Romeo and Juliet: Unit Exam 2Study Guide
Exam Wednesday, March 16; Review Sessions After School Monday/Tuesday
You must be able to answer the following questions:
With what penalty does the Prince threaten the Montagues and Capulets for fighting?
Why is Romeo so depressed in the first scene?
What do Romeo and Juliet learn by the end of the first Act?
What is Lord Capulet’s response when Count Paris initially asks for his daughter’s hand in marriage?
Why did Romeo agree to attend the ball?
What does the following line mean? “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”
Where is Romeo when he overhears Juliet talking?
What message from Romeo does Juliet hope to hear the following morning?
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry the couple?
What advice does the Friar offer Romeo before the marriage?
Why does Romeo try to call off the duel?
Why does Mercutio get so angry and challenge Tybalt?
Why does Romeo challenge Tybalt later in Act III?
What is the sequence of events that lead to deaths in Act III, Scene 1?
According to Friar Lawrence, what three things does Romeo have to be thankful for?
What decision does Capulet make regarding Juliet’s future?
The nurse gives Juliet some advice that she won’t accept, so Juliet goes to the Friar for what solution?
What are Juliet’s thoughts before she drinks the contents of the vile?
After Juliet drinks the potion, what happens?
What happens when the nurse goes to wake Juliet on the morning of her wedding with Paris?
Why does Romeo leave Mantua?
Where does Romeo get the poison?
What does Romeo do as he was next to Juliet in the tomb?
What does Juliet do instead of going with the Friar?
How does the relationship of the feuding families change at the end of the play?
The play takes place in what two cities?
The action of the play takes place in how many days?
You must be able to identify the following characters:
Her daughter marries someone without her knowledge:
Sold poison to tragic hero:
Peace-maker; nephew to Lord Montague:
Romeo’s mentor; married the two tragic lovers; knowledge of plants:
Ruler of the city of Verona:
Daughter to Lord Capulet; dies at end of play:
Introduces Act 1 and Act 2 with a prologue:
Supposed to take message to Mantua but never got there:
Servant to Romeo; brings word that Juliet is dead:
Engaged to marry Juliet; kinsman to the Prince:
Capulet servants; started fight by biting thumb:
Her son was girl-crazy:
Powerful feuding man; his daughter did not marry who he wanted:
Fiery and liked to fight; nephew to Lady Capulet:
Stood up for friends to the death; kinsman to the Prince:
Son to Lord Montague; dies at the end of the play:
Crude humor; took care of Juliet:
Powerful feuding man; his son married the enemy:
You must be able to recognize textual examples of the following literary techniques: (Suggestion: Write out definitions of techniques here!)
~ Metaphor
~ Simile
~ Foreshadowing
~ Soliloquy
~ Monologue
~ Hyperbole
~ Pun
~ Dramatic Irony
~ Oxymoron
~ Allusion
You must be able to identify the speakers of the following quotes – this will not be matching!
“I will be deaf to pleading and excuses…Let Romeo hence in haste, else when he is found,
that hour is his last.” ~
“Come Lammas Eve at night she shall be fourteen. Susan and she (God rest all Christian souls!)
were of an age.” ~
“If you do not, make the bridal bed in that dim monument where Tybalt lies.” ~
“My poverty, but not my will consents.” ~
“I think you are happy in this second match, for it excels your first; or if it did not,
your first is dead.” ~
“For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” ~
“Calm, dishonorable, vile submission!” ~
“Then she is well, and nothing can be ill…I saw her laid low in her kindred’s vault.” ~
“O me, O me! My child, my only life! Revive, look up, or I will die with thee!” ~
“Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied, and vice sometimes by action dignified.” ~
“O true apothecary! Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.” ~
“Then I’ll be brief. O happy dagger! This is thy sheath.” ~
“I have more care to stay than will to go. Come, death, and welcome! Juliet wills it so.
How is’t, my soul?” ~
“An you be mine, I’ll give you to my friend; An you be not, hang, beg, starve,
die in the streets…” ~
“Shall I speak ill of him that is my husband?” ~
“O, I am fortune’s fool.” ~
“His fault concludes but what the law should end, the life of Tybalt.” ~
“Villain am I none. Therefore farewell. I see thou knowst me not…
I do protest I never injured thee.” ~
“I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword, or manage it to part these men with me.” ~
“A plague on both your houses!” ~
“Romeo, the love I bear thee can afford no better term than this: thou art a villain.” ~
“That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” ~
“Stop thy unhallowed toil, vile Montague!...for thou must die.” ~
“There is no world outside Verona walls.” ~
“Compare her face to some that I will show, and I will make thee think thy swan a crow.” ~
“Then I defy you stars!” ~
“These times of woe afford no time to woo.” ~
“See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, that heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!” ~
“Stony limits cannot hold love out, and what love can do, that dares love attempt.” ~
“For this alliance may so happy prove to turn your households’ rancor to pure love…Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.” ~
“Why the devil came you between us? I was hurt under your arm.” ~
“Here’s much to do with hate but more with love.” ~
“My wife is dead tonight! Grief of my son’s exile hath stopped her breath.” ~
“These violent delights have violent ends…therefore love moderately.” ~
Honors: You will be asked to explain the meaning and significance of some of these quotes, as well as identify their general location in the play. (Location Example: This took place at the Capulet Ball while Romeo and Juliet were dancing)
You must be prepared to answer one of the following short essays in a 3-6 sentence paragraph, but you won’t know which one will be assigned until the day of the test.
Explain why it is important to study Shakespeare. You must refer to at least one reason specifically from you “Why Study Shakespeare” handout.
Who do you believe is the character most at fault in Romeo and Juliet. Why that character and what does he/she teach us?
Who do you believe is the wisest character in Romeo and Juliet. Why that character and what does he/she teach us?
What role do fate (stars, destiny, out of their control) and haste (acting too quickly) play in the outcome of Romeo and Juliet. Be able to explain both thoroughly.
What is the difference between love and infatuation? Do you believe Romeo and Juliet were in love or infatuated? Why?
You must be able to answer short essay questions about your assigned act. You should know the important events, character development, and themes in your act.