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Romeo & Juliet Test Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A literary device that refers to a brief line spoken aloud that reveals a character's thoughts but that is not meant to be heard by the others on stage, or might just be heard by the character the line is directed towards.

a)

soliloquy

b)

monologue

c)

aside

d)

stage direction

2.

A literary device that refers to a long speech that is addressed to other characters in the scene.

a)

soliloquy

b)

monologue

c)

aside

d)

prose

3.

A literary device that refers to a long speech delivered by a character who is alone on the stage.

a)

soliloquy

b)

monologue

c)

aside

d)

pun

4.

A literary device that refers to instructions for the movements and actions of the actors in a play.

a)

prose

b)

dialogue

c)

stage directions

d)

monologue

5.

A literary device that refers to spoken lines in a play.

a)

dialogue

b)

oxymoron

c)

stage directions

d)

dramatic irony

6.

A literary device that refers to poetic verse with a certain meter that does not rhyme.

a)

blank verse

b)

prose

c)

dramatic irony

d)

soliloquy

7.

A literary device that refers to a specific poetic meter of ten syllables with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.

a)

iambic pentameter

b)

prose

c)

soliloquy

d)

monologue

8.

A literary device that refers to two apparently contradictory terms placed in conjunction.

a)

pun

b)

oxymoron

c)

prose

d)

monologue

9.

A genre of play that is defined by romance, marriage, and mistaken identities

a)

tragedy

b)

comedy

c)

history

d)

oxymoron

10.

A genre of play that is defined by death and sadness.

a)

comedy

b)

tragedy

c)

history

d)

dramatic irony

11.

The suitor to Juliet that dies in Act V

a)

Mercutio

b)

Tybalt

c)

Paris

d)

Peter

12.

The main setting of the tragedy is ____________________, Italy.

a)

Verona

b)

Mantua

c)

Vandalia

13.

In Act I, Romeo is upset because ____________________ does not love him.

a)

Juliet

b)

Nurse

c)

Rosaline

d)

Victoria

14.

Prince Escalus decrees that if the Montagues and Capulets fight again, their offence will be punishable by ____________________.

a)

exile

b)

death

c)

a fine

15.

____________________ encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet’s party to “examine other beauties.”

a)

Mercutio

b)

Benvolio

c)

Tybalt

16.

____________________ kills Mercutio.

a)

Tybalt

b)

Romeo

c)

Balthasar

d)

Benvolio

17.

After being exiled, Romeo runs away to ____________________.

a)

Mantua

b)

Manda

c)

Verona

d)

Rome

18.

Why does Tybalt want to fight Romeo?

a)

Romeo married his cousin.

b)

Romeo attended Capulet's party.

c)

Tybalt doesn't have a reason- he just likes to fight.

19.

Why does Friar Lawrence agree to perform the marriage ceremony for Romeo and Juliet?

a)

He favors young love.

b)

He owes Romeo a favor.

c)

He thinks it will help end the feud.

20.

How do Romeo and Benvolio find out about Capulet’s party?

a)

Capulet invites them himself.

b)

Mercutio steals an invitation to try and start trouble.

c)

They help a servant read the names of the guests on the invitation.

d)

Mercutio and Romeo hear about it on the news.

21.

The Nurse does not know about the secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Lord Capulet does not mind that Romeo is at the Capulet’s party.

a)

True

b)

False

23.

Benvolio dies when Romeo tries to prevent Tybalt from fighting with him.

a)

True

b)

False

24.
Only the servants in Shakespearean plays speak in Iambic Pentameter:
a)
true
b)
false
25.
Romeo is a Capulet
a)
true
b)
false
26.
A character in literature who had qualities that are in sharp contrast to one another
a)
foil
b)
tinman
c)
protagonist
d)
capulet
27.

Why does Juliet confess her love for Romeo while he is in the garden listening?

a)

Juliet’s Nurse told her to.

b)

She wants him to know how she feels.

c)

She does not know he is there.

d)

She never confessed her love for Romeo.

28.

How do Romeo and Juliet describe themselves during their first meeting?

a)

the sun and the moon

b)

the sea and the sky

c)

the lion and the lamb

d)

the pilgrim and the saint

29.

Why does Juliet tell Romeo to “swear not by the moon”?

a)

The night is cloudy, and she fears that the moon is not visible.

b)

The moon changes often, and she fears that swearing by it might make his love change too.

c)

The moon is too bright, so he might be blinded by it.

d)

The morning is approaching, and there will be no moon for him to swear by.

30.

Which of the following events ARE part of the turning point climax?

a)

Romeo drinks poison.

b)

Tybalt kills Mercutio.

c)

The Capulets get mad at Juliet.

d)

Romeo kills Tybalt

31.

Which of the following events IS the resolution of the play?

a)

Romeo drinks the poison.

b)

Juliet stabs herself.

c)

Capulet and Montague end their feud.

d)

Friar Laurence explains the events to the Prince.

32.

Tybalt kills ______________.

a)

Rosaline

b)

Romeo

c)

Mercutio

d)

Benvolio

33.

Capulet is so thrilled with Juliet's behavior in Act 4, Scene 2 that he ------------------------.

a)

Tells Paris he can see Juliet that same evening.

b)

Moves the wedding up to the following day.

c)

Invites the friar to the wedding.

d)

Postpones the wedding as Juliet asked.

34.

"Money is a worse poison to men's souls than these poor poisons that you're not allowed to sell."


The underlined words from the apothecary's quote above is are an example of .................?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

soliloquy

35.

Why does Paris confront Romeo next to Juliet's tomb.

a)

He thinks that Romeo has come to disrespect the tomb due to the family feud.

b)

He is angry about Juliet's death and wants to fight someone.

c)

He knows that Romeo and Juliet are married and wants to extend his sympathies to Romeo for his loss.

d)

Paris doesn't confront Romeo near Juliet's tomb.

36.

In Act 5, ___________________ irony is used when Romeo and the Capulet family believe that Juliet is dead. This is because the audience knows that she still alive.

a)

situational

b)

verbal

c)

dramatic

37.

"Money is a worse poison to men's souls than these poor poisons that you're not allowed to sell."


The underlined words from the apothecary's quote above is are an example of .................?

a)

simile

b)

metaphor

c)

personification

d)

soliloquy

38.

Who else do we learn has died (offstage) from sadness during the final scene?

a)

Lady Capulet

b)

Benvolio

c)

The Nurse

d)

Lady Montague

39.

When the play ends, the two Lords decide: (choose 2)

a)

To build golden statues of each other's children

b)

To have Friar Lawrence punished by the Bishop.

c)

To go back to Mantua to find out exactly what happened.

d)

To end the feud between the families.

40.

Which of the following is NOT an internal conflict of Juliet's in the play? (pick the WRONG answer - 3 of them are correct)

a)

When Juliet's parents tell her to marry Paris, or they will disown her, she threatens to kill herself to Friar Lawrence.

b)

When Juliet first finds out that Romeo is a Montague, she wishes she could change his or her name

c)

When Juliet arrives at the Church to get married, she starts to have second thoughts.

d)

When she first hears that Romeo has killed Tybalt she reacts angrily

41.
Shakespeare's plays were performed at this theatre...
a)
The Oval
b)
The Globe
c)
The Horseshoe
d)
The Colosseum 
42.
Where was Shakespeare born?
a)
Stratford-upon-Avon
b)
Avon-upon-Starford
c)
Avon
d)
Stratford
43.
What college (or university) did Shakespeare attend?
a)

Stratford University

b)

King Edward College

c)

The Jesuit School

d)

Shakespeare did not attend college; only grammar school.

44.

Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeare's plays?

a)

Comedy

b)

History

c)

Dramatic

d)

Tragedy

45.
In Shakespearean times, biting your thumb was ______
a)
flirtatious 
b)
an insult
c)
a gesture of friendship
d)
a way of hitting someone
46.
How has Romeo been spending his days at the start of the play?
a)
locked in his room being moody
b)
picking fights on the boardwalk
c)
dreaming of juliet
47.
What does Benvolio tell Romeo to do in order to forget the girl who doesn't love him?
a)
he should look at other girls
b)
he should just get over it
c)
he should keep pursuing her 
48.

The prologue is written in the form of a

a)

Elizabethan sonnet

b)

villanelle

c)

Petrarchan sonnet

d)

narrative

49.

It is NOT revealed that that Romeo and Juliet will die in the Prologue.

a)

True

b)

False

50.

All of the following are true about Friar Lawrence EXCEPT

a)

He wants the Capulet/Montague feud to end

b)

He cares for plants and herbs

c)

He is a Dominican monk

d)

He is Romeo's mentor