Romeo and Juliet Test, Acts I-III

Romeo and Juliet “Quest” -Ms. Siddiqi and Mrs. Huynh-Duc-

Part I: Recalling the Story Line… 1. The opening sonnet that introduces this play is called: a. an introduction c. an epilogue b. a prologue d. a soliloquy

2. This play takes place in the city called: a. Rome c. Verona b. Venice d. Mantua

3. Tybalt is best characterized as a. noble and kind c. warlike and eager to fight b. cautious and quiet d. cowardly and easily scared

4. Who is Mercutio? a. Juliet’s cousin c. Romeo’s friend b. the Nurse’s son d. Romeo’s cousin

5. The fight between the Capulets and the Montagues provides the plot element called a. climax c. internal conflict b. external conflict d. resolution

6. Who is Rosaline? a. Romeo’s cousin c. Juliet’s cousin b. a girl Romeo longs for d. Both B and C.

7. 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.

8. 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

9. 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

10. Who is Queen Mab? a. Shakespeare’s pseudonym for Queen Elizabeth. b. According to Benvolio, she is a fairy who brings both dreams and nightmares to the Royals c. According to Mercutio, she comes in the night in a hazelnut carriage with spider-leg wheels and makes people dream different things d. None of the above.

11. “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.

12. What is the warning from the Prince after the servants fight in the streets of Verona? a. If the Capulets and Montagues fight a fourth time, the penalty will be death. b. If the Capulets and Montagues fight a ninth time, the penalty will be death c. If the Capulets and Montagues fight a third time, they will be exiled. d. If the Capulets and Montagues fight a fourth time, they will be not allowed in public.

13. According to the Nurse, how old will Juliet be on her next birthday (July 31)? a. 15 c. 14 b. 17 d. 20

14. Romeo confided his love for Juliet to a. his father c. Benvolio b. Tybalt d. Friar Laurence

15. How and why does Tybalt challenge Romeo to a duel? a. He sends a letter; he was upset for Romeo crashing the Capulet party. b. He sends a letter; he was upset for Romeo getting romantic with his cousin, Juliet. c. He starts a fight at the Capulet party; he was upset for Romeo crashing it. d. He starts a fight with Mercutio; he was upset for Romeo kissing Juliet.

16. Mercutio can be described as a foil (i.e., opposite) to Romeo because a. he comes from a different social class b. he is much older than Romeo c. he is a Capulet and Romeo is a Montague d. unlike Romeo, he does not take love seriously

17. Why does Juliet reject Romeo’s offer to swear the truth of his love by the moon? a. Because she doesn’t believe in swearing. b. Because she prefers the sun. c. Because the moon sets at sunrise. d. Because she wants him to swear by something that is constant

18. What promise does Juliet make to Romeo when they part at the end of the balcony scene, Act II scene ii? a. Never to see Romeo again. b. To send Romeo a love letter. c. To send someone (the nurse) to find out about the wedding plans. d. To come to see Romeo tomorrow night at his house.

19. When Romeo tells Friar Laurence that he’s in love with Juliet, how does the friar react? a. The friar is angry with Romeo. b. The friar scolds Romeo but sees their marriage as a way to resolve the feud. c. The friar refuses to help Romeo and Juliet get married. d. The friar wishes that Romeo would have tried to make it work with Rosaline instead.

20. When the Nurse returns from her meeting with Romeo, why does she delay in telling Juliet about the wedding plans? a. She’s hungry and wants lunch first. b. She wants to make sure that Lady Capulet isn’t around to overhear them. c. She has to beat Peter first. d. She’s being playful and enjoys watching Juliet squirm for the information.

Part II: Literary Terms

21. “She hath Dian’s wit.” (Romeo speaking about Rosaline’s vow of chastity, using Diana, the Goddess of Chastity, as an example.) a. Allusion b. Aside c. Foil d. Hyperbole

22. Romeo’s speech about Juliet’s beauty, Friar Laurence’s speech about herbs, and Juliet’s speech while she is anxiously waiting the nurse’s return are all examples of the characters speaking alone. a. Monologue b. Soliloquy c. Simile 2 d. Metaphor

23. 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?” a. Allusion b. Foil c. Aside d. Hyperbole

24. “It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.” (Romeo, when he first sees Juliet upon the balcony) a. Couplets b. Prose c. Metaphor d. Foil

25. 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. a. Situational b. Dramatic c. Verbal d. None of the above

26. “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) a. Oxymoron b. Sonnet c. Simile d. Metaphor

27. “The Earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she.” (Capulet to Paris about how Juliet is his only daughter) a. Personification b. Hyperbole c. Setting d. Satire

28. “A thousand times good night!” and “’Tis 20 years ‘till then.” (Juliet speaking to Romeo on the balcony.) a. Irony b. Symbolism c. Hyperbole d. Allusion

29. A malapropism is? a. Using human elements to describe something non-human b. When two opposites come together to make one word that makes sense c. An unintentional inappropriateness of speech resulting from the use of one word for another which resembles it. d. A gross exaggeration

30. Which character most often says malapropisms unintentionally? a. The friar b. Romeo c. The nurse d. Juliet

Choose the BEST answer for each of the following questions.

31. When are characters likely to speak in prose? a. When they are lower-class (servants) b. When they are joking around and not being serious c. When the emotion and drama of the scene is high d. Both A and B

32. What does the following excerpt illustrate? BENVOLIO: Good-morrow, cousin. 3 ROMEO: Is the day so young? BENVOLIO: But new struck nine. ROMEO: Ay me! sad hours seem long. a. Hyperbole b. Splitting lines c. Symbolism d. None of the above

Part III: Elizabethan Theater and the History of Shakespeare True or False: Choose A for true and B for false.

33. Before coming to London, Shakespeare married an older woman who was already pregnant. 34. William Shakespeare attended Oxford University where he spent years perfecting his writing. 35. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets and 38 plays. 36. When Romeo and Juliet was first performed in 1595, Juliet was played by a young boy. 37. Shakespeare’s plays came straight from his imagination. 38. 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.

39. When and where was William Shakespeare born? a. Raleigh, North Carolina, on April 23, 1654 b. Stratford-Upon-Avon, England on April 23, 1564. c. London, England on April 23, 1892 d. Verona, Italy on April 23, 1354

40. Which of the following is NOT a category that Shakespeare’s plays fall under? a. Comedy c. Tragedy b. Sonnet d. History

41. Which of the following is NOT true about Shakespeare’s marriage to Anne Hathaway? a. She was 26 and he was 18 when they got married b. She was already pregnant when they got married c. They had three children together; one of them died in childhood d. They got a divorce after Shakespeare moved to London to pursue the stage

42. At the end of a Shakespearean tragedy, what happens? a. It’s funny—the whole play is filled with jokes. b. There is a happy ending—usually a marriage. c. Shakespeare’s opinion about the Tudor dynasty is revealed. d. The main characters usually die.

43. Even though Romeo and Juliet get married, this play is considered to be a. Comedy c. Tragedy b. Sonnet d. History

44. Which of the following describes the groundlings? a. Lower-class people who would stand on the ground and watch Shakespeare’s plays b. Upper-class people who could afford seats to watch Shakespeare’s plays c. Extras in Shakespeare’s plays who did not have lines d. None of the above

45. Which of the following Elizabethan insult is the equivalent to our giving the middle finger? a. Thumb-biting c. calling someone “ho” b. calling someone a “rabbit sucker” d. None of the Above

Part IV: Shakespearean Sonnets 46. Iambic Pentameter, the meter of Shakespeare’s poetry, means: a. Ten syllables per line b. Fourteen syllables per line 4 c. Two lines of poetry that rhyme d. None of the above.

47. What is the structure of a Shakespearean sonnet? a. Four quatrains and a couplet b. Three quatrains and a couplet c. Seven couplets d. None of the above

Use Sonnet 19 to answer questions 48-50.

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.

48. What is the question established by this poem? a. The speaker does not know if he should or should not compare his love to a summer’s day. b. The speaker’s mistress is not as beautiful as the things in nature he describes c. The speaker hates summer d. None of the above

49. What is the rhyme scheme of this sonnet (as with all Shakespearean sonnets)? a. abab cdcd efef gg b. abba cddc effe gg c. abba abba cde cde d. None of the above.

50. Which line represents the “turn” of the sonnet? a. “Thou art more…” b. “Sometime too hot …” c. “But thy eternal…” d. There is no turn in this sonnet.