Romeo and Juliet Unit Test Review

A reference to a statement, a person, or an event from literature, history, religion, etc.

How and where does Romeo commit suicide?

Romeo's punishment is banishment instead of death because the Prince is related to Mercutio.

The poetic form of the prologue is a soliloquy.

Character who is used as a contrast to another character.

Tybalt knows that Romeo and Juliet are married, but he still wants to fight Romeo.

Romeo feels that Tybalt's death is his fault, and he feels guilty.

In Romeo and Juliet the following characters provide comic relief:

"Ask for me tomorrow and you will find me a grave man" is an example of a(n)

To which city does Romeo go after being exiled from Verona?

Which character first persuades Romeo to attend the masquerade ball?

A speech delivered while a character is alone, to inform the audience of character's thoughts.

Lady Capulet composes a conceit about Paris. What does she compare him to?

Comic scene or event that breaks up a serious play or narrative.

Lord Capulet will agree to Juliet's marriage to Paris only if she loves him back.

Lady Capulet feels that looks and admiration are the most important thing when choosing a mate.

When Lord Capulet learns that Juliet is refusing to marry Paris, he tells her

An extended, exaggerated comparison or metaphor between two unlike things.

Friar Laurence's plan for Romeo: go to Mantua to find a job before Juliet joins him there.

"From forth the fatal loins of these two foes/A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life"

"But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?/It is the East and Juliet is the sun"

With whom is Romeo madly in love for the first two scenes of the play?

"For never was a story of more woe than this of Juliet and her Romeo" is spoken by

A lengthy speech one character delivers to another character.

When a person loves someone who does not love him/her back.

The nurse agrees to help Juliet marry Romeo.

After Romeo and Juliet die, the two feuding families

Benvolio tells Romeo when he sees all the pretty women at the party his swan will be a crow.

Shakespeare gains the attention of the groundlings by beginning the play with a(n)

Tybalt is aggressive and a fighter.

Why is Romeo's love for Juliet a problem?

A Shakespearean play in which romantic love is blocked and does not lead to marriage.

The Nurse tells Juliet that she should marry Paris even though she is already married to Romeo.

Generally, a Shakespearean play that ends happily is a

The Prince makes a decree that anyone fighting on the streets of Verona will be put to death.

Benvolio is quick to anger and a fighter.

In the prologue before Act 1, Romeo and Juliet are referred to as

Romeo compares Rosaline to a

Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo the poison?

A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in iambic pentameter, with abab cdcd efef gg rhyme.

Romeo and Juliet meet

What does the Nurse advise Juliet to do after Romeo is exiled?

While Juliet speaks from her balcony, Romeo says to the audience "shall I hear more?" This is

The Friar reminds Romeo of his blessings. What are they?

Juliet's life ends when she

Before Juliet drinks the potion, she gives a lengthy speech about her fears. This is a(n)

"O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?" is spoken by

As the play opens, Romeo is sad because

The friar agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because

"A plague o' both your houses!"- a line spoken by what character?

Dramatic irony is when the audience knows something the characters do not.

"What’s in a name? That which we call a rose/By any other word would smell as sweet."

The sets for the plays during the Elizabethan era were minimal (very few).

"These violent delights have violent ends" is spoken by

"Ha, banishment! Be merciful, say death." This line is spoken by which character?

Juliet is angry with Romeo when she first learns that he killed her cousin Tybalt.

Why is Friar John unable to deliver Friar Laurence's message to Romeo?

The Nurse functions as

"Part fools! Put up your swords. You know not what you do." These lines are spoken by

Two consecutive lines of poetry that rhyme.

Juliet objects to Romeo swearing his love on the moon because it isn't as bright as the sun.

The Friar gives a lengthy speech reminding Romeo of all his blessings. This speech is a(n)

Mercutio thinks Romeo is a coward.

William Shakespeare built the first permanent theater in England.

Who speaks these line? "But woo her, gentle Paris, get her heart"

When Juliet hears of her parents' wish that she marry Paris, she is excited.

"feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health" an example of what literary technique?

Who speaks the Prologue of Act 1 in Romeo and Juliet?

When a character in a play speaks to the audience, but other characters onstage do not hear.

What time period is the Elizabethan era?

In Act 3 Scene 2, the nurse delivers the sad news to Juliet that Romeo has died.

Romeo compares Juliet's eyes to the stars because he wants her to be his destiny.

Benvolio's foil is

Tybalt becomes furious with Romeo when

When Juliet says, "My bounty is as boundless as the sea/My love as deep" it is an example of

Prose is ordinary language, not poetry. In R and J, which characters speak in prose?

Why is Romeo exiled?