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Final Review - Spring 2025

Total questions: 55

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When the audience knows something that another character does not, this is an example of what literary element?

a)

Dramatic Irony

b)

Verbal Irony

c)

Situational Irony

d)

Elizabethan Irony

2.

Referring to Tybalt as the "King of Cats," a name taken from a 1553 British folktale, is an example of what literary element?

a)

Allusion

b)

Irony

c)

Euphemism

d)

Metaphor

3.

Mercutio's famous lines as he is dying, "A plague o' both your houses," is an example of what literary element?

a)

Flashback

b)

Climax

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Falling Action

4.

How many lines are in a Shakespearean sonnet?

a)

15

b)

14

c)

10

d)

13

5.

Where was William Shakespeare born?

a)

Stratford Upon Avon

b)

Mantua

c)

Verona

d)

London

6.

Which of the following is not a universal quality of a Shakespearean tragedy?

a)

Lots of action

b)

Unhappy ending

c)

Written in prose and verse

d)

Romance

7.

How many plays were published in Shakespeare's first collection of works?

a)

102

b)

36

c)

55

d)

20

8.

Which of the following is not a type of play that Shakespeare wrote?

a)

Tragedy

b)

Comedy

c)

History

d)

Allegory

9.

In the Elizabethan theater, how often were plays produced?

a)

Every two weeks

b)

Once a week

c)

Once a month

d)

Once a year

10.

In Act One, which of the following events happened first?

a)

Paris asks to marry Juliet.

b)

Romeo professes his love for Rosaline.

c)

Lord and Lady Montague ask Benvolio if he has seen their son, Romeo.

d)

Mercutio delivers the "Queen Mab" speech on the way to the Capulet party.

11.

On what day of the week does Romeo leave for Mantua?

a)

Sunday

b)

Monday

c)

Tuesday

d)

Wednesday

12.

On what day of the week is the Capulet party?

a)

Sunday

b)

Monday

c)

Tuesday

d)

Wednesday

13.

Between what two acts do Romeo and Juliet get married?

a)

Acts One and Two

b)

Acts Two and Three

c)

Acts Three and Four

d)

Acts Four and Five

14.

Which of the following events happened first in the play?

a)

Romeo and Juliet get married.

b)

Romeo kills Tybalt.

c)

Tybalt kills Mercutio.

d)

Romeo is banished.

15.

In what Act does the Nurse tell Juliet she should forget Romeo and marry Paris?

a)

Act Two

b)

Act Three

c)

Act Four

d)

Act Five

16.

In what Act does Paris die?

a)

Act Two

b)

Act Three

c)

Act Four

d)

Act Five

17.

In what Act do Romeo and Juliet profess their love for one another on Juliet's balcony?

a)

Act One

b)

Act Two

c)

Act Three

d)

Act Four

18.

Which two characters is Prince Escalus related to?

a)

Mercutio and Benvolio

b)

Romeo and Tybalt

c)

Tybalt and Paris

d)

Mercutio and Paris

19.

Why does Lord Capulet want Juliet to marry Paris so quickly?

a)

He wants Paris for a son-in-law.

b)

He wants Juliet to forget about Romeo.

c)

He thinks it will distract Juliet from her grief over Tybalt.

d)

He thinks Juliet is in love with Tybalt and he wants her to be happy.

20.

Why does Tybalt get so angry when he sees Romeo at the Capulet party?

a)

He doesn't want Romeo to be with Juliet.

b)

He feels insulted that Romeo, a Montague, showed up to a Capulet party.

c)

He saw Romeo steal something.

d)

Lady Capulet refuses to throw him out of the party.

21.

How do Romeo and Juliet die?

a)

Romeo drinks poison; Juliet uses a dagger

b)

Romeo and Juliet both drink poison.

c)

Romeo uses a dagger; Juliet drinks poison

d)

Romeo and Juliet both use a dagger.

22.

Romeo dreams that he has died, but is revived with a kiss from Juliet. He dies later in the act. This is an example of what literary element?

a)

Tragedy

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Comic Relief

23.

The Friar shares his private thoughts about the morning, as well as about the power of plants in Act Two, Scene Three, while alone on stage. This is an example of what literary element?

a)

Comic Relief

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Allusion

d)

Foil

24.

"O brawling love, O loving hate..." is an example of what literary element?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Allusion

c)

Couplet

d)

Comic Relief

25.

Who said the following line from Romeo and Juliet? "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts but in their eyes."

a)

Friar Lawrence

b)

Tybalt

c)

Lord Capulet

d)

Benvolio

26.

Who said the following line in Romeo and Juliet? "O serpent heart hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?"

a)

Juliet

b)

The Nurse

c)

Mercutio

d)

Romeo

27.

Who said the following line from Romeo and Juliet? "What, drawn and talk of peace? I hate the word. As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee."

a)

Tybalt

b)

Romeo

c)

Lord Capulet

d)

Mercutio

28.

Who said the following line from Romeo and Juliet? "Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage to such a greeting."

a)

Romeo

b)

Mercutio

c)

Benvolio

d)

Juliet

29.

Who said the following line in Romeo and Juliet? "Unhappy fortune! By my brotherhood, the letter was not nice but full of charge, of dear import, and the neglecting it may do much danger."

a)

Friar Lawrence

b)

Prince Escalus

c)

Friar John

d)

Balthasar

30.

Who said the following line in Romeo and Juliet? "Oh, I am fortune's fool!"

a)

Romeo

b)

Juliet

c)

Mercutio

d)

Friar Lawrence

31.

Who said the following line in Romeo and Juliet? "For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

a)

Prince Escalus

b)

The Chorus

c)

Lord Capulet

d)

Friar Lawrence

32.

Who said the following line in Romeo and Juliet? "I talk of dreams, which are the children of an idle brain, begot of nothing but vain fantasy."

a)

Mercutio

b)

Romeo

c)

Lord Montague

d)

Benvolio

33.

What is the term for two lines that rhyme with each other, often found at the end of Shakespeare's sonnets?

a)

Couplet

b)

Iambic Pentameter

c)

Meter

d)

Internal Rhyme

34.

Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?

a)

He wants to end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets.

b)

He wants Romeo to be happy.

c)

He will make money from performing the ceremony.

d)

He never approved of Romeo's infatuation with Rosaline.

35.

Which of the following is NOT one of Lord Capulet's reasons for not wanting Juliet to marry Paris?

a)

He doesn't like Paris.

b)

He wants her to be able to marry someone he truly loves.

c)

He thinks Juliet is too young.

d)

He doesn't want Juliet to resent an early marriage and become bitter.

36.

What advice/warning does Friar Lawrence have for Romeo before he performs the wedding ceremony?

a)

Love moderately.

b)

Use discretion.

c)

Pick your battles.

d)

Love extravagantly.

37.

What is Juliet's emotional state at the end of Act Three?

a)

Desperate and Helpless

b)

Angry and Determined

c)

Depressed and Indifferent

d)

Hopeful and Encouraged

38.

Which of the following definitions of a counterclaim is correct?

a)

the opposing claim

b)

the facts and evidence that support the thesis

c)

the commentary in the body paragraph

d)

the introduction to an argument

39.

The sentence that states the central message you want to communicate in an essay is the

a)

thesis statement

b)

hook

c)

counterclaim

d)

conclusion

40.

How did Lady Montague die?

a)

She died of a broken heart after Romeo was banished from Verona.

b)

She didn't die.

c)

She died of a broken heart after Romeo killed himself.

d)

She died of a broken heart when she learned that Romeo and Juliet were married.

41.

Shakespeare's children were

a)

Susannah, Judith, and Hamnet

b)

Susannah, Judith, and Hamlet

c)

Susannah, Juliet, and Hamnet

d)

Susan, Judith, and Hamlet

42.

Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt at the beginning of Act Three?

a)

Romeo considers Tybalt to be family, since he has just married Juliet.

b)

He knows he won't win.

c)

He doesn't want to get in trouble with The Prince.

d)

Romeo has always liked Tybalt and considers him a friend.

43.

What rhyme scheme is used in a Shakespearean sonnet?

a)

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

b)

ABCD ABCD EFGH HH

c)

AAAA BBBB CCCC DD

d)

ABAB ABAB ABAB CC

44.

How do Acts One and Two show qualities of a traditional Shakespearean comedy?

a)

There is a wedding at the end.

b)

All of the actors are females.

c)

Men told most of the jokes.

d)

The puns, word play, and dialogue drive the plot of the story.

45.

A recurring theme, subject, or idea in a literary work

a)

Motif

b)

Sonnet

c)

Symbol

d)

Aside

46.

A device in which the actor in a drama makes a short speech which is heard by the audience but not by other characters in the play

a)

Aside

b)

Comic Relief

c)

Soliloquy

d)

Monologue

47.

A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

a)

Sonnet

b)

Prose

c)

Iambic Pentameter

d)

Blank Verse

48.

Verse without rhyme, especially that which uses iambic pentameter

a)

Blank verse

b)

Sonnet

c)

Prose

d)

Iambic Pentameter

49.

Romeo and Juliet ends in death, destruction, and misery for most of the characters in the play. This is an example of

a)

Tragedy

b)

Oxymoron

c)

Foreshadowing

d)

Situational Irony

50.

A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words that sound alike but have different meanings

a)

Pun

b)

Blank Verse

c)

Couplet

d)

Sonnet

51.

"The grey-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night." (from Friar Lawrence's speech in Act Two, Scene Three)

This is an example of

a)

Personification

b)

Couplet

c)

Irony

d)

Oxymoron

52.

Written or spoken language in its original form, without metrical structure (anything that isn't poetry/verse)

a)

Prose

b)

Sonnet

c)

Blank Verse

d)

Iambic Pentameter

53.

Romeo tries to protect Mercutio by stopping the fight between him and Tybalt, but instead, this action is what actually kills Mercutio.

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Comic Relief

c)

Tragedy

d)

Foreshadowing

54.

A poetic meter that is made up of five stressed syllables each followed by an unstressed syllable

a)

Iambic Pentameter

b)

Soliloquy

c)

Blank Verse

d)

Rhyming Couplet

55.

A reference to another work of literature, person, or event

a)

Allusion

b)

Allegory

c)

Motif

d)

Symbol