Romeo and Juliet TEST review guide
***ALL quiz questions and vocabulary are pulled directly from your notes and activities– ‘Author Study Jigsaw Puzzle, ‘Shakespearean Drama’ ‘Romeo and Juliet Acts I-V Vocabulary and Comprehension check’, and ‘Romeo and Juliet Figurative Language’.***
Matching:
Randomly selected vocabulary from your Act I-V note sheet will be in a matching format on the test.
Fill-in-the-blank:
***Jigsaw puzzle notesheet***. There will be a word bank.
William Shakespeare lived in England during the (11) ______intellectual time period. This time period was marked by a renewed interest in (12) ______. Shakespeare began his literary career in (13) ______. Shakespeare joined a company of actors called (14) ______whose famous patron was (15) ______. In 1599, Shakespeare became a joint owner in the (16) ______theater. Customers of the Globe were called (17) ______. Elizabethan theater relied heavily on (18) ______and (19) ______were not allowed to belong to English acting companies. George Orwell famously called Shakespeare (20) ______.
Multiple Choice:
These questions will be in a multiple choice format on the test, but here you will need to use your notes to generate the answers without the four options.
1. A drama that ends in catastrophe for the main character and often several other characters:
2. What is a tragic flaw?
3. A character who is doomed to fail due to a tragic flaw:
4. A humorous scene, incident, or speech that relieves the overall emotional intensity:
5. The death of Romeo and Juliet in Act V scene 3 is considered the ______because it is the highest point of action, and the result of the rising action.
6. The Chorus’s first speech declaring that Romeo and Juliet are doomed to die and “star-crossed” is an example of what?
7. A speech that a character gives when alone on stage:
8. A character's remark either to the audience or another character:
9. Which of the following characters are a natural foil to each other?
10. Lines that have five unstressed syllables, each followed by a stressed syllable:
Quote Analysis:
Study the quotes on your Act I-V note sheet and be prepared to explain their meaning.
EX: “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun” (Act II scene 2 – famous balcony scene)
Short Answer:
Give an example of a tragic hero from a modern work (TV, movie, comic, young adult novel etc.) and explain how/why this character is a tragic hero.
Give an example of foreshadowing from the text and explain it.
Give an example of dramatic irony from the text and explain it.
Give an example of allusion from the text and explain it.
Discuss one of the themes and explain how Shakespeare communicates this theme to his audience.
Identify the type of figurative language used AND explain the meaning:
Study the figurative language examples from the activity we did in class. Three of the test questions come directly off of that sheet. Two of the test questions will require you to apply your understanding of figurative language to lines you have seen, but were not explicitly taught in class.
EX: "Death lies on her like an untimely frost"
EX: “If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine, the gentle fine is this: my lips, two blushing pilgrims, ready stand to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.”