Romeo and Juliet Exam Review (Test onTuesday March 10/Wednesday March 11)
1)When and where was William Shakespeare born?
2)What is the era during which Shakespeare lived called?
3)What was the name of the famous theater where most of Shakespeare’s plays were performed?
4)What was Queen Elizabeth’s nickname?
5)Why was the theater of this time period so culturally significant?
6)What was the name of the theater company Shakespeare belonged to?
7)Where is Romeo and Juliet set?
8)How many lines are in a sonnet?
9)When the play begins, why is Benvolio worried about Romeo?
10)What are the names of the feuding families?
11)When the play opens, who is Romeo in love with?
12)How are Romeo and Mercutio foils to each other?
13)In what way is the Nurse culturally significant? (Hint: how would she have been viewed by the different classes?)
14)What is a pun? Give an example from the play.
15)How old is Juliet?
16)What warning does the prince give the warring families in the first scene?
17)Why does Benvolio want Romeo to go to the Capulets’ party?
18)Why does Romeo agree to go to the party?
19)How does Tybalt react when he sees Romeo at the party?
20)Describe Romeo and Juliet’s first conversation.
21)Who is Romeo’s mentor?
22)What does Juliet mean when she says, “Wherefore art thou Romeo?”
23)What frightens Juliet about her love for Romeo?
24)What is decided at the end of the balcony scene?
25)How does Mercutio treat the nurse?
26)What warning does the nurse give Romeo?
27)What is Friar Lawrence’s first reaction when Romeo tells him of his love for Juliet?
28)Why does Friar Lawrence eventually decide to help Romeo and Juliet?
29)What is foreshadowing? Give an example from the play.
30)What is dramatic irony? Give an example from the play.
31)What warning does the Friar give Romeo before he marries him to Juliet?
32)What leads Mercutio to fight Tybalt?
33)Why is Romeo’s initial attitude toward Tybalt different than Mercutio’s attitude toward him?
34)How is the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio resolved?
35)In what way does Romeo blame his relationship with Juliet for Mercutio’s death?
36)What does Lady Capulet say must have happened to Tybalt?
37)What punishments are given by the prince as a result of the fighting in Act III?
38)Who decides that Juliet should be married to Paris?
39)What is the nurse’s advice to Juliet about marrying Paris?
40)Why does the Friar get angry with Romeo after he is told about his punishment?
41)What is the Friar’s plan for helping Juliet get out of the marriage to Paris?
42)Name one of the fears Juliet has before she drinks the potion.
43)How are the Capulets’ preparations for the wedding feast an example of dramatic irony?
44)What news does Balthasar give Romeo at the beginning of Act V?
45)Why does Romeo visit an apothecary? Why does the apothecary give Romeo what he wants?
46)What happens to Paris in Act V?
47)In Romeo’s final speech to Juliet, what line is an example of dramatic irony?
48)How does Juliet kill herself?
49)How do Romeo’s and Juliet’s parents discover the nature of their children’s relationship?
50)Why does the Friar take responsibility for what happened?
51)In lines 45—48 of Act V scene iii, what literary device is being used to describe the tomb?
52)What do Montague and Capulet agree to do for each other’s children?
53)Be prepared to match the following lines with the character who says them:
a)“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
b)“A plague o’both your houses!”
c)“No, sir, I do not bite my thumb at you, sir; but I bite my thumb, sir.”
d) “O, I am fortune’s fool!”
e)“Within the infant rind of this small flower, poison hath residence, and medicine power.”