Romeo and Juliet Test Remediation

Romeo and Juliet Test (100 points)
Read the directions for each section carefully.
For the questions below, answer T or F. T=A. F=B.


1. One element of background that is essential to Romeo and Juliet is that there are two feuding families.
2. Shakespeare invented the story of Romeo and Juliet.
3. Foils are pairs of characters that serve contrasts to one another.
4. Though young Juliet mentions earlier that she has never thought of marriage and Romeo had been so distraught by his unrequited love for Rosaline, they fall in love at first sight of each other. During the orchard scene in which Romeo has hidden on the Capulet estate, the two lovers decide to marry that same day. This haste and impetuousness is an important element of characterization that helps explain later action of the drama.

5. All of Shakespeare’s characters speak in prose.
6. Tybalt is the protagonist of this play.
7. Friar Laurence is really a ghost.
8. During Shakespeare’s time, aristocratic families would often hire peasants to nurse their infants.
9. Shakespeare’s audience knows how the play will end from the prologue.
10. Romeo and Juliet is a comedy.


For the following questions, pick the best answer.
11. Shakespeare was born in_____________
a. 1500
b. The fourteenth century
c. 1564
d. 1616
12.Shakespeare was born in _____________
a. Stratocaster
b. Montague
c. Stratford-on-Avon
d. Verona
e. none of the above

13. Anne Hathaway became Shakespeare’s __________
a. inspiration
b. wife
c. daughter
d. godmother
e. victim

14. The theatre that is most closely associated with Shakespeare is the _________
a. Atlas
b. Globe
c. Charnel House
d. C-House
15. When Shakespeare was 18, his wife was ________
a. 18
b. 13
c. 26
d. Dead
16. Shakespeare died in _____________
a. Stratocaster
b. Montague
c. Stratford-on-Avon
d. Verona
e. none of the above
17. Shakespeare died in ______________
a. 1616
b. 1900
c. 1564
d. 1776
18. To create the feeling of a moonlit night in the famous balcony scene, Shakespeare used______________
a. Elaborate stage directions
b. A solar eclipse
c. Intense, descriptive language
d. Expensive lighting and fog machines
e. Black spray paint
19. Women’s roles in Shakespeare’s time were played by ________
a. Models
b. Actresses
c. Boys
d. Livestock
e. Groundlings
20. In the Globe Theatre, Shakespeare’s actors would perform on what kind of stage?
a. Proscenium stage
b. Open stage
c. Picture-Frame stage
d. Sound stage
e. None of the above
21. Most of Shakespeare’s audience paid 1 penny to stand in the Pit. They were_______
a. Groundhogs
b. Nobility
c. Groundlings
d. Nosferatu
e. Sonnets
22. To indicate more than one character leaving the stage, Shakespeare would write ____
a. [Exit]
b. [Exeunt]
c. [Aside]
d. [Enter]
23. Benvolio is a member of the ____
a. Capulets
b. Montagues
c. Citizens
d. Celts
e. None of the above
24. Peter is a member of the_____
a. Capulets
b. Montagues
c. Citizens
d. Celts
e. None of the above
25. Mercutio is related to _____
a. Romeo
b. Tybalt
c. Friar Laurence
d. Prince Escalus
e. None of the above
26. Most of the action of the play is set in _______
a. Mantua
b. Venice
c. Verona
d. My Sharona
e. The C-House
27. The time of the play is _____
a. 1564
b. 1616
c. The 14th Century
d. The 21st Century
e. Too long
28. The prologue is written as a ____
a. Hai Ku
b. Sonnet
c. Comedy
d. Eulogy
e. Free verse
29. In the first scene, the Prince decrees that future disturbances will result in _____
a. Jail
b. Banishment
c. Death
d. Twisty Cones
30. Though the title of the play is Romeo and Juliet, the audience first hears of Romeo’s love for _______
a. Caroline
b. Rosaline
c. Juliet
d. Lady Capulet
31. Juliet is _____ years old.
a. 14
b. 13
c. 12
d. 11
32. Benvolio and ________ convince Romeo to go to the party.
a. Tybalt
b. Nurse
c. Mercutio
d. Friar Laurence
33. Tybalt’s temper is best described as ______
a. Mellow
b. Fiery
c. Sad
d. Contemplative
34. Tybalt kills _____
a. Romeo
b. Mercutio
c. Friar Laurence
d. Juliet
35. Romeo kills _____
a. Juliet
b. Tybalt
c. Paris
d. Mercutio
e. Both (b) and (c)
36. The punishment Prince Escalus sentences Romeo to is _____
a. Death
b. Banishment
c. Prison
d. Community Service
e. A Saturday
37. Friar Laurence arranged for ______ to tell Romeo about Juliet’s “coma.”
a. Balthasar
b. Paris
c. Friar John
d. Page to Paris



38. What is a pestilence?
a. A plague
b. A poison
c. A gun
d. A prayer
39. What is an apothecary?
a. A poet
b. A pharmacist
c. A magician
d. A murderer
40. What weapon does Juliet use to kill herself?
a. Poison
b. A pistol
c. A noose
d. A knife
e. A bone
41. Which of the following is related to Prince Escalus?
a. Mercutio
b. Paris
c. Tybalt
d. Both (a) Mercutio and (b) Paris
e. Both (b) Paris and (c) Tybalt
42. Why did Romeo have to bribe the apothecary?
a. To make sure he could keep a secret
b. Poison was illegal in Mantua
c. The apothecary was poor
d. Romeo did not need money anymore.
43. How does Montague plan to honor Juliet?
a. By writing a poem
b. By erecting a statue in pure gold
c. By giving a speech
d. By drinking more poison













For the following questions #44-61, mark the letter that corresponds to the character most likely to have spoken the selected lines.
A=Juliet
B=Romeo
C=Friar Laurence
D=Benvolio
E=Tybalt
AB=A servant or a lower class character

44. “There is thy gold, worse poison to men’s souls,
Doing more murder in this loathsome world
Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not sell.”

45. “And to’t they go like lightning. For ere I
Could draw to part them was stout Tybalt slain,
And as he fell, did Romeo turn and fly.
This is the truth, or let Benvolio die.”

46. “Gallop apace you fiery-footed steeds,
Toward Phoebus’ lodging. Such a wagoner
And Phaeton would whip you to the west,
And bring in cloudy night immediately.”

47. “With love’s light wings I did o’erperch these walls,
For stony limits cannot hold love out.
And what love can do, that dares love attempt,
Therefore thy kinsmen are no let to me.”

48. “Nay, as they dare. I will bite my thumb at them, which is disgrace to them, if they bear it.”

49. “What, drawn, and talk of peace! I hate the word
As I hate Hell, all Montagues, and thee.
Have at thee coward!”

50. “Uncle, this is a Montague, our foe,
A villain, that is hither come in spite
To scorn at our solemnity this night.”

51. “The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night,
Checkering the eastern clouds with streaks of light,
And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels
From forth day’s path and Titan’s fiery wheels.”

52. “Oh, I cry you mercy, you are the singer. I will say for you. It is ‘music with her silver sound’ because musicians have no gold for sounding.”




53. “Hold, then, go home, be merry, give consent
To marry Paris. Wednesday is tomorrow.
Tomorrow night look that thou lie alone,
Let not thy nurse lie with thee in thy chamber.”

54. “And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death
Thou shalt continue two and forty hours,
And then awake as from a pleasant sleep.”

55. “We talk here in the public haunt of men.
Either withdraw unto some private place,
And reason coldly of your grievances,
Or else depart. Here all eyes gaze on us.”

56. “Oh, deadly sin! Oh, rude unthankfulness!
Thy fault our law calls death, but the kind Prince,
Taking thy part, hath rushed aside the law
And turned that black word ‘death’ to ‘banishment’
This is dear mercy, and thou see’st it not.”

57. “Hadst thou no poison mixed, no sharp-ground knife,
No sudden mean of death, though ne’er so mean
But ‘banished’ to kill me?-‘Banished?”

58. “Then I gave her, so tutored by my art,
A sleeping potion, which so took effect
As I intended, for it wrought on her
The form of death.”

59. “Delay this marriage for a month, a week;
Or, if you do not, make the bridal bed
In that dim monument where Tybalt lies.”

60. “Go ask his name. If he be married,
My grave is like to be my wedding bed.”

61. “I’ll tell thee ere thou ask it me again.
I have been feasting with mine enemy,
Where on a sudden one hath wounded me
That’s by me wounded. Both our remedies
Within thy help and holy physic lies.
I bear no hatred, blessed man, for, lo,
My intercession likewise steads my foe.”


For the questions 62-71, refer to the attached copies of pages 534 and 562 from your text book.

62. What do the numbers on the right side of the page signify?
a. Syllables
b. Line numbers
c. Dates
d. Times
63. Juliet’s lines on page 562 are an example of _______
a. An aside
b. A monologue
c. A soliloquy
d. A dialogue
64. Benvolio’s lines on page 534 are an example of _______
a. An aside
b. A monologue
c. A soliloquy
d. A dialogue
65. The lines on pages 562 and 534, like most lines of the play, are in what meter?
a. Iambic pentameter
b. Anapest tetrameter
c. Trochaic hexameter
d. Dactylic monometer
66. William Shakespeare composed Romeo and Juliet in ______
a. Free Verse
b. Free Bird
c. Blank Verse
d. Shakespearian
e. None of the above
67. The text in brackets is known as ______
a. Asides
b. Stage direction
c. Audience awareness
d. Visual excess
68. What are mandrakes?
a. Plants
b. Garden tools
c. Weapons
d. Wild animals
69. Exeunt means ______
a. Exit
b. Enter
c. Silent
d. Dance

70. When Juliet says, “Come, vial” and “Lie thou there,” she is addressing inanimate objects. This is a special type of personification known as _______
a. Synesthesia
b. Apostrophe
c. Monologue
d. Apothecary
71. What is ‘dexterity,’ as in line 146 on page 534?
a. Skill
b. Weight
c. Height
d. Sword
72. When line 151 on page 534 spills into line 152, this is an example of ______
a. Overflow
b. Enjambment
c. End rhyme
d. Slant rhyme
73. Who defined the Six Essential Elements?
a. Shakespeare
b. Aristocracy
c. Aristotle
d. Friar Laurence
e. None of the above
74. The Six Essential Elements refer to ______.
a. Poetry
b. Drama
c. Love
d. Essays
75. A proscenium stage is also known as a _______ stage.
a. Peninsula
b. Picture frame
c. Globe
d. Proxemics
76. An open stage is also known as a ______ stage.
a. Peninsula
b. Picture frame
c. Globe
d. Proxemics
77. The arrangement of the mis-en-scene is known as_____.
a. Proximity
b. Proxemics
c. Stage direction
d. Props




78. With an open stage, the audience views the action from ____ sides.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. None of the above
79. With a proscenium stage, the audience views the action from _____ sides.
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. None of the above
80. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet is memorable because of the _____.
a. Elaborate stage decorations
b. Clearly developed personalities of characters
c. Original song and dance
d. Cheap ticket price
e. None of the above
81. Drama began as _______.
a. Shadow puppets on cave walls
b. Greek religious traditions
c. Circus sideshows
d. Poetry set to music
e. None of the above
82. As Romeo finds Juliet’s body, he comments that she doesn’t appear dead. This is _____
a. Metaphor
b. Irony
c. Monologue
d. Extol
83. Characters who contrast with each other are called _____
a. Protagonists
b. Antagonists
c. Foils
d. Friars
84. “Parting is such sweet sorrow.” Sweet sorrow is a(n) ____
a. Metaphor
b. Oxymoron
c. Synesthesia
d. Simile
85. “The gray eyed morn smiles on the frowning night.” This is ____
a. Metaphor
b. Personification
c. Onomatopoeia
d. Aside


86. Many of the jokes in William Shakespeare’s dramas depended on the multiple meaning of words, like when Mercutio refers to himself as a “grave man,” he jokes on two meanings of grave: “serious” and “ready for the grave.” This type of joke is called what?
a. Oxymoron
b. Personification
c. Onomatopoeia
d. Pun
e. Aside
87. Which of the following is NOT an early Greek dramatist?
a. Euripedes
b. Sophocles
c. Aeschylus
d. Shakespeare
88. Which of the following is NOT part of the tripartite relationship of drama?
a. Script
b. Actor
c. Audience
d. Stagehand
e. None of the above
89. What type of drama comes from a Greek word that means goat song?
a. Comedy
b. Tragedy
c. History
d. All of the above
90. What type of drama comes from a Greek word that means singer of revels?
a. Comedy
b. Tragedy
c. History
d. All of the above
91. Aristotle outlined the Six Essential Elements of Drama in his work called what?
a. Poetics
b. Learn these Methods for Drama
c. You Can Write, Too
d. Drama: A Fool’s Guide
92. Shakespeare often incorporated these kinds of characters who were town drunks or witty servants.
a. Dynamic characters
b. Flat characters
c. Stock characters
d. Protagonists
e. Antagonists

93. Conversation between two characters is called what?
a. Monologue
b. Dialogue
c. Dialectical Journals
d. Aside
e. Speech
94. How many “acts” can you find in Romeo and Juliet, like most of Shakespeare’s plays?
a. one
b. two
c. three
d. four
e. five
95. Smaller divisions of the action within an act are called what?
a. Acts
b. Short Acts
c. One Act Plays
d. Scenes
e. Stories
96. Which of the following is the proper spelling for the author of a play?
a. Playright
b. Playwrite
c. Playwright
d. Scribe
e. Scriptor
97. Which of the following is NOT one of the Six Essential Elements of Drama?
a. Thought
b. Action
c. Language
d. Sound Effects
e. Song and Dance
98. What is the literary term used to describe a situation in which the audience knows something that the characters do not?
a. Metaphor
b. Metonymy
c. Irony
d. Onomatopoeia
99. Blank Verse is also known as what?
a. Unrhymed Iambic Pentameter
b. The Workhorse of English Poetry
c. Haiku Method
d. Free Verse
e. Both (a) and (b)
100. For the most part, Shakespeare’s characters speak in lines of how many syllables each?
a. 9
b. 10
c. 11
d. 12
e. 15