Romeo and Juliet Test Review Identify Quotations Who

Romeo and Juliet Test Review

Identify Quotations Who is speaking? What does the quote mean? What is happening in the scene?

The earth that’s nature’s mother is her tomb. What is her burying grave, that is her womb; And from her womb children of divers kind We sucking on her natural bosom find, Many for many virtues excellent, None but for some, and yet all different. Answer: Friar Laurence

‘Tis but thy name that is my enemy. Thou art thyself, though not a Montague. What’s Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any other part Belonging to a man. O, be some other name! What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet. Answer: Juliet

Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I strew. (O woe! thy canopy is dust and stones) Which with sweet water nightly I will dew; Or, wanting that, with tears distilled by moans. The obsequies that I for thee will keep Nightly shall be to strew thy grave and weep. Answer: Paris

Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty. Thou art not conquered. Beauty’s ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death’s pale flag is not advanced there…. Shall I believe That unsubstantial Death is amorous, And that the lean abhorred monster keeps Thee here in dark to be his paramour? Answer: Romeo

Why, is not this better now than groaning for love? Now art thou sociable, now art thou Romeo; Now art thou what you art, by art as well as by nature. For this drivelling love is like a great natural that runs Lolling up and down to hide his bauble in a hole. Answer: Mercutio

Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague, See what scourge is laid upon your hate, That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love; And I, for winking at your discords too, Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished. Answer: Prince Escalus

O heavy lightness, serious vanity, Misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, Feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, Still-waking sleep, that is not what it is! This love feel I, that feel no love in this. Answer: Romeo

Beguiled, divorced, wronged, spited, slain! Most detestable Death, by thee beguiled, By cruel, cruel thee quite overthrown. O love! O life! not life, but love in death! Answer: Paris

O serpent heart, hid with a flow’ring face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show! Just opposite to what thou justly seem’st --A damned saint, an honorable villain! Answer: Juliet

This night you shall hold him at our feast. Read o’er the volume of young Paris’ face, And find delight writ there with beauty’s pen, Examine every married lineament, And see how one another lends content; And what obscured in this fair volume lies Find written in the margent of his eyes. This precious book of love, this unbound lover, To beautify him only lakes a cover. Answer: Lady Capulet

No, ‘tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door; but ‘tis enough, ‘twill serve. Ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o’ both your houses! Answer: Mercutio

Hang thee, young baggage! disobedient wretch! I tell thee what --- get thee to church a Thursday Or never after look me in the face. Answer: Lord Capulet

True / False Indicate whether the following statements are true/false. If the statement is false, you must correct it to receive credit for your answer.

T/F When the play begins, Romeo is in love with Rosamund. Answer: T/F Rome is the setting of the play. Answer: T/F False (Rosaline) False (Verona, Italy) Juliet’s Nurse tells her about Tybalt’s death. Answer: True

T/F Friar Laurence banishes Romeo to Mantua. Answer: T/F When the play begins, Juliet is in love with Paris. Answer: T/F False (no one ) Benvolio encourages Mercutio to fight with Tybalt. Answer: T/F False (Prince Escalus) False (discourages) Friar John marries Romeo and Juliet. Answer: False (Friar Laurence)

T/F Paris commits suicide when he realizes that Juliet is dead. Answer: T/F The Prince banishes Friar Laurence to Mantua near the end of the play. Answer: T/F False (Romeo) Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin. Answer: T/F False (Romeo) True Juliet’s Nurse thinks that she should marry Paris. Answer: True

T/F Mercutio sympathizes with Romeo’s love for Juliet. Answer: T/F Juliet’s Nurse makes a potion for Juliet that imitates death. Answer: T/F False (does not sympathize) False (Friar Laurence) Lady Capulet opposes Juliet’s marriage to Paris. Answer: False (supports)

Multiple Choice Select the best possible answer.

When the play begins, Juliet is how old? a. 21 b. 18 c. 16 d. 6 e. 13 Answer: e

Which characters are related to Prince Escalus? a. Mercutio b. Benvolio c. Knuckles d. Paris e. More than one of the above. Answer: e

What caused the feud between the Capulets and Montagues? a. Lord Capulet killed Lord Montague’s nephew. b. The Capulets stole land from the Montagues. c. Lady Montague insulted Juliet. d. Tybalt beheaded Romeo’s gerbil. e. None of the above. Answer: e

Why does the Friar agree to marry Romeo and Juliet? a. He hopes that the marriage will help end the feud between the Montagues and Capulets. b. He’s fearful that Juliet will pants him. c. He believes that Romeo and Juliet are deeply in love. d. He’s afraid of offending Romeo’s father. e. None of the above. Answer: a

Why does Friar Laurence’s message not reach Romeo in Mantua? a. Friar John has never left the city of Verona, and he’s worried that he won’t be able to find his way back. b. Romeo has moved to a new house, and Friar Laurence doesn’t have the correct address. c. A civil war in Italy has blocked all roads to Mantua. d. Friar John can’t get to Mantua because of an outbreak of the plague. e. None of the above. Answer: d

Mercutio doesn’t like Tybalt because: a. Tybalt is in love with Mercutio’s sister. b. Tybalt is too fashionable for Mercutio. c. Tybalt’s style of fencing is too formulaic. d. More than one of the above. e. Tybalt spilled cottage cheese on Mercutio’s new tights. Answer: d

According to the Prince’s opening speech, brawls between the Montagues and Capulets have disturbed the streets of Verona how often? a. Three times b. Not enough c. Five times d. Two times e. Ten times Answer: a

What is the name of the Nurse’s servant? a. Samuel b. Abraham c. Balthasar d. Spanky e. Peter Answer: d

What is Mercutio’s nickname for Tybalt? a. Tricky Ty b. Brawling Boy c. Prince of Cats d. King of Compliments e. LL Cool Tybalt Answer: c

Which of the following characters did Romeo kill? a. Paris b. Tybalt c. Yo Mamma d. Mercutio e. More than one of the above Answer: e

How much times elapses in the play? a. fifteen minutes b. five days c. one week d. three weeks e. six months Answer: c

Whose body is in the tomb with Juliet when she is under the spell of the potion? a. Mercutio’s b. Lord Capulet’s c. Benvolio’s d. Tybalt’s e. Jimmy Hoffa Answer: d

What time of day seems to best suit Romeo and Juliet? a. Dawn b. Late afternoon c. Right after brunch d. Night e. Noon Answer: d

Mercutio explains the reason why people dream by describing the action of which mythical character? a. Heracles b. Diane c. Cupid d. Queen Mab e. Venus Answer: d

The musicians appear in the play because they are hired for what occasion? a. Romeo and Juliet’s wedding b. Paris and Juliet’s wedding c. Paris and Romeo’s wedding d. The masquerade e. Juliet’s funeral Answer: b

Fill in the Blanks Provide the appropriate word(s) that will complete the quote.

Romeo: But soft! What light through yonder ______ breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the ________! Answer: window sun

Chorus: Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair ______, where we lay our scene From ancient ______ break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. Answer: Verona grudge

Mercutio: O, then I see Queen _____ hath been with you. She is the fairies’ midwife…. Answer: Mab

Romeo: My lips, two blushing ______, ready stand To smooth that rough touch with a tender ____. Answer: pilgrims kiss

Juliet: My only love, sprung from my only ______! Too early seen unknown, and known too ______! Answer: hate late

Friar: ______ itself turns vice, being misapplied, And vice sometime’s by action dignified. Answer: Virtue

Friar: Young men’s _____ then lies Not truly in their hearts, but in their _____. Answer: love eyes

Juliet: Give me my Romeo; and when he shall die, Take him and cut him out in little ______. And he will make the face of heaven so fine That all the world will be in love with _____. Answer: stars night

Juliet: ‘Romeo is ______’ --- to speak that word Is father, mother, Tybalt, Romeo, Juliet, All slain, all dead. Answer: banished

Montague: But I can give thee more; For I will raise her ______ in pure gold, That while ______ by that name is known, There shall no figure at such rate be set As that of true and faithful ______. Answer: statue Verona Juliet