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LD ELA FINAL EXAM
LD ELA FINAL EXAM - ROMEO & JULIET
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What genre is the drama Romeo & Juliet? | Tragic Drama |
| Where does Romeo and Juliet take place? | Verona, Italy |
| When does Romeo and Juliet take place? | 14th Century |
| What is Romeo's tragic flaw that eventually leads to his death? | Does not think before he acts; Acts hasty |
| Who acts as comic relief in the play? | Mercutio, Nurse, & Servant Clown |
| Which characters help Romeo & Juliet with their relationship? | Nurse & Friar Lawrence |
| Who demanded that the public fighting stop? | Prince Esaclus |
| What did he do if the public fighting did not stop? | Tells them that anyone that fights will be executed |
| Why did Benvolio want Romeo to go to the masquerade ball? | To show Romeo the other girls in Verona |
| Why did Romeo want to go? | He wanted to see Rosaline |
| Who describes the setting of Romeo & Juliet to the audience? | Chorus |
| Who are the two families who maintain a blood feud against each other? | Montagues & Capulets |
| Where do Romeo and Juliet meet? | Capulet's masquerade ball |
| Capulet tells Paris to do the following in regards to Juliet? | Try to win her heart, wait two years to marry her, & look at the other women at the party and see if she is still the one he wants to marry. |
| Who is Tybalt? | Juliet's cousin |
| Who wants to kill Romeo when he recognizes his voice at the party? | Tybalt |
| Before falling in love with Juliet, Romeo can be described as? | Depressed |
| Which characters start the fight at the beginning of the play? | Sampson & Gregory |
| How does Rome end up in Juliet's backyard in Scene I? | Climbed the wall in order to see her again |
| Who is Paris? | Prince's cousin who wants to marry Juliet |
| During the balcony scene, Romeo refers to Juliet as all of the following? | The sun, a bright angel, & his lady love |
| During the balcony scene, Juliet explains that a _______ is not really part of a person and should not define who you are: | Name |
| During the balcony scene, Juliet very openly professes her love to Romeo because? | She doesn't know he is listening from below |
| How does Friar Lawrence react when he finds out that Romeo loves Juliet? | Thinks Rome is rushing into things |
| When Friar Lawrence says to Romeo "Young men's love then lies, not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes", he means? | Romeo thinks he is in love but he is really just attracted to the woman's beauty |
| What does "Doting" on her mean? | Being obsessed with her |
| Friar Lawrence finally agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet because? | Hopes that the marriage will unite the families |
| Why does the Nurse go to see Romeo the day after the balcony scene? | Juliet asks her to go and find out if Romeo wants to marry her |
| Why does Tybalt want to fight Romeo? | Wants to punish Romeo for intruding on the party |
| While teasing each other during Scene III, Romeo and Mercutio call each other the following names? | A goose, a woman, & a streetwalker |
| According to Mercutio and Benvolio, Romeo is in love with? | Rosaline |
| When a man is "courting" a woman, all of the following are true? | She should play hard to get, should compliment her beauty, & should bring her gifts and write her love notes. |
| The Nurse is important part of this play because? | She is the trusted friend & caregiver of Juliet & Has become the messenger between Romeo and Juliet |
| Friar Lawrence is known for his? | Sensibility |
| Tybalt is known as a? | Talented swordsman |
| When Friar Lawrence says that the Earth is "both a grave and a womb" what is he saying? | The world is full of extremes, like birth and death |
| The quotation "wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast", perfectly explains Friar Lawrence's character because? | Believes in being sensible and reasonable, thinning before acting so that he doesn't make a mistake |
| After speaking to Romeo on the street, the Nurse returns home and teases Juliet by? | Taking her time telling Juliet the news and making her beg to her it |
| Who is not present in Act II? | Tybalt |
| At the end of Act II, what happens? | Romeo and Juliet get married |
| The line "If you ever disturb our streets again, your lives will pay the forfeit of the peace" most nearly means? | If the two feuding families have another fight, they will be put to death by the Prince |
| In the beginning of the play Romeo is very depressed. What is the cause of his depression? | He is in love with Rosaline who wants to be a nun |
| "Juliet is the sun" is an example of? | Metaphor |
| A "pair of star-crossed lovers" refers to? | The death of Romeo and Juliet |
| Benvolio wishes to go to the Capulet party for which of the following reasons? | To prove to Romeo that there are other girls besides Rosaline |
| "Feather of lead" is an example of? | Oxymoron |
| When Friar Lawrence says "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes", he means that? | Romeo has fallen in love with the way Juliet looks, not with Juliet herself |
| When the Friar says that the violent delights have violent ends, this functions as? | Foreshadowing |
| Why is Mercutio happy to see Romeo the morning after the party? | He is no longer depressed about Rosaline and he is joking around with Mercutio like old times |
| Even though the Friar thinks Romeo & Juliet are rushing, he decides to marry them anyway. Why? | He is hoping that their union might discourage the parents from fighting |
| Which of the following is the correct sequence of events from Act III Scene I? | Tybalt kills Mercutio then Romeo kills Tybalt |
| Which of the following statements explains the phrase "A plague on both your houses!"? | Mercutio is cursing both families because he is going to die due to their fued |
| "Ask for me tomorrow and you shall find me a grave man" is an example of? | Pun |
| How does Juliet react at first to the news that Romeo killed her cousin? | She is horrified that she married a murderer and speaks about him using oxymorons like "honorable villain" |
| The phrase "devilish angel" is? | Oxymoron |
| How does Capulet react to Juliet's declaration that she will not marry Paris? | Lord Capulet tells Juliet if she will not agree to marry Paris he will drag her there and make her marry him. |
| Why does the nurse advise Juliet to marry Paris after she finds out that her parents have planned this wedding for her? | Romeo is banished & they do not know if he is coming back, Paris is handsome, & Paris is wealthy |
| What effect might the Nurse's advice at the end of Act III have on the relationship between Juliet and the nurse? | Juliet may no longer trust the Nurse |
| Juliet does not like the nurse's advice about marrying Paris as her parents wish. Whose advice does she decide to seek instead? | Friar Lawrence |
| Where does Romeo get banished to? | Mantua |
| When characters whisper to one another on stage, and the rest of the characters cannot hear them, this is an example of? | Aside |
| When Juliet is alone, on her balcony, speaking to herself so that others may hear her thoughts, this is what is known as? | Soliloquy |
| Descriptions of the setting and instructions on how characters are supposed to act are referred to as? | Stage Directions |
| A play with a sad ending is referred to as? | Tragedy |
| Which of the following phrases best describes the term "a little bit of humor injected into a serious play after tragic events"? | Comic Relief |
| When the good characters are rewarded and the evil characters are punished, this is known as? | Poetic Justice |
| How does Romeo feel about his banishment? | He feels that is is worse than death because he can no longer see Juliet |
| How does Friar Lawrence feel about Romeo's banishment? | He feels that the Prince had mercy on Romeo |
| How does Friar Lawrence help Juliet with her predicament? | He gives Juliet a potion to make her family believe that she is dead. Then Romeo and her would escape to Mantua |
| Why didn't Friar John deliver Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo? | He is held inside a quarantined house and is unable to leave |
| How does Capulet try to cheer Juliet up? | Sets up a wedding with Paris |
| What is Juliet fears about taking the potion? | Will not work, Friar Lawrence is trying to kill her, & she will go crazy and kill herself |
| What happens between the Capulet's and the Montagues at the end of the play? | Become friends and agree to build a statue of the other families child in gold. |
| What is foreshadowing? | A warning or indication of (a future event). |
| What is irony? | The expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect. |
| What is a pun? | A humorous play on words |
| What is a soliloquy? | Used when a single character is on stage, speaking to himself or herself so that you may know what is on that particular characters mind. |
| What is fact? | Something that is true and actually happened |
| What is fiction? | Something that is made up |
| What does attitude mean? | Influences the choices of a character, words, actions or responses. |
| What is a rhythm? | The beat of the poem that gives it musical sound |
| What is a simile? | A comparison of two alike things using like or as |
| What is a metaphor? | A comparison of two unlike things by saying one this is another |
| What is personification? | Giving non human things human like characteristics |
| What is a sonnet? | A 14 line lyric poem with one of several rhyme schemes |
| What is an oxymoron? | Two words that cancel each other out |
| How did Romeo happened to read the guest list to the Capulet party? | An illiterate servant asked for help |
| Who discovers Juliet after she takes Friar Lawrence's potion? | Nurse |
| How and where does Romeo commit suicide? | With poison in Juliet's tomb |
| Who is the last person to see Juliet before she stabs herself? | Friar Lawrence |
| Why does the Apothecary agree to sell Romeo poison? | He is poor and needs the money |
| What makes Romeo reluctant to go to the party? | He had a dream that something bad would occur that night |
| What describes Rome and Juliet's obstacles? | The families rivalry and Capulet's desire for Juliet to marry Paris |
| What event does the Prologue foreshadow? | The deaths of Romeo and Juliet |
| What makes Romeo's love for Juliet different from his love for Rosaline? | Juliet returns Romeo's love |
| Romeo is motivated to kill Tybalt because Tybalt has? | Killed Mercutio |
| Why is Capulet so upset by Juliet's refusal to marry Paris? | Thinks she is being ungrateful |
| What is dramatic irony? | Audience is aware of of something that the characters are completely unaware of, such as a situation or an event. |
| What's the order of death in Romeo and Juliet? | Mercutio, Tybalt, Romeo & Juliet |
| Who brings the news to Romeo in Mantua about Juliet's death? | Balthasar |
| Why could the apothecary be put to death? | Because he sold poison |
| What is theme? | A message about life that the author wishes to share and it is also a lesson |
| "One should be patient and not rush into decisions" is an example of ? | Theme |
| Who dies from grief when she discovers Romeo is exiled? | Lady Montague |
| Why does Friar Lawrence want Juliet's body placed in the tomb quickly? | Does not want her parents to feel sad, afraid of the potion not working & her waking up & wants her in their before Romeo gets there. |
| Why is Friar Lawrence's plan with Juliet risky? | Because only he knows that she will be in the tomb alive except for him and he need to get the message to Romeo |
| What does "Star-crossed Lovers" mean? | Two lovers that were never meant to be together |
| What is comic relief? | Comedy after a tragic event |
| "Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon!" is an example of? | Personification |
| "..If ever you disturb our streets again. Your lives shall pay the forfeit of the peace" was said by? | Prince Escalus |
| "Go thither; and with unattained eye. Compare her face with some that I shall show, And I will make thee think they swan a crow" was said by? | Benvolio |
| "Go ask his name, If he be married. My grave is like to be my wedding bed" was said by? | Juliet |
| "Young men's love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes" was said by? | Friar Lawrence |
| "It is the east, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun and kill the envious moon!" was said by? | Romeo |
| "My only love sprung from my only hate!....that i must love a loathed enemy (a Montague) was said by? | Juliet |
| "Wisely and slow. They stumble that run fast" was said by? | Friar Lawrence |
| "Hence banished is banished from the world. And world's exile is death; then banished is death mi-term'd" was said by? | Romeo |
| "O Romeo, Romeo wherefore are thou Romeo? be but sworn my love, and I'll no longer be a Capulet" was said by? | Juliet |
| "My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial. What if this mixture do not work at all? Shall I be married then to-morrow morning was said by? | Juliet |
| "Thou womb of death....I'll cram thee with more food" was said by? | Romeo |
| "But I can give thee more-fore I will raise her statue in pure gold" was said by? | Montague |
| "Never was there a story of more woe, than this Juliet and her Romeo" was said by? | Prince Escalus |
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