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ROMEO AND JULIET KNOWLEDGE TEST
ROMEO AND JULIET KNOWLEDGE TEST
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Knowledge test on essentials including context for IGCSE preparation.
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1
What does Lady Capulet promise to do to Romeo?
Have him poisoned
Kidnap him
Help him to get back to Verona by speaking to the Prince
Reward him
2
Who is Balthasar?
Romeo's friend
Romeo's servant
3
What is an apostrophe in a play?
A speech where an abstract or personified idea is addressed.
A punctuation mark
A soliloquy
4
Where is Romeo banished to?
Verona
Sienna
Rome
Mantua
5
Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
To bring an end to the Montague and Capulet feud
Because he thinks that the lovers are well suited
To gain favour with the Prince
Because he is afraid of saying no to Romeo
6
Why does Friar Lawrence go from the tomb?
He has to take confession
He is afraid of being discovered by the Watch (police)
7
What is the youngest age that Lady Capulet could be?
26-28
35-40
23-24
8
Which word is used to describe the love between Romeo and his first love?
Unresponsive
Unrequited
Passionate
9
What is Romeo suffering from at the start of the play?
anxiety
depression
lovesickness
insomnia
10
Whose servants start the conflict in the first scene?
The Prince's Men
The Montagues
The Capulets
11
How does Friar Lawrence help Juliet
He explains the situation to the Capulets and Montagues
He insists she must marry Paris
He gives her a potion to make it seem that she is dead
He provides transport and money for her to go to Mantua
12
Romeo and Juliet consummate their marriage. What bird do they hear in the morning?
A blackbird
A linnet
A lark
A nightingale
13
What function does Benvolio have in the play?
Lover and poet
Peacemaker, truth teller and friend
Narrator
14
Once Romeo and Paris are dead, what does Friar Lawrence plan to do with Juliet?
Put her in a nunnery
Take her back to her family
Nothing - she can make her own choices
15
Who was Romeo in love with before Juliet?
Rosaline
Liliana
Alessandra
16
Which of these words does Lord Capulet use to describe Tybalt?
churl
princox
scornful boy
17
What century is Shakespeare writing Romeo and Juliet in?
Fifteenth
Sixteenth
Seventeenth
18
What was Shakespeare's main source for the play?
Arthur Brooke's 1562 poem, 'Romeus and Juliet'
His own idea
Plutarch's 'Lives'
19
Why is rosemary thrown on Juliet's apparently 'dead' body?
It was a traditional custom
It suggests that she will be remembered (flower lore)
it looks pretty
So that it will mask the smell of decay
20
Which word means woman hating?
misanthropic
myopic
misogynistic
misandry
21
What has happened to Lady Montague in Act 5?
She goes to Mantua to be with Romeo
She leaves her husband for the Prince
She dies of grief
22
Why did Elizabeth I prefer duels?
They caused less damage and had rules
They kept to strict codes of honour
They were more like sport
They were more exciting to watch
23
What is the evidence to suggest that Mercutio and Tybalt did not intend to kill each other?
They play at fighting
Tybalt's horror at what happens
"but one of your nine lives"
24
What is the term used to describe a society dominated by men and excluding women.
patronymic
patriarchal
unequal
25
What is Juliet worried about as she drinks the potion?
That it is a real poison (Friar Lawrence must silence her)
Dying from lack of oxygen in the Capulet tomb
Seeing the "fest'ring" body of Tybalt
Seeing ghosts in the tomb
26
How will Friar Lawrence let Romeo know about the faux death potion?
He will send a bird with a message
He will go to tell him
He will send a Friar to Mantua with letters for Romeo
27
What insulting word does Tybalt use to suggest that Romeo is like a musician- servant?
Base
Beating
Consortest
28
How does Shakespeare present Paris in Act 4?
An unwitting antagonist
Hot-tempered
Arrogant and pompous
A sincere and noble character
29
What will Lord Capulet accept as a marriage settlement (jointure) from Lord Montague?
A handshake
100 gold coins
A golden statue of Juliet
30
What extended metaphor does Lady Capulet use to describe Paris?
A young tree
A book
A flower
31
How long will the effects of the potion last?
48 hours
42 hours
1 day
24 hours
32
What time of day and weather is it in Act 3, scene 1?
10am and sunny
4pm and rainy
Noon and hot
33
How does Romeo see himself after he kills Tybalt?
As upholding the family feud
A heroic avenger of his friend
Fortune's fool
34
Why is Balthasar's news from Verona problematic?
He thinks that Juliet is dead and does not know the truth
He is not able to calm Romeo
He is not the messenger that Friar Lawrence sent
35
Why does Paris challenge Romeo in the graveyard?
He is a wanted man and needs to be caught (upholding law)
He wants to be alone to mourn Juliet
He enjoys fighting
He is avenging the murder of Tybalt
36
How does the Prince regard the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?
As another example of the families defying law and order
As the stupid actions of the young
As God's punishment for their hatred and feuding
37
What will "begin his fearful date/ With this night’s revels"?
Romeo's love for Juliet
The tragedy
Fate
38
What kind of love does Romeo show at the start of the play?
Romantic
Petrarchan
Unrequited
Courtly
39
Which of these represent Shakespeare's changes from Brooke's version of the story?
Juliet is nearly 13 not nearly 16
Time is compressed from 9 months to 5 days
Lust or sex is not seen as a negative and moralised against
Tybalt and the Nurse are given bigger roles
40
The section with the musicians at the end of Act 4 is an example of what?
Dramatic irony
A comic interlude
41
What day does Lord Capulet move the wedding to in Act 4?
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
42
What was happening in London in the 1590s that may have influenced the play?
Street violence and rioting because of food shortages
A nobleman's son died as a consequence of love
Shakespeare fell in love and it ended badly
43
Why does the Apothecary sell Romeo poison?
He is poor and Romeo offers him a lot of money
It's a holiday in Mantua and he wants to get back to it
It's his job to do what he is told
44
What day is it initially planned that Juliet should marry Paris?
Wednesday
Tuesday
Thursday
45
What does Friar Lawrence plan to do with Juliet?
Get her out and keep her at his Cell until Romeo comes
Leave her in the tomb to die
Tell the truth to the families
46
When Lord Capulet believes that his daughter is dead, what does he compare her to?
a snowy dove
a bright angel
the sweetest flower of all the field
a star cut out in heaven
47
How does Juliet kill herself?
With some of Romeo's leftover poison
With Romeo's dagger
48
Why does Mercutio fight Tybalt?
It is a matter of honour
Romeo has decided not to fight
He is bored and Tybalt has been insulting
He wants a fight
49
Which two of these descriptions are used to refer to Tybalt?
Mercurial
Prince of Cats
Fiery
sworder
50
Why is the Nurse in the play unusual
She uses crude language
Most wet nurses stop when the child is two
She seems to have a lot of power
She seems closer to Juliet than her own mother
51
Instead of the death sentence, what does the Prince decide to do with Romeo?
Imprison him
Put him under curfew
Banish him to Mantua
52
What happened to Friar Lawrence's messenger?
He became too ill to go to Mantua
He was quarantined for fear of plague (pestilence)
He got drunk and fell asleep
53
What is a dowry?
money paid to a woman when she marries
a law governing marriage
money, goods, and property that the bride brings to marriage
54
When Romeo and Juliet first meet what form does their exchange take?
Shared Elizabethan or Shakespearian sonnet
Petrarchan sonnet
Rhyming couplets
55
How was suicide viewed in Shakespeare's time?
As an illness
As self-murder and therefore a crime
Sympathetically
56
What period/ place is the play set in?
12th or 13th century Italy
14th or 15th century Italy
16th century Italy
57
What kind of language do Sampson and Gregory use? Choose the best fit answer.
Rude language
Unpleasant language
Crude, misogynistic, sexual language (innuendo)
58
What/ who does Mercutio blame for his death wound?
Tybalt
Himself
Romeo
The two Houses
59
What is the name given to a woman who breastfeeds a noblewoman's baby?
ladies' nurse
nanny
wet nurse
60
What phrase describes the feud in the Prologue of the play?
Painful feud
Old-harboured malice
Futile skirmishing
Ancient grudge
61
What does the Nurse think Juliet should do now Romeo is banished?
Commit suicide
Forget Romeo and marry Paris
Tell her parents the truth
Go after Romeo
62
Why is there an argument between Lord Capulet and Tybalt at the party?
Tybalt wants to make an example of Romeo for coming
Tybalt is drunk and behaving badly
Tybalt has invited more guests than there is space
63
Which 3 insults does Lord Capulet use to describe Juliet after her refusal of Paris?
baggage
mistress minion
green-sickness carrion
worthless child
64
Which one of these is not typical of a Petrarchan lover?
The mistress/ loved one is unavailable
The lover/ poet undergoes tests of love and is rewarded
The lover/ poet sees themselves as inferior
The mistress/ loved one is idealised
