Romeo and Juliet TEST – Flashcards
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The purpose of the Chorus in the prologue is to...
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introduce the story line
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Why is the Prince angry with the Capulets and the Montagues?
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both families have been fighting
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How does Romeo feel when he thinks about Rosaline?
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sad
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Lord Capulet suggests that Paris should...
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leave and return in two years
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Which character does Shakespeare use to provide comic relief in Act 1, Scene 3?
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the Nurse
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Lady Capulet tells Juliet to think about marriage because...
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Paris wants to marry her
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Which event during the Capulets' party in Act 1, Scene 5 takes place first?
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Tybalt recognizes Romeo
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Tybalt's conversation with Lord Capulet reveals that Tybalt is...
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aggressive
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Reread Act 1, Scene 5, lines 91-108. Shakespeare has Romeo and Juliet speak in rhyme instead of blank verse to emphasize that...
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they are deeply in love
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What does the Nurse tell Juliet at the end of the party?
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Romeo is a Montague
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Tybalt meets Benvolio in the street and thinks that Benvolio is...
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fighting in the street
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What do the marginal notes for lines 74-81 and 82-90 help you understand about the main point of the Prince's speech?
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He is angry and explains the penalty for future fighting between the families.
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Reread Act 1, Scene 1, line 124-135. Lord Montague's lines indicate that Romeo is...
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depressed and hiding in his room
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Why does Lord Capulet hesitate when Paris asks to marry Juliet?
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Juliet is very young and is Capulet's only surviving child.
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Shakespeare provides comic relief in Act 1, Scene 3 by having the Nurse...
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tell a story about her husband
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Lady Capulet tells Juliet to start thinking about marriage because...
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younger women than Juliet are already mothers
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What reason does Romeo give for wanting to avoid the Capulet's party?
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He has dreamed that something bad will happen.
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Which word best characterizes Tybalt's reaction when he recognizes Romeo at the party?
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confrontational
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Romeo's presence at the party cause Lord Capulet to...
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say that Romeo has a good reputation
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Reread Act 1, Scene 5, lines 91-108. Why does Skakespeare have Romeo and Juliet speak in rhyming lines instead of blank verse?
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to emphasize the emotions of Romeo and Juliet
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According to the summary of Act 2, Scene 1, where does Romeo go after the party?
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into the Capulet orchard
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Juliet is afraid that the love between Romeo and herself...
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has come too quickly
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Juliet tells Romeo that if he loves her, he will...
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marry her
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Friar Laurence is hesitant to marry Romeo and Juliet because he...
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thinks Romeo is being fickle
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Which event in Friar Laurence's cell happens last in Act 2, Scene 3?
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Friar Laurence agrees to marry Romeo and Juliet.
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Shakespeare includes a soliloquy at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 3 reveal Friar Laurence's belief that people...
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are both good and evil
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Act 2, Scene 4, lines 39-55 are an example of Shakespeare's use of comic relief because Romeo and Mercutio...
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engage in word play
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Tybalt send a letter to Romeo to...
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challenge Romeo to a fight
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Reread Act 2, Scene 2, line 37. Shakespeare uses Romeo's aside to reveal...
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Romeo does not know what to say
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Tybalt's letter to Romeo...
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challenges Romeo to a duel because Romeo came to the Capulet banquet
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Which sentence best explains Romeo's statement in lines 10-11 from Act 2, Scene 2?
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I love Juliet, and I wish she knew it.
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Why does the Nurse delay telling Juliet about Romeo's plans?
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She enjoys teasing Juliet.
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Reread Act 2, Scene 1, lines 6-10. These lines tell you that Mercutio...
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loves to joke with Romeo and tease him
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What plan does Romeo share with the Nurse?
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Juliet will say that she is going to confession but will marry Romeo instead.
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Which sentence best explains what Romeo means in Act 2, Scene 2, lines 19-22?
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Juliet's cheeks and eyes are so bright that they shame the stars while birds sing and think it is day.
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What does Shakespeare reveal about the ending of the tragedy through Friar Laurence's allusion to fire and gunpowder in Act 2, Scene 6, lines 9-15?
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Romeo and Juliet's love will not end happily.
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Reread Act 2, Scene 2, lines 116-120. What do the lines suggest about Juliet's personality?
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Juliet is cautious and sensible when it comes to romance.
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After the Nurse sees Romeo, her actions toward Juliet show that she...
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loves Juliet and likes teasing her
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Why is Friar Laurence concerned about Romeo's request to marry Juliet?
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Romeo falls in love too quickly.
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What does the summary of Act 2, Scene 1 tell you about Romeo's actions immediately following the party?
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He goes to the Capulet orchard.
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Friar Laurence's plan is that Romeo should...
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visit Juliet and then hide in Mantua
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Reread Act 3, Scene 2, lines 1-3-. Shakespeare uses this soliloquy to reveal Juliet's...
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ability to make careful decisions
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Reread the marginal note for Act 3, Scene 2, lines 114-127. What does the note help you understand?
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Juliet is more upset that Romeo is banished than she would be if her parents had died.
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How does Friar Laurence finally succeed in comforting Romeo?
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He gives Romeo a plan for solving the problems.
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Reread Act 3, Scene 5, lines 80-83. What does Shakespeare reveal about Juliet through Juliet's aside?
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She can hide her true feelings cleverly.
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Lord Capulet agrees to let Paris marry Juliet because Lord Capulet...
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wants to make Juliet happy
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Lord Capulet agrees to let Paris marry Juliet because Lord Capulet ...
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thinks Juliet is too upset about Tybalt's death and wants to cheer her up
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Juliet says in her soliloquy in Act 3, Scene 5, lines 240-241, "Go, counselor! Thou and my bosom henceforth shall be twain." What does Shakespeare reveal about Juliet in these lines?
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She believes that the Nurse has betrayed her
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What is the Prince's punishment for Romeo?
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banishment
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Whose life does Juliet threaten to end in lines 242-243 of Act 3, Scene 5?
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her own
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Romeo responds to the news of the Prince's punishment for him by...
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wailing and moaning irrationally about his fate
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Why does Romeo fight Tybalt?
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Tybalt has killed Mercutio.
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Lord Capulet's reaction to Juliet's refusal to marry Paris is to...
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threaten never to see her again
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What does Juliet ask the Nurse to do at the end of Act 3, Scene 2?
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take Romeo a ring from Juliet
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Lady Capulet doubts Benvolio's description of the fight because...
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Benvolio is Romeo's relative and his friend
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Reread Act 3, Scene 3, lines 1-31. What does Shakespeare reveal about Juliet through Juliet's soliloquy?
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She loves Romeo and is impatient to see him again.
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Romeo kills Tybalt because Tybalt fights...
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Mercutio
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Why does Romeo want to avoid fighting Tybalt?
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Romeo has just married Juliet, Tybalt's cousin.
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Romeo's banishment is a merciful punishment because by law...
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Romeo should be killed for killing Tybalt.
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Mercutio challenges Tybalt to fight because...
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Mercutio is defending Romeo's honor
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How does Paris feel about his upcoming wedding to Juliet?
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eager
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How does Juliet feel when she first visits Friar Laurence's cell?
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hopeless
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Friar Laurence tells Juliet that his potion will make her...
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fall into a deep sleep
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What does Lord Capulet do first after Juliet tells him she will marry Paris?
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moves up the wedding day
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Shakespeare uses Juliet's soliloquy in lines 14-58 of Act 4, Scene 3 to reveal that Juliet is...
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scared
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What does Lady Capulet tease Lord Capulet about on Juliet's wedding day?
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chasing women
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The Nurse is in a good mood on Juliet's wedding day because she...
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believes that Juliet wants to marry Paris
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Who finds Juliet on the morning of her wedding?
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the Nurse
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In Act 4, Scene 5, Lord Capulet calls Death his...
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son-in-law
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The most likely reason that Shakespeare ends Act 4 with a conversation between musicians and a servant is to...
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ease the tension with comic relief
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Paris goes to Friar Laurence's cell to...
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make wedding plans
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What does Juliet's threat to harm herself in Act 4, Scene 1 reveal about her personality?
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She reacts emotionally to situations.
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Friar Laurence suggests that Juliet take the potion because he...
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hopes to help Romeo and Juliet be together
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The change in the wedding date affects Friar Laurence's plan because...
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Juliet's parents might realize what is going on
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Reread Act 4, Scene 3, lines 14-16. What does Shakespeare reveal in these lines from Juliet's soliloquy?
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Juliet is afraid that the plan will not work.
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To ensure that she will not have to marry Paris, Juliet...
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intends to stab herself if the potion fails.
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Reread the marginal note for lines 11-13 from Act 4, Scene 4. What does the note help you understand about Lord Capulet?
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He is in a good mood and is joking with his wife.
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Reread Act 4, Scene 5, lines 1-11. The Nurse's comments reveal that she...
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believes that Juliet has forgotten about Romeo for Paris
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Which character is the last to hear about Juliet's supposed death?
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Paris
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What is the most likely reason that Shakespeare ends Act 4 with a conversation between musicians and a servant?
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The conversation serves as a comic relief to ease the tension.
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Romeo thinks that Juliet is dead because...
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Balthasar tells him that Juliet is dead
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Why does Friar Laurence hurry to the Capulet's tomb?
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to free Juliet
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Which character reaches the Capulet's tomb first?
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Paris
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Romeo tells Bethasar to ...
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take a letter to Romeo's father
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What does Romeo beg Paris to do?
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leave him alone
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When Romeo enters the tomb, he notices that Juliet...
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is still beautiful
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Why does Friar Laurence leave Juliet alone in the tomb?
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He is afraid of the guard.
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Reread Act 5, Scene 3, lines 161-166. Shakespeare uses this soliloquy to reveal Juliet's...
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desire to die with Romeo
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Reread Act 5, Scene 3 lines 229-269. Friar Laurence's speech tells you that Friar Laurence is...
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honest
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What do the Montagues and the Capulets do at the tomb?
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end their feud
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Reread Act 5, Scene 1, lines 34-40. Shakespeare reveals through this soliloquy that Romeo...
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reacts emotionally to problems
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What does Friar Laurence hurry to the Capulet's tomb to do?
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reach Juliet before she wakes up
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Why is Paris at the cemetery?
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He is upset about Juliet's death and wants to put flowers on her grave.
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Reread Act 5, Scene 3, lines 43-44. Shakespeare reveals through this aside that Balthasar is...
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concerned about Romeo
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Reread the marginal not for the Scene 3, lines 45-49. What does the note help you understand?
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Romeo is going to open the tomb and go inside it to die.
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How does Paris believe Juliet died?
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Juliet's grief over Tybalt killed her.
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When Romeo sees Juliet in the tomb, he notices that she...
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is warm and full of color
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What does Juliet hope to accomplish by kissing Romeo in the tomb?
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Juliet hopes that Romeo has poison on his lips so that their kisses will kill her.
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Why do Lord Capulet and Lord Montague stop their feud at the end of the play?
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They understand that their hate destroyed their children.
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Reread Act 5, Scene 3, lines 309-310. Shakespeare probably ends the play with rhyming lines instead of blank verse because he wants to...
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make the ending memorable
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Tragedy
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a dramatic work that presents the downfall of a dignified character (tragic hero) or characters.
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Tragic Flaw
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an error in judgement on the part of the hero that set in motion the events in a tragic plot. Succeeding events are linked in a cause-and-effect relationship and lead inevitably to a disastrous conclusion, usually death.
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Irony
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a special kind of contrast between appearance and reality — usually one in which reality is opposite of what it seems.
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Dramatic Irony
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Where the reader or viewer knows something that the character does not know
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Verbal Irony
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When someone knowing exaggerates one thing and means another
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Situational Irony
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A contrast between what a reader or character expects or happens
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Soliloquy
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a speech in drama in which a character speaks his or her thoughts aloud. Generally, the character is on the stage alone, not speaking to other characters and perhaps not even consciously addressing an audience.
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Aside
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a short speech in drama directed to the audience, or another character, that is not heard by the other characters on stage.
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Allusions
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an indirect reference to a famous person, place, event, or literary work.
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Blank Verse
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blank verse is unrhymed poetry written in iambic pentameter. That is, each line of blank verse has five pairs of syllables. In most pairs, an unstressed syllable is followed by a stressed syllable. The most versatile of poetic forms, blank verse imitates the natural rhythms of English speech.
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Tragic Hero
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characters who are involved in historically or socially significant events.
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Stage Directions
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instructions typically included in a play which are usually printed in italic type. They serve as a guide to directors, set and lighting designers, performers, and readers. When stage directions appear within passages of dialogue, parentheses are usually used to set them off from the words spoken by characters.
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Setting
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The time and place of the action of a story.
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Scene
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In drama, the action is often divided into acts and scenes. Each scene presents and episode of the plays plot and typically occurs at a single place and time.
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Protagonist
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the main character in a work of literature — the character who is involved in the central conflict of the story. Usually the protagonist changes after the central conflict reaches a climax. He or she may be a hero and is usually with whom the audience tends to identify.
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Antagonist
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a principal character or force in opposition to a protagonist or main character. The antagonist is usually another character but sometimes can be a force of nature, a set of circumstances, some aspect of society or a force within the protagonist.
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Act
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a major division within a play, similar to a chapter in a book. Each act may be further divided into smaller sections, called scenes.
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Conflict
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a struggle between opposing forces. Almost every story has a main conflict — a conflict that is the story's focus. An external conflict involves a character pitted against an outside force, such as nature, a physical obstacle, or another character. An internal conflict is one that occurs within a character.
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Foil
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a character who provides a striking contrast to another character. By using a foil, a writer can call attention to certain traits possessed by a main character or simply enhance a character by contrast.
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Foreshadowing
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a writer's use of hints or clues to suggest events that will occur later in the story. The hints and clues might be included in a character's dialogue or behavior, or they might be included in details of description. Foreshadowing creates suspense, mystery, and surprise, and makes readers eager to find out what will happen.
