1. Romeo and Juliet review

2. Who Said It? Literary Terms Plot 1 Plot 2 Plot 3 Plot 4
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4. A contradiction between what a character thinks and what the audience knows.

5. Character who highlights the traits of another character.

6. Character turns away from the action and makes comments to the audience; other characters onstage do not hear.

7. A drama in which the central character of noble rank meets with disaster or overwhelming misfortune.

8. A long uninterrupted speech in which a character expresses his thoughts out-loud to himself or herself.

9. “Did my heart love till now. Forswear it, sight
“Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight! For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.”

10. “I will withdraw; but this intrusion shall, Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt’rest gall.”

11. "These violent delights have violent ends and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which as they kiss consume."

12. “A plague a’ both your houses! They have made worms meat of me.”

13. “In one respect I’ll thy assistant be; For this alliance may so happy prove, to turn your household’s rancor to pure love.”

14. What point is Juliet making when she speaks these lines
What point is Juliet making when she speaks these lines? "What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet."
a. She thinks Romeo has a sweet-sounding name
b. She wishes Romeo would change his name
c. She loves Romeo even though he is a Montague
d. The love she feels for Romeo reminds her of a rose

15. b. When can I see you again, Romeo?
What does Juliet mean when she says, “O Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?”
a. Where is Romeo?
b. When can I see you again, Romeo?
c. Why are you a Montague? d. Why do I long for you, Romeo?

16. What is the significance of this quote. “O Romeo, Romeo
What is the significance of this quote? “O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?/Deny thy father and refuse thy name;/Or, if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love,/And I'll no longer be a Capulet.”
a. Juliet wants to marry Romeo
b. Romeo has died in the tomb and Juliet is trying to join him.
c. Juliet would give up her family name if Romeo does not want to give up his.
d. Their names are the only thing keeping them apart

17. When Romeo tells the Friar 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 it as a way to resolve the feud
c. The Friar scolds Romeo for the impossible nature of the relationship
d. The Friar is happy for Romeo

18. What makes Romeo's love for Juliet different from his love for Rosaline?
a. Romeo is less certain about his love for Rosaline
b. Romeo has know Juliet longer than he has know Rosaline
c. Unlike Rosaline, Juliet is a Capulet
d. Unlike Rosaline, Juliet returns Romeo's love

19. Why does Friar Lawrence agree to marry Romeo and Juliet?
a. He believes they love each other.
b. Performing weddings are part of his duty as a Friar.
c. He thinks it could end the family feud.
d. The Prince told him to do it so the families would now be joined.

20. Mercutio fights with Tybalt because
He wants to protect Romeo.
Benvolio will not stand up to him.
He is irritable due to the heat.
Tybalt insults him.

21. Who kills Mercutio?
a. Benvolio
b. Tybalt
c. Romeo
d. Paris

22. After Mercutio is stabbed, someone asks if he is hurt
After Mercutio is stabbed, someone asks if he is hurt. He responds with “Ay, Ay, a scratch.” What kind of irony is this?
Dramatic
Situational
Sarcastic
Verbal

23. Why is Romeo partially to blame for Mercutio's death?
a. He stepped between them when he tried to stop the fight
b. He intentionally irritated Tybalt
c. He was afraid to fight Tybalt
d. He was soon going to be married, and didn’t want to fight

24. Which of the following best describes Juliet’s remarks to Paris in Friar Lawrence’s cell when he is there to arrange their marriage?
She says truthful things to him.
She lies to him.
Juliet realizes she loves Paris and he is a good man.
She speaks truthfully but is not referring to him.

25. The last line of the play is:
Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet
The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love,/And the continuance of their parents' rage,/Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,/Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;/The which if you with patient ears attend,/What here shall miss our toil shall strive to mend.
Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew,--/ O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones;--
For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

26. What solution does Friar Lawrence propose to help Juliet avoid marrying Paris?
a. That Juliet kill herself
b. That she flee to join Romeo immediately
c. That she drink the potion that he gives her
d. That she marry Paris

27. What is a major flaw with Friar Lawrence's plan?
a. Juliet will back out of the plan
b. Romeo will not receive the message in time
c. Paris will walk in on Juliet drinking the potion
d. Friar John overheard them discussing the plan

28. Which of the following steps is not part of Friar's plan for Juliet?
a. Consent to marry Paris
b. Drink the potion in the morning
c. Wake up in the tomb
d. Flee with Romeo to Mantua

29. How does Romeo hear about Juliet's death?
a. Friar Lawrence delivers the message
b. Friar John delivers the message
c. His servant, Balthasar delivers the message
d. An apothecary delivers the message

30. Arriving to inspect the corpses of Romeo, and Juliet, the Montagues and Capulets realize too late
the Nurse’s treachery .
Friar Lawrence’s treachery .
the foolishness of their quarrel.
how strong young love can be.

31. What causes Friar Lawrence's important message to Romeo to go astray?
a. Romeo is not where Friar Lawrence thinks he is
b. Friar John is quarantined for a day and not able to deliver the message
c. The distance from Verona to Mantua is too far to accomplish the trip in the required time
d. He sends Balthasar, who misunderstands him and delivers the wrong message

32. Why does Tybalt send a letter to Romeo?
To apologize for his behavior at the party
He challenges Romeo to a duel
To let Romeo know that he (Tybalt) knows about Romeo and Juliet
To tell Romeo of his banishment

33. What causes Friar Lawrence to go to the churchyard?
a. His message to Romeo was not delivered, so he has to assist Juliet when she wakes
b. It is all a part of his and Juliet's plan
c. He hears the fight between Paris and Romeo
d. He is summoned there by the Prince

34. Dramatic Irony

35. Dramatic Foil

36. Aside

37. Tragedy

38. Soliloquy

39. Romeo

40. Tybalt

41. Friar Lawrence

42. Mercutio

43. Friar Lawrence

44. c. She loves Romeo even though he is a Montague

45. c. Why are you a Montague?

46. c. Juliet would give up her family name if Romeo does not want to give up his.

47. b. The Friar scolds Romeo but sees it as a way to resolve the feud

48. d. Unlike Rosaline, Juliet returns Romeo's love

49. c. He thinks it could end the family feud.

50. He wants to protect Romeo.

51. B. Tybalt

52. Verbal

53. a. He stepped between them when he tried to stop the fight

54. She speaks truthfully but is not referring to him.

55. For never was a story of more woe/Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.

56. c. That she drink the potion that he gives her

57. b. Romeo will not receive the message in time

58. b. Drink the potion in the morning

59. c. His servant, Balthasar delivers the message

60. the foolishness of their quarrel.

61. b. Friar John is quarantined for a day and not able to deliver the message

62. a. He challenges Romeo to a duel

63. a. His message to Romeo was not delivered, so he has to assist Juliet when she wakes

64. “See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,/ That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love!”

65. “I do but keep the peace. Put up thy sword,/ Or manage it to part these men with me.”

66. “I think it best you married with the county
“I think it best you married with the county./ O, he's a lovely gentleman!/ Romeo's a dishclout to him: an eagle, madam, Hath not so green, so quick, so fair an eye/As Paris hath.

67. “What, dares the slave come hither, covered with an antic face to fleer and scorn at our solemnity? Now, by the stock and honor of my kin, to strike him dead I hold it not a sin.”

68. “At this same ancient feast of Capulet's / Sups the fair Rosaline whom thou so lovest, / With all the admired beauties of Verona: / Go thither; and, with unattainted eye, / Compare her face with some that I shall show, / And I will make thee think thy swan a crow.

69. What does Romeo’s treatment of Paris’ body at the tomb show about Romeo?
He can be compassionate and mature.
He is still childish.
He wants revenge for Paris’ betrothal to Juliet.
Romeo is cold and heartless.

70. When Lady Capulet firsts talks to Juliet about Paris, she compares him to a book. During this conversation, she encourages Juliet to do what?
a. Ignore his looks completely
b. Listen to his wisdom
c. Study all his features carefully
d. Look only at his eyes

71. Romeo agrees with Benvolio's plan to go to Capulet's party because he hopes to…
a. Forget his love for Rosaline
b. Challenge Tybalt to a fight
c. Catch a glimpse of Rosaline
d. Make peace with the Capulets

72. What makes Romeo reluctant to go to the party?
a. He is afraid of angering Capulet
b. He has had a premonition of his death
c. He is afraid of upsetting his father
d. Mercutio has warned him against going

73. Act I of Romeo and Juliet is mainly about the Capulet-Montague family feud and
a. Romeo and Juliet's first meeting
b. Romeo's unreturned love for Rosaline
c. Paris's desire to marry Juliet
d. Juliet's interest in marriage

74. What Act does the climax of the play occur in?
Act I
Act II
Act III
Act IV
Act V

75. “O son, the night before thy wedding day hath death lain with thy wife…Death is my son-in-law; Death is my heir; My daughter he hath wedded. I will die and leave him all.” contains examples of the following:
foreshadowing and pun
oxymoron and malapropism
metaphor and personification
personification and hyperbole

76. The following quotes contains is an example of what literary device?
“O serpent heart, hid with flowering face/Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?/ Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical!”

77. The following excerpt where the Nurse misuses a word and Benvolio makes fun of her by also misusing a word contains what literary device?
Nurse: “If you be he, sir, I desire some confidence with you.” Benvolio: “She will indite him to some supper.”

78. Who could be considered Juliet’s dramatic foil because this person is old and wise to the ways of the world.
Tybalt
Lady Capulet
The Nurse
Romeo

79. Why are Romeo and Juliet called “star-crossed lovers”?
It was the belief during the time period that the dead lived in the skies.
Constellations were named after them.
Fate was in control of their destiny.
I can’t think of another answer that makes sense at the moment.

80. After Juliet returns from seeing the Friar (Act IV) and meets her father, what does Capulet do?
a. He yells at her for being disobedient
b. He asks for her forgiveness
c. He goes to the Friar to find out what he told her
d. He moves the wedding up a day

81. Which of the following is not one of Juliet's anxieties about taking the potion?
a. Romeo will not receive word of the scheme in Mantua
b. The mixture may not work at all
c. Friar Lawrence may be concealing his role in her marriage
d. She may suffocate in the foul air of the tomb

82. Juliet fears madness in the tomb should she wake early because
a. She feels partly responsible for Tybalt's death
b. Lawrence suggests that the potion may affect her sanity
c. Ghosts, grisly sights, and poor air may make her crazy
d. She has violated her father's will and may be punished

83. Before taking the potion, why does Juliet lay out a dagger on her bed?
a. So her family will think she stabbed herself
b. So she can kill herself in case the potion doesn't work
c. So Romeo can kill himself when he comes
d. So she can kill Paris in the morning

84. Why is Paris at Juliet's tomb?
a. To keep watch
b. To have a secret meeting with an apothecary
c. To lay flowers by Juliet
d. To find Friar Lawrence

85. Which characters die in the play? You must name them all. There are six.

86. Why does Paris think that Romeo has come to Juliet's tomb?
a. To take revenge on the bodies for being exiled
b. To cry over Juliet’s body
c. To kill Paris
d. To kill Friar Lawrence

87. Who is not in the tomb after Juliet wakes up?
a. Balthazar
b. Tybalt
c. Romeo
d. Paris

88. What does Juliet mean when she realizes that Romeo has drunk poison and says, "O Churl! Drunk all and left no friendly drop to help me after?"
a. Romeo suffered a terrible death
b. That Romeo took all the poison and left her none
c. That she will die more easily than he will
d. That she will have to continue to live

89. What does Romeo notice when he gazes upon Juliet in the tomb?
a. That she has taken poison
b. That Paris's flowers are strewn all about her body
c. That her cheeks are rosy and she is still fair
d. That she is changed since the last time he had seen her

90. How would the Capulets and the Montagues describe the theme of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
a. Hatred between two families can rob people of what they hold dearest
b. Young people are foolish and irresponsible when they are in love
c. Love is fleeting and must be pursued at all costs
d. Misunderstandings can happen at any age and must be forgiven

91. What knowledge or revelation springs from the suffering of the characters?
a. The fathers agree that when people fall in love too young, it always ends badly
b. Capulet realizes that forcing Juliet to marry someone she didn't want to caused the unhappy ending
c. The fathers realize that the freedom they had given their children allowed them to get into trouble
d. The families are responsible for these deaths because they allowed the feud to continue

92. Why is the peace at the end of the play a "glooming" or gloomy peace?
a. Because the sun will not emerge from behind the clouds this day
b. Because the Friar, whom everyone respected, was involved in inappropriate dealings
c. Because the reconciliation of the two families is overshadowed by so many deaths
d. Because all the people in the churchyard will be punished by the Prince for their part in the deaths

93. Why is Romeo's mother not at the tomb?
a. She has died of grief over Romeo's death.
b. She has died of grief over Romeo's banishment
c. She is searching for Benvolio
d. She is discussing funeral arrangements

94. Prince Escalus

95. Benvolio

96. The Nurse

97. Tybalt

98. Benvolio

99. He can be compassionate and mature.

100. c. Study all his features carefully

101. c. Catch a glimpse of Rosaline

102. b. He has had a premonition of his death

103. b. Romeo's unreturned love for Rosaline

104. c. Act III

105. metaphor and personification

106. Oxymoron

107. Malapropism

108. c. The Nurse

109. c. fate is in control of their destiny.
(major theme of the play by the way- the role of destiny vs. free will)

110. d. He moves the wedding up a day

111. c. Friar Lawrence may be concealing his role in her marriage

112. c. Ghosts, grisly sights, and poor air may make her crazy

113. b. So she can kill herself in case the potion doesn't work

114. c. To lay flowers by Juliet

115. Romeo
Juliet
Tybalt
Mercutio
Paris
Lady Montague

116. a. To take revenge on the bodies for being exiled

117. a. Balthazar

118. b. That Romeo took all the poison and left her none

119. c. That her cheeks are rosy and she is still fair

120. a. Hatred between two families can rob people of what they hold dearest

121. d. The families are responsible for these deaths because they allowed the feud to continue

122. c. Because the reconciliation of the two families is overshadowed by so many deaths

123. b. She has died of grief over Romeo's banishment

124. Final Jeopardy
Match the following quotes to the correct character who said it. Some may be used more than once…quotes are in order as they occur in the play

125. “The fearful passage of their death-marked love,/and the continuance of their parents’ rage,/Which but their children’s end, naught could remove,/Is now the two hours traffic of our stage.”
“O, then I see Queen Mab hath been with you./She is the fairies’ midwife, and she comes/In shape no bigger than an agate stone/On the forefinger of an alderman.”
“He jests at scars that never felt a wound”
“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”
“O, swear not by the moon, th’ inconstant moon,/That monthly changes in her circle orb,/Lest that thy love prove likewise variable.”
“Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast.”
“In one respect I’ll thy assistant be;/For this alliance may so happy prove,/To turn your households’ rancor to pure love.”
“ A plague on both your houses”
“Death is my son-in-law. Death is my heir.”