't really notice her.
he mistakes her for her cousin, Tybalt.
he steps on her foot.
What is the "Prologue"?
The end of the play that tells you what happens to the characters after the play ends.
A missing scene.
The first 14 lines of the play that give the backstory.
The climax of the story.
What do we know learn from the Prologue?
The names of all the characters.
That the Montagues and Capulets have been fighting for a long time.
That Romeo loves Rosaline.
The friar's first name.
What do you call a phrase that seems like a contradiction yet carries meaning?
A paradox
A metaphor
A simile
A sonnet
Which of these is an oxymoron?
big shoes
peaceful war
tall building
ripe fruit
Why doesn't Romeo want to fight Tybalt?
He is afraid of Tybalt.
Tybalt had previously almost killed him in a fight.
He remembers that his mother does not want him to fight.
He is now married to Tybalt's cousin. They are family.
Why does Tybalt want to fight Romeo?
Tybalt feels insulted that Romeo came to a Capulet party.
Tybalt saw Romeo flirting with Juliet.
Tybalt's uncle told him to kill Romeo.
Tybalt is required to kill a Capulet.
Although he originally said that anyone who fights will be put to death, what punishment did the prince give Romeo for killing Tybalt?
death
prison
banishment
nothing
For the first half of the play, how does Juliet feel about Nurse?
loving and trusting
suspicious
angry
distant
What causes Juliet to change her feelings toward the Nurse?
Nurse refused to attend her wedding.
Nurse tells Juliet's parents that Juliet has married Romeo.
Nurse refuses to carry messages between Juliet and Romeo.
Nurse advises her to marry Paris.
What special talent does Friar have?
he is an herbalist
he practices yoga
he paints
he is a talented singer
How does Juliet look on the morning of her marriage to Paris?
dead
nervous
shy
joyful
What makes the Capulets and Montagues stop fighting?
losing their money
the advice of the nurse
an order of the prince
the death of their children
unstressed then stressed syllable ( u / ) times 5
iambic pentameter
sonnet
blank verse
aside
"My only ______, sprung from my only _________."
love, hate
Romeo, Montague
infatuation, feud
friend, enemy
During the Balcony Scene, to what does Juliet compare Romeo's name?
a rose
a pilgrim
the moon
an angel
How does Act 2 end?
Romeo and Juliet's wedding
Romeo and Juliet running off together
Rosaline telling Romeo she loves him after all
Tybalt dueling with Romeo
"bright smoke"
"parting is such sweet sorrow"
oxymorons
puns
asides
soliloquies
play with a sad ending, usually with death
tragedy
comedy
sonnet
drama
Choose all of the following that describe the Prologue
It gives the audience an expectation that the play must fulfil the terms set out in the prologue.
It suggests the idea that Romeo and Juliet's fate is inescapable.
It tells the audience loosely what is going to happen in the play.
It is a speech given by a main character at the end of the play.
A type of poem that includes three quatrains and a couplet in iambic pentameter with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
Foil
Sonnet
Aside
Blank Verse
Who killed Tybalt?
Paris
Benvolio
Romeo
Mercutio
