Romeo and Juliet Test Review

Which of the following events is NOT part of the play's exposition?

• Romeo and Juliet fall in love at the Capulet ball.

• A feud exists between the Capulet and Montague families.

• The play takes place in Verona, Italy.

• Juliet is a Capulet.

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Which of the following events is NOT part of the play's rising action?

• Paris asks Capulet permission to marry Juliet.

• Romeo kisses Juliet at the Capulet ball.

• Juliet drinks a sleeping potion.

• Tybalt is angry that Romeo is at the Capulet ball.

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Which of the following events ARE part of the turning point climax?

• Romeo drinks poison.

• Tybalt kills Mercutio.

• The Capulets get mad at Juliet.

• Romeo kills Tybalt

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Which of the following events is NOT part of the falling action?

• Lord Capulet arranges for Juliet to marry Paris.

• The feud ends.

• Juliet drinks a sleeping potion.

• Romeo buys poison.

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Which of the following events IS part of the falling action and the catastrophe climax of the play?

• Tybalt kills Mercutio.

• Romeo kills Paris.

• The chemist sells Romeo poison.

• Romeo and Juliet commit suicide.

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Which of the following events IS the resolution of the play?

• Romeo drinks the poison.

• Juliet stabs herself.

• Capulet and Montague end their feud.

• Friar Laurence explains the events to the Prince.

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What is the term for a contradiction between what the audience knows and what a character knows to be true?

• alliteration

• foreshadowing

• dramatic irony

• paradox

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Friar John was unable to deliver the letter to Romeo because of the quarantine. Of which of the two types of conflict is this an example?

• external

• internal

• dramatic

• emotional

To build suspense, Shakespeare often gives clues that hint of events to come. What is the literary term for this?

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• foreshadowing

• tragedy

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Romeo’s first reaction to both being banished and learning of Juliet’s death is to kill himself. This is an example of his tragic flaw. What is it?

• impulsiveness

• emotional

• suicidal

• determination

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