Romeo and Juliet Unit Test
Each question is worth five points except the essay,
which is worth 50 points.
- List
the five elements of a tragic hero.
- List
the five elements of a tragedy.
- List
the four elements of a sonnet.
- List
three things the prologue does.
- Define
monologue.
- List
two pairs of dramatic foils and explain how they are dramatic foils.
- Give
one example of a soliloquy from the play.
Name the speaker, where they are, and briefly what they are talking
about.
- Romeo
and Juliet’s marriage is an example of ____________. (PLOT)
- Romeo’s
decision to go to the ball is an example of _____________. (PLOT)
- Juliet
stabbing herself with a dagger is an example of ___________. (PLOT)
- The
Prince announcing that the next bawl will result in death is an example of
____________. (PLOT)
- What
is the climax?
FOR THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
IDENTIFY THE SPEAKER:
- “I
do protest I never injured thee,
But love thee better than thou
canst devise
Till thou shalt know the reason
of my love.” _______________
- “Why,
is not this better now than groaning for love?
Now art thou sociable, now art
thou Romeo; now
art thou what thou art, by art
as well as by nature, for
this driveling love is like a
great natural that runs
lolling up and down to hide his
bauble in a hole.” _______________
- “Hie
you to church. I must another way,
To fetch a ladder by the which
you love
Must climb a bird’s nest soon
when it is dark.
I am the drudge, and toil in
your delight
But you shall bear the burden
soon at night.” ______________
- “Hang
thee you baggage, disobedient wretch!
I tell thee what, get thee to
church a Thursday,
Or never after look me in the
face.
Speak not, reply not, do not
answer me.” ______________
- “Boy,
this shall not excuse the injuries
That thou has done me, therefore
turn and draw.” ___________
- “If
thou dost love, pronounce it faithfully.
Or if thou thinkest I am too
quickly won,
I’ll frown and be perverse, and
say thee nay,
So thou wilt woo; but else not
for the world.” ____________
- “Well,
think of marriage now. Younger than
you,
Here in Verona, ladies of
esteem,
Are already mothers.” _____________
- “I
do but keep the peace, put up thy sword,
Or mange it to part these men
with me.” _____________
- “Wisely
and slow, they stumble that run fast.” ______________
For the following questions
circle the most sufficient answer.
- “O
serpent heart, hid with a flow’ring face!
Did ever dragon keep so fair a
cave?
Beautiful tyrant, fiend
angelical,
Dove-feathered raven,
wolvish-ravening lamb
Despised substance of divinest
show,
Just opposite to what thou
justly seem’st
A damned saint, an honourable
villain!”
A) metaphor
B) falling
action
C) oxymoron
D) Juliet’s
discovery of Tybalt’s death
E) A
and C
F) All
of the above
- “O
happy dagger this is thy sheath”
A) personification
B) oxymoron
C) metaphor
D) A
and C
E) All
of the above
- “These
violent delights have violent ends
And in their triumph die, like
fire and powder
Which, as they kiss, consume”
A) rising
action
B) foreshadow
C) implied
metaphor
D) simile
E) all
the above
- “But
soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is
the sun.
Arise fair sun and kill the
envious moon,
Who is already sick and pale
with grief,
That thou her maid art far more
fair than she.”
A) personification
B) exposition
C) metaphor
D) A
and C
E) B
and C
F) All
of the above
- “A
plague on both houses” is an example of
A) exposition
B) rising
action
C) foreshadow
D) the
revenge of the Queen of Mab
E) B
and C
F) A
and C
- “She’ll
not be hit/ With Cupid’s arrow/ And, in strong proof of chastity well
armed/ She will not stay the siege of loving terms”
A) Romeo’s
discussion of Rosaline
B) Rising
action
C) A
metaphor comparing love to a battle
D) A
and C
E) All
the above
F) Romeo’s
stupidity
The following
questions are short answer.
- The
friar is a man of many plans.
Briefly outline the plans he lays in the play and how the affect
the characters.
- In
your opinion why does the nurse betray Juliet? How do you feel about her after she this
event?
- How
long does the potion the Friar gives to Juliet last?
- Briefly
discuss who the Queen of Mab is and what she does.
- What
side of the feud is Sampson and Gregory on? What is their role in the play?
- How
would you describe the relationship between Capulet and Lady Capulet?
- What
is original about the Pilgrim Sonnet?
- Outline
the following characters (flat, round, static, dynamic, color, etc.)
Romeo:
Juliet:
Nurse:
Capulet:
Mercutio:
- In the following page pick out 2
direct, 2 extended and 2 implied metaphors.
This will be ACT 5 Scene 3,
Romeo’s big long soliloquy before he kills himself
Other things to know:
- What
is Romeo’s tragic flaw?
- Why
does Capulet demand that Juliet marry Paris?
- Describe
one symbol in the play?
- Define
personification.
- Define
oxymoron.
- Summarize
each act of the play: briefly tell what happens in each ACT.
- Name
one theme of the play.
- List
the setting.
- List
two foreshadows.
- Who
is your favorite character? Why?
- Who
is your least favorite character?
Why?
- Who
is the Romeo of the Freshmen class?
- Tell
me one thing you learned from Romeo and Juliet?
- Discuss
one symbol from the new movie?
51. Name one
allusion. List where Mercutio’s name
comes from and what Benvolio’s name means.
