What is a fear that Juliet has about drinking the potion?

She will wake up in the tomb and go mad.

What do Capulet and Montague promise each other at the end?

They will each put up a statue of the other's child.

The main conflict at the heart of the play is:

The Capulets and Montagues have a long-standing feud.

What does the Prince mean: "Heaven finds means to kill your joys with love"?

The feud has caused R&J to fall in love and kill themselves.

Why does the Nurse advise Juliet to marry Paris?

Because she is afraid Juliet will be kicked out and disowned

In the beginning of the play, what foreshadowing information do we get?

That Romeo and Juliet will die.

What is Friar's motive for marrying Romeo and Juliet?

Because he thinks it might end the family feud

What is Friar's plan for helping Juliet get out of the marriage to Paris?

Fake her death by giving her a sleeping potion

Which line from the play best describes why Romeo falls in love with Juliet?

I never saw true beauty till this night.

Which line from the play best demonstrates Nurse's relationship with Juliet?

Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed.

What does Juliet mean when she says, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"

Romeo, why does your name have to be Romeo Montague?

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Romeo and Juliet Test Review

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1
A ____ is a lengthy speech by a character to other characters to give details about a situation
Couplet
Soliloquy
Monologue
Metaphor
2
What is a fear that Juliet has about drinking the potion?
She won't seem dead enough to fool her family.
That Romeo will think she's dead and kill himself.
That the friar will forget to come get her.
She will wake up in the tomb and go mad.
3
Why is Romeo banished?
For marrying Juliet without permission
For killing Mercutio
For sneaking into the Capulet party
For killing Tybalt
4
"Juliet is the sun" is an example of:
Metaphor
Monologue
Couplet
Dramatic Irony
5
What do Capulet and Montague promise each other at the end?
They will arrange a marriage of their other children
They will be friends forever.
They will each put up a statue of the other's child.
They will remain enemies forever.
6
Shakespeare used a ____or a pair of rhyming words to make his characters speak in rhyme.
Monologue
Couplet
Soliloquy
Metaphor
7
The main conflict at the heart of the play is:
The Capulets and Montagues have a long-standing feud.
Romeo loves Rosaline who doesn't love him back.
The families have forbidden Romeo and Juliet to be together.
The townspeople hate the Capulets and Montagues
8
Shakespeare writes his plays in iambic pentameter which is ___ syllables per line
Five
Fifteen
Twenty
Ten
9
What does the Prince mean: "Heaven finds means to kill your joys with love"?
The feud has caused R&J to fall in love and kill themselves.
The feud has ended in joy.
Capulet and Montague have learned to love each other.
God has made Capulet and Montague kill their children.
10
According to the timeline, the events of the play occurred over:
Less than a day
Less than a week
Less than a month
Less than three months
11
Why does the Nurse advise Juliet to marry Paris?
Because the Nurse doesn't like Romeo
Because she is afraid Juliet will be kicked out and disowned
Because Paris is better looking than Romeo
Because Paris will be a good husband
12
When we first met Romeo he was full of ____, crying over Rosaline.
Woe
Vial
Banishment
Loathed
13
In the beginning of the play, what foreshadowing information do we get?
That Romeo and Juliet will secretly marry.
That Capulet and Montague will be punished.
That Romeo and Juliet will die.
That Tybalt and Mercutio will fight and die.
14
What is Friar's motive for marrying Romeo and Juliet?
Because he thinks it might end the family feud
Because he thinks if they are kissing they should be married
Because he wants to make them happy.
Because he wants them to like him.
15
All of the following are themes in the play except:
Fate
Secrecy
War
First love
16
How old is Juliet?
Almost 14
Almost 16
Almost 18
Almost 21
17
What is Friar's plan for helping Juliet get out of the marriage to Paris?
Hide her in a convent with nuns
Fake her death by giving her a sleeping potion
Tell Capulet that Juliet is married to Romeo
Sneak her out of town to join Romeo in Mantua
18
_______ is when the audience knows something the characters do not.
Couplet
Monologue
Metaphor
Dramatic Irony
19
Which line from the play best describes why Romeo falls in love with Juliet?
Poor Romeo, he is already dead, shot with a love song.
Is she a Capulet? My life is my foe's debt?
He that can lay ahold of her shall have the chinks.
I never saw true beauty till this night.
20
Which line from the play best demonstrates Nurse's relationship with Juliet?
Come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen.
I think it best you marry with the County (Paris).
Thou wast the prettiest babe that e'er I nursed.
Thou wilt fall backward when thou comest to age.
21
What does Juliet mean when she says, "O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?"
Romeo where are you?
Romeo, why does your name have to be Romeo Montague?
Romeo, why did you come into my life?
Romeo why are hiding from me?
22
Who is Juliet talking to in her soliloquy that starts, "Farewell, God knows when we shall..."
Romeo
Nobody/herself
The nurse
The friar
23
What literary genre is "The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?"
Non-fiction
Drama
Poem
Historical fiction
24
The setting of the play:
Verona, England
Verona, Italy
London, England
The Globe Theater
25
Romeo bought poison from the _____, who was a pharmacist
vial
apothecary
woe
banishment

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