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Test Review - Romeo and Juliet

PART 1: BACKGROUND
Answer each of the following questions about Shakespeare and theatre in his day.

1. Where was Shakespeare born?

Stratford-upon-avon, england

2. When Shakespeare first moved to London, where did he begin working?

Playwright and actor

3. What was the name of the acting company that Shakespeare was a part of? What did the name change
to?
Rose it changed to globe

4. At what theatre did Shakespeare do most of his performing and producing?

globe

5. What qualities make Shakespeare the most famous playwright of all time?
Because he knew lifes best and worst emotions

6. What conspiracy theory surrounds Shakespeare, though it has been proved false?
Is that his work wasn his work

7. What makes iambic pentameter such a powerful and appealing rhyme?

It sounds like a heart beat

8. Why did the theatres in Shakespeare’s day have an open roof?

For light

9. What types of people typically attended the theatre in Shakespeare’s day?

Every one whos was not the official cathlic people

10. What were the people who stood in front of the stage during the performance called?
groundlings

11. What was unique about female roles during the Elizabethan era?
They where men
12. How many lines does a sonnet contain?
14

13. How many syllables are in each line in iambic pentameter?

 10
14. What made Shakespeare’s sonnets unique from the more traditional Petrarchan style?
The ryme

15. What were Shakespeare’s sonnets typically about?

The story and whats going to happen or death,love,life,

Part 2: STORY
For each act, make a bullet point list of important events. Include at least 5 events in each act. Use your ACT
QUIZZES to review the most important things that took place in each act.

16. Act 1:
○ The Prologue reveals that this story will take place in Verona and be about two lovers who kill
themselves.
○ There is a fight between Capulets and Montagues. The Prince threatens that the next person to
start a fight will be put to death.
○ Romeo is upset because Rosaline doesn’t love him back.

17. Act 2:

18. Act 3:
 19. Act 4:

20. Act 5:

Part 3: Character Matching

Identify the character speaking in each line. Then, rewrite each quotation in modern English.

21. “O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you” (Shakespeare 1.4.53).

Speaker: _______________mercucio________

Meaning: he is being sarcatic

22. “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!” (Shakespeare 1.5.46).

Speaker: ____romeo___________________

Meaning: shes pretty

23. “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose / By any other name would smell as sweet (Shakespeare
2.2.43-44).

Speaker: __________juliet_____________

Meaning: why are names so important

24. “Young men’s love then lies / Not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes...How much salt water thrown
away in waste / To season love, that of it doth not taste! (Shakespeare 2.3.67-68, 71-72).

Speaker: ______________frair lurance_________

Meaning: you only love their looks

25. “A plague a both your houses!” (Shakespeare 3.1.108).

Speaker: ________prince_______________

Meaning: hope you all die

26. “Eyes, look your last! / Arms, take your last embrace! And lips, O you / The doors of breath, seal with a
righteous kiss” (Shakespeare 5.3.112-114).

Speaker: __________romeo_____________

Meaning:ima kill myself but before ima give you my last breath

27. “O happy dagger! / This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die” (Shakespeare 5.3.169-170).

Speaker: __________juliet_____________

Meaning: ima kill myself

28. “For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo” (Shakespeare 5.3.309-310).

Speaker: _______frair larenvce________________

Meaning: sad story

Part 4: Literary Devices
DEFINE each of the following terms. Then, identify at least one example of that type of literary device from
Romeo and Juliet OR answer the question provided. You do NOT need to cite your example or use an exact
quote.
29. Alliteration:

Example:

30. Anaphora:

Example:

31. Antagonist:

Identify at least 2 antagonists in Romeo and Juliet:

32. Apostrophe:

Example:

33. Aside:

Example:

34. Conflict:

Identify Man vs. Man in Romeo and Juliet: ____________________________________________

Identify Man vs. Society in Romeo and Juliet: __________________________________________

Identify Man vs. Self in Romeo and Juliet:_____________________________________________

35. Foil:

Which two character most clearly are a foil for each other? Why?

36. Foreshadowing:

Example:
37. Imagery:

Example:

38. Irony:

What is ironic about Romeo and Juliet falling in love?

39. Metaphor:

Example:

40. Monologue:

Example:

41. Motif:

Explain how Shakespeare’s use of light and dark imagery is a motif:

42. Oxymoron:

Example:

43. Personification:

Example:

44. Plot Elements: Identify each plot element within Romeo and Juliet:
○ Exposition:

○ Rising Action:

○ Climax:

○ Falling Action:

○ Resolution:
45. Prose:

Which characters typically speak in prose?

46. Protagonist:

Who are the protagonists in Romeo and Juliet? Why?

47. Pun:

Example:

48. Setting:

How does the prologue introduce the setting?

49. Simile:

Example:

50. Soliloquy:

Example:

51. Symbol:

Explain how poison is a symbol and what deeper meaning it might possess:

52. Theme:

What are two possible themes from Romeo and Juliet?

53. Verse

Which characters typically speak in verse?

Part 5: Short Answer
Be prepared to answer short answer questions on the following topics:
- Light and dark imagery
- Qualities of a tragedy/tragic elements of Romeo and Juliet
- Themes of messages of Romeo and Juliet