Romeo and Juliet Test

-Mrs. Huynh-Duc-

Part I: Recalling the Story Line…

1. The opening sonnet that introduces this play is called:

a. an introductionc. an epilogue

b. a prologued. a soliloquy

2. The principal part of this play is set in

a. Romec. Verona

b. Veniced. Mantua

3. Tybalt is best characterized as

a. noblec. bellicose

b. cautiousd. cowardly

4. Who is Mercutio?

a. Juliet’s cousinc. Romeo’s friend

b. the Nurse’s sond. Romeo’s cousin

5. The quarrel between the Capulets and the Montagues provides the plot element called

a. climaxc. internal conflict

b. external conflictd. resolution

6. The lovers in the play are called “star-crossed,” which means

a. ill-fatedc. disillusioned

b. trued. dreamy-eyed

7. Who is Rosaline?

a. Romeo’s cousinc. Juliet’s cousin

b. a girl Romeo longs for d. Both B and C.

8. Which of the following sentences best describes the dramatic irony at the end of Act I?

a. Romeo goes to the party hoping to forget about Rosaline but falls in love with her instead.

b. Romeo and Juliet fall in love and then realize that they are on opposite sides of a family feud.

c. Romeo falls in love with Juliet, but like Rosaline, she cares nothing for him.

d. Romeo falls in love with Juliet, but she has already promised to marry Paris.

9. Romeo learns of Capulet’s feast from

a. Tybalt, who invited him to attend

b. a servant, who was inviting the guests

c. Juliet

d. Mercutio, who wanted to crash it for fun

10. As Romeo and his friends are preparing to go to the Capulet ball, why is Romeo reluctant to go?

a. he is afraid of angering Capulet

b. he has had a premonition (i.e., a dream) of his imminent death

c. he is afraid of upsetting his father.

d. Mercutio has warned him against going

11. Who is Queen Mab?

  1. Shakespeare’s pseudonym for Queen Elizabeth.
  2. According to Benvolio, she is a fairy who brings both dreams and nightmares to the Royals
  3. According to Mercutio, she comes in the night in a hazelnut carriage with spider-leg wheels and makes people dream different things
  4. None of the above.

12. “Younger than she are happy mothers made.” Who says this, and why?

a. Paris, who is seeking Juliet’s hand in marriage from Lord Capulet

b. The Nurse, who is hoping Juliet will soon get pregnant

c. Lord Capulet, who is trying to convince Paris to marry his daughter

d. Romeo, who is explaining why Rosaline has taken a vow of chastity.

13. What is the edict from the Prince after the servants brawl in the streets of Verona?

  1. If the Capulets and Montagues fight a fourth time, the penalty will be death.
  2. If the Capulets and Montagues fight a ninth time, the penalty will be death
  3. If the Capulets and Montagues fight a third time, they will be exiled.
  4. If the Capulets and Montagues fight a fourth time, they will be not allowed in public.

14. According to the Nurse, how old will Juliet be on her next birthday (July 31)?

a. 15c. 14

b. 17d. 20

15. Romeo confided his love for Juliet to

a. his father c. Benvolio

b. Tybaltd. Friar Laurence

  1. What promise does Juliet make to Romeo when they part at the end of the balcony scene, Act II scene 2?
  2. Never to see Romeo again.
  3. To send Romeo a love letter.
  4. To send someone to find out about the wedding plans.
  5. To come to see Romeo tomorrow night at his house.
  1. When Romeo tells Friar Laurence that he’s in love with Juliet, how does the friar react?
  2. The friar is angry with Romeo.
  3. The friar scolds Romeo but sees it as a way to resolve the feud.
  4. The friar scolds Romeo for the impossible nature of the relationship.
  5. The friar is happy for Romeo but knows the relationship will never work.
  1. When the Nurse returns from her meeting with Romeo, why does she delay in telling Juliet about the wedding plans?
  2. She’s hungry and wants lunch first.
  3. She wants to make sure that Lady Capulet isn’t around to overhear them.
  4. She has to beat Peter first.
  5. She’s being playful and enjoys watching Juliet squirm for the information.

19. Romeo says he prefers ______to being separated from Juliet.

a. deathb. a duelc. banishmentd. ridicule

20. How are Friar and Nurse foils of one another?

a. one is the confidant of Romeo; the other of Juliet

b. the nurse lives with the Capulets; the friar lives with the Montagues

c. The friar is an intellectual; the nurse is uneducated and basic.

d. Both A and C.

21. How and why does Tybalt challenge Romeo to a duel?

  1. He sends a letter; he was upset for Romeo crashing the Capulet party.
  2. He sends a letter; he was upset for Romeo getting romantic with his cousin, Juliet.
  3. He starts a fight at the Capulet party; he was upset for Romeo crashing it.
  4. He starts a fight with Mercutio; he was upset for Romeo kissing Juliet.

22. Mercutio can be described as a foil to Romeo because

  1. he comes from a different social classc. he is much older than Romeo
  2. he is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montagued. unlike Romeo, he doesn’t take love seriously

23. Within the hour of Romeo and Juliet’s marriage, all of the following events take place with which exception?

a. Tybalt kills Mercutio

b. Romeo kills Tybalt

c. the Prince banishes Romeo

d. Romeo and Juliet die.

24. I like Mrs. Huynh-Duc and will miss her next year.a. TRUE! (pick this one.) b. False (you’ll lose a point )

25. “A plague on both your houses!” Who says this quote and why?

  1. Mercutio; it’s his dying confession
  2. Tybalt; it’s his burial request
  3. Mercutio; it’s his dying curse on the Montagues and the Capulets
  4. Friar Laurence; it’s his reason for marrying Romeo and Juliet

26. Juliet feels Romeo’s banishment

a. is deservedc. frees her to marry Paris

b. is mercifuld. is worse than the death of 10,000 Tybalts

27. Juliet learns of Tybalt’s death from

a. Nursec. Romeo

b. her motherd. a letter from Romeo

28. Paris ultimately wins consent to marry Juliet because

a. of his great love for Juliet

b. of Juliet’s great love for him

c. Juliet’s father changed his mind

d. Romeo had been banished

29. At the end of Act III, how has the Nurse changed?

  1. she stands up against the Capulets and tells them she will not allow Juliet to marry Paris because it is not what Juliet desires
  2. she recommends to Juliet that she marry Paris since Romeo is banished
  3. In Act II, she brags that Romeo is handsome, kind, and courteous; in Act III, she calls him a dishcloth.
  4. Both B and C

30. What does Juliet decide at the end of Act III?

a. to go to Friar Laurence and get advice on the situation

b. to marry Paris

c. to run away with Romeo to Mantua

d. to kill herself.

31. Romeo kills ______at the Capulets’ tomb.

a. Mercutiob. Tybalt

c. County Parisd. Balthasar

32. Who first suggests the sleeping potion for Juliet and why?

a. Romeo- he will be able to see her when she wakes up

b. her mother- she will force her to marry Paris when she wakes up

c. Friar Lawrence- he hopes it will keep her from killing herself

d. the nurse- she will avoid getting in trouble for allowing Juliet to marry Romeo

33. Romeo learns of Juliet’s “death” from

a.Balthasar b. a message from Benvolio. c. a letter from Friar Lawrence. d. a traveler.

34. Romeo returns to Verona from Mantua for what purpose?

a. to attend Juliet’s funeral. c. to get his ring back.

b. to slay Parisd. to die in Juliet’s tomb.

35. How many deaths occur TOTAL in the play?a. 2 b.4 c.5 d.6

36. What is Paris’s last wish?

a. That God will curse the Montagues c. That the Prince will punish Romeo

b. To be remembered in Verona with a gold statue d. To be placed beside Juliet

37. The cause of the feud between the Montagues and Capulets is satisfactorily explained in the play.

a.Trueb.False

Part II: Literary Terms

Match the following examples to their appropriate literary term. Not all literary terms will be used.

  1. “She hath Dian’s wit.” (Romeo speaking about Rosaline’s vow of chastity, using Diana, the Goddess of Chastity, as an example.)
  2. Romeo’s speech about Juliet’s beauty, Friar Laurence’s speech about herbs, and Juliet’s speeches while she is anxiously waiting Romeo’s return are all examples of the characters speaking alone.
  3. When a character speaks confidentially so that other characters do not hear. For example, when Sampson turns to Gregory and asks, “Is the law on my side if I say ay?”
  4. “My bounty is as boundless as the sea…” (Juliet speaking to Romeo about her endless love for him.)
  5. In Act II Scene IV, when Benvolio, Mercutio, and Romeo are hanging out on the street cracking jokes with one another, they speak in this form.
  6. In Act II, Scene III, when Romeo visits Friar Laurence, the entire scene is in this form to evince its romantic and dramatic importance.
  7. “But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.” (Romeo, when he first sees Juliet upon the balcony)
  8. A type of irony in which we know at the beginning of the play that Romeo and Juliet are fated to die, but the characters themselves do not.
  9. “O brawling love, O loving hate… O heavy lightness, serious vanity… feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health.” (Romeo to Benvolio about his depression)
  10. “O fortune, fortune! all men call thee fickle: If thou art fickle, what dost thou with him . That is renown'd for faith? Be fickle, fortune.” (Juliet after Romeo leaves)
  11. When Romeo and Juliet first meet, their lines come together to form this type of poem. The opening Prologue is also an example of this type of poem.
  12. “A thousand times good night!” and “’Tis 20 years ‘till then.” (Juliet speaking to Romeo on the balcony.)

Choose the BEST answer for each of the following questions.

  1. Which of the following does not describe a Shakespearean sonnet?
  2. It poses some kind of question or problem, usually about romantic love
  3. 14 lines
  4. abba abba cde cde rhyme scheme
  5. iambic pentameter (i.e., ten beats per line)
  1. A malapropism is?
  1. Using human elements to describe something non-human
  2. When two opposites come together to make one word that makes sense
  3. An unintentional inappropriateness of speech resulting from the use of one word for another which resembles it.
  4. A gross exaggeration
  1. Which character most often says malapropisms unintentionally?
  1. The friarb. Romeoc. The nursed. Juliet
  1. Which of the following is an example of apun?
  2. “Hath Romeo slain himself? Say thou but ‘ay’/ and that bare vowel ‘I’ shall poison more/than the death-darting eye of a cockatrice./ I am not I, if there be such an ay.”
  3. “Romeo, I desire some confidence with you.” (instead of conference)
  4. “No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door, but ’tis enough, ’twill serve.”
  5. “It was the nightingale, and not the lark/That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear.”
  1. Which of the following characters are not foils of one another?
  1. Nurse and Friar
  2. Tybalt and Benvolio
  3. Juliet and Friar John
  4. Romeo and Mercutio
  1. When are characters likely to speak in prose?
  1. When they are lower-class (servants)
  2. When they are joking around and not being serious
  3. When the emotion and drama of the scene is high
  4. Both A and B
  1. Which of the following lines are in prose?
  2. SAMPSON: Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh.
  3. ROMEO: Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!/For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
  4. JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;/Thou art thyself, though not a Montague./What's in a name? that which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.
  1. Which of the following lines are blank verse?
  2. SAMPSON: Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh.
  3. ROMEO: Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!/For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
  4. JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;/Thou art thyself, though not a Montague./What's in a name? that which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.
  1. Which of the following lines are rhymed verse(couplets)?
  2. SAMPSON: Me they shall feel while I am able to stand: and 'tis known I am a pretty piece of flesh.
  3. ROMEO: Did my heart love till now? forswear it, sight!/For I ne'er saw true beauty till this night.
  4. JULIET: 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy;/Thou art thyself, though not a Montague./What's in a name? that which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as sweet.

Part III: Elizabethan Theater and the History of Shakespeare

True or False: Choose A for true and B for false.

  1. Before coming to London, Shakespeare married an older woman who was already pregnant.
  2. William Shakespeare attended Oxford University where he spent years perfecting his writing.
  3. Shakespeare wrote over 150 sonnets and 38 plays.
  4. When Romeo and Juliet was first performed in 1595, Juliet was played by a young boy.
  5. Shakespeare’s plays came straight from his imagination.
  6. Shakespeare’s theater, The Globe, burned down in 1613 and was not open again until 1997.

Choose the BEST answer for each of the following questions.

  1. When and where was William Shakespeare born?
  1. Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 23, 1654
  2. Stratford-Upon-Avon, England on April 23, 1564.
  3. London, England on April 23, 1892
  4. Verona, Italy on April 23, 1354
  1. Which of the following is NOT a category that Shakespeare’s plays fall under?
  1. Comedy c. Tragedy
  2. Romanced. History
  1. Which of the following is NOT true about Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway?
  1. She was 26 and he was 18 when they got married
  2. She was already pregnant when they got married
  3. They had three children together; one of them died in childhood
  4. They got a divorce after Shakespeare moved to London to pursue the stage
  1. At the end of a Shakespearean tragedy, the main characters usually die. What happens in a comedy?
  1. It’s funny—the whole play is filled with jokes.
  2. There is a happy ending—usually a marriage.
  3. Shakespeare’s opinion about the Tudor dynasty is revealed.
  4. None of the above.
  1. Even though Romeo and Juliet get married, this play is considered to be
  1. Comedy c. Tragedy
  2. Romanced. History
  1. Which of the following describes the groundlings?
  1. Lower-class people who would stand on the ground and watch Shakespeare’s plays
  2. Upper-class people who could afford seats to watch Shakespeare’s plays
  3. Extras in Shakespeare’s plays who did not have lines
  4. None of the above
  1. In Elizabethan English, “Soft” means:
  1. Wait b. indeed c. nice to touch d. remove
  1. Which of the following Elizabethan insult is the equivalent to our giving the middle finger?
  1. Thumb-biting c. calling someone “ho”
  2. calling someone a “rabbit sucker” d. None of the Above

Part IV: Sonnets and Poetry

  1. The first person to invent the sonnet was
  2. Shakespeareb. Petrarchc. Dickensd. Unknown.
  3. Iambic Pentameter, the meter of Shakespeare’s poetry, means:
  1. Ten syllables per line
  2. Fourteen syllables per line
  3. Two lines of poetry that rhyme
  4. None of the above.
  1. An “iamb” in iambic pentameter means:
  1. Five syllables
  2. Refers to the rhyme scheme
  3. Two syllables: one unstressed, one stressed
  4. None of the above
  1. “Pentameter” in iambic pentameter means:
  1. There are ten sets of iambs in one line of poetry
  2. There are five sets of iambs in one line of poetry
  3. There are fourteen sets of iambs in one line of poetry
  4. None of the above
  1. Shakespeare’s sonnets 1-126 address whom?
  2. A young man whose superior physical and intellectual attributes were admirable
  3. A mysterious “dark lady” a sensuous, irresistible woman of questionable morals who captivates him
  4. His wife, Anne Hathaway
  5. Unknown
  1. Who was Shakespeare’s muse for sonnets 127-154?
  2. A young man whose superior physical and intellectual attributes were admirable
  3. A mysterious “dark lady” a sensuous, irresistible woman of questionable morals who captivates him
  4. His wife, Anne Hathaway
  5. Unknown

Use Sonnet 19 to answer questions 79-81.

Sonnet 19

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

  1. What is the question established by this poem?
  1. The speaker does not know if he should or should not compare his muse to a summer’s day.
  2. The speaker’s muse is not as beautiful as the things in nature he describes
  3. The speaker hates summer
  4. None of the above
  1. What is the rhyme scheme of this sonnet?
  1. abab cdcd efef gg
  2. abba cddc effe gg
  3. abba abba cde cde
  4. None of the above.
  1. Which line represents the “turn” of the sonnet?
  1. “Thou art more…”
  2. “Sometime too hot …”
  3. “But thy eternal…”
  4. There is no turn in this sonnet.

Part V: Quotations. Identify the SPEAKER of the following quotations using the bank provided below.

  1. “Two households, both alike in dignity”
  2. “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?”
  1. “…Peace? I hate the word, as I hate Hell, all Montagues, and thee: Have at thee, coward!”
  2. “What’s in a name/ That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
  3. “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, or use it to part these men with me.”
  4. “Oh then I see Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes in no shape bigger than an agate stone on the forefinger of an alderman.”
  5. “O, mickle is the powerful grace that lies in plants, herbs, stones, and their true qualities.”
  6. “O, parting is such sweet sorrow.”
  7. “Love goes toward love as schoolboys from their books, but love from love toward school with heavy looks”
  8. “Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”
  9. “O, I am slain! If thou be merciful,/ Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet.”
  10. “O, swear not by the moon, the inconstant moon that monthly changes in her circle orb.”
  11. “Go, girl, seek happy nights to happy days.”
  12. “Three civil brawls, bred of an airy word by thee, Old Capulet and Montague, have thrice disturbed our streets.”
  13. “But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart; My will to her consent is but a part.”
  14. “Younger than she are happy mothers made.”
  15. “My poverty but not my will consents.”
  16. “By giving liberty unto thine eyes, examine other beauties.”
  17. "My only love, sprung from my only hate! Too early seen unknown, and known too late! Prodigious birth of love it is to me that I must love a loathèd enemy."

WORD BANK! Each speaker can be used more than once.