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WorksheetsRomeo & Juliet Test Review
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 27mins
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.
soliloquy
monologue
aside
stage direction
A literary device that refers to a long speech that is addressed to other characters in the scene.
soliloquy
monologue
aside
prose
A literary device that refers to a long speech delivered by a character who is alone on the stage.
soliloquy
monologue
aside
pun
A literary device that refers to instructions for the movements and actions of the actors in a play.
prose
dialogue
stage directions
monologue
A literary device that refers to spoken lines in a play.
dialogue
oxymoron
stage directions
dramatic irony
A literary device that refers to poetic verse with a certain meter that does not rhyme.
blank verse
prose
dramatic irony
soliloquy
A literary device that refers to a specific poetic meter of ten syllables with alternating stressed and unstressed syllables.
iambic pentameter
prose
soliloquy
monologue
A literary device that refers to two apparently contradictory terms placed in conjunction.
pun
oxymoron
prose
monologue
A genre of play that is defined by romance, marriage, and mistaken identities
tragedy
comedy
history
oxymoron
A genre of play that is defined by death and sadness.
comedy
tragedy
history
dramatic irony
The suitor to Juliet that dies in Act V
Mercutio
Tybalt
Paris
Peter
The main setting of the tragedy is ____________________, Italy.
Verona
Mantua
Vandalia
In Act I, Romeo is upset because ____________________ does not love him.
Juliet
Nurse
Rosaline
Victoria
Prince Escalus decrees that if the Montagues and Capulets fight again, their offence will be punishable by ____________________.
exile
death
a fine
____________________ encourages Romeo to go to the Capulet’s party to “examine other beauties.”
Mercutio
Benvolio
Tybalt
____________________ kills Mercutio.
Tybalt
Romeo
Balthasar
Benvolio
After being exiled, Romeo runs away to ____________________.
Mantua
Manda
Verona
Rome
Why does Tybalt want to fight Romeo?
Romeo married his cousin.
Romeo attended Capulet's party.
Tybalt doesn't have a reason- he just likes to fight.
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to perform the marriage ceremony for Romeo and Juliet?
He favors young love.
He owes Romeo a favor.
He thinks it will help end the feud.
How do Romeo and Benvolio find out about Capulet’s party?
Capulet invites them himself.
Mercutio steals an invitation to try and start trouble.
They help a servant read the names of the guests on the invitation.
Mercutio and Romeo hear about it on the news.
The Nurse does not know about the secret marriage between Romeo and Juliet.
True
False
Lord Capulet does not mind that Romeo is at the Capulet’s party.
True
False
Benvolio dies when Romeo tries to prevent Tybalt from fighting with him.
True
False
Why does Juliet confess her love for Romeo while he is in the garden listening?
Juliet’s Nurse told her to.
She wants him to know how she feels.
She does not know he is there.
She never confessed her love for Romeo.
How do Romeo and Juliet describe themselves during their first meeting?
the sun and the moon
the sea and the sky
the lion and the lamb
the pilgrim and the saint
Why does Juliet tell Romeo to “swear not by the moon”?
The night is cloudy, and she fears that the moon is not visible.
The moon changes often, and she fears that swearing by it might make his love change too.
The moon is too bright, so he might be blinded by it.
The morning is approaching, and there will be no moon for him to swear by.
Which of the following events ARE part of the turning point climax?
Romeo drinks poison.
Tybalt kills Mercutio.
The Capulets get mad at Juliet.
Romeo kills Tybalt
Which of the following events IS the resolution of the play?
Romeo drinks the poison.
Juliet stabs herself.
Capulet and Montague end their feud.
Friar Laurence explains the events to the Prince.
Tybalt kills ______________.
Rosaline
Romeo
Mercutio
Benvolio
Capulet is so thrilled with Juliet's behavior in Act 4, Scene 2 that he ------------------------.
Tells Paris he can see Juliet that same evening.
Moves the wedding up to the following day.
Invites the friar to the wedding.
Postpones the wedding as Juliet asked.
"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 .................?
simile
metaphor
personification
soliloquy
Why does Paris confront Romeo next to Juliet's tomb.
He thinks that Romeo has come to disrespect the tomb due to the family feud.
He is angry about Juliet's death and wants to fight someone.
He knows that Romeo and Juliet are married and wants to extend his sympathies to Romeo for his loss.
Paris doesn't confront Romeo near Juliet's tomb.
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.
situational
verbal
dramatic
"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 .................?
simile
metaphor
personification
soliloquy
Who else do we learn has died (offstage) from sadness during the final scene?
Lady Capulet
Benvolio
The Nurse
Lady Montague
When the play ends, the two Lords decide: (choose 2)
To build golden statues of each other's children
To have Friar Lawrence punished by the Bishop.
To go back to Mantua to find out exactly what happened.
To end the feud between the families.
Which of the following is NOT an internal conflict of Juliet's in the play? (pick the WRONG answer - 3 of them are correct)
When Juliet's parents tell her to marry Paris, or they will disown her, she threatens to kill herself to Friar Lawrence.
When Juliet first finds out that Romeo is a Montague, she wishes she could change his or her name
When Juliet arrives at the Church to get married, she starts to have second thoughts.
When she first hears that Romeo has killed Tybalt she reacts angrily
Stratford University
King Edward College
The Jesuit School
Shakespeare did not attend college; only grammar school.
Which of these is NOT a genre of Shakespeare's plays?
Comedy
History
Dramatic
Tragedy
The prologue is written in the form of a
Elizabethan sonnet
villanelle
Petrarchan sonnet
narrative
It is NOT revealed that that Romeo and Juliet will die in the Prologue.
True
False
All of the following are true about Friar Lawrence EXCEPT
He wants the Capulet/Montague feud to end
He cares for plants and herbs
He is a Dominican monk
He is Romeo's mentor
