Pre Test Romeo and Juliet

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1. Choose the line from Romeo and Juliet that is the BEST example of alliteration.
a. Your wit is like a tart apple. It makes very sharp sauce.
b. Not in a grave, to lay one in, another out to have.
c. It is some meteor that the sun exhales.
d. O single-solid jest, solely singular for the singleness!
2. Which figurative language from the story, “Romeo and Juliet”, best describes the line? “But, soft! What light
from yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.”
a. simile b. metaphor c. personification d. onomatopoeia
3. Choose the answer that BEST indicates the author’s thoughts and ideas when using these lines. “I fear too
early, for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars Shall bitterly begin this fearful date
With this night’s revels, and expire the term Of a despised life closed in my breast By some vile forfeit of
untimely death.”
a. to flashback to Romeo’s childhood c. to foreshadow Romeo’s death
b. to introduce the conflict of the play d. to introduce the setting of the play
4. Which of the figurative language that BEST indicates the poetic lines? “Why, then, O brawling love! O loving
hate! O anything of nothing first create! O heavy lightness! Serious vanity!”
a. personification b. oxymoron c. simile d. metaphor
5. Which of the following characters are dead in the last scene of the story?
a. Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio, Lady Montague, and Paris
b. Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, and Mercutio
c. Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio, and Paris
d. Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, and Benvolio
6. What happened to the foods, flowers, bells, and music that were to be used for Juliet’s marriage to Paris?
a. They are wasted, thrown away.
b. They are used for Juliet’s funeral.
c. There never were any preparations. It was a rushed wedding.
d. Romeo uses them when he marries Rosaline.
7. If Juliet would marry Paris, she would rather______.
a. die b. pretend to die c. run away d. kill Paris
8. Which statement best describes Benvilio’s advice to Romeo about love?
a. It’s better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
b. All’s fair in love and war.
c. There are plenty of fish in the sea.
d. All’s well that ends well.
9. Where did Romeo die?
a. Mantua b. Venice c. In the Capulet tomb d. In the Montague tomb
10. Romeo and Juliet’s setting is in_____.
a. Verona b. Madrid c. Florence d. Rome
11. In Act II, Shakespeare introduces Friar Laurence as he___________.
a. Collects beautiful flowers for the altar c. Fights with his own conscience
b. Says a mass for Tybalt d. Collects plants for medicinal use
12. The place “in choler,” from the beginning of the play, means________
a. in color b. angry c. in dress clothes d. wearing a collar
13. Where did Romeo and Juliet meet for the first time?
a. at Mercutio’s house c. at Lord Capulet’s party
b. on Juliet’s balcony d. at Friar Laurence’s cell
14. How did Juliet die?
a. She was Killed by the Montagues.
b. She was killed by Romeo when he learns she has been unfaithful with Paris.
c. She poisoned herself and died the same time as Romeo.
d. She stabbed herself with a dagger after she sees that Romeo is dead.
15. What were the conditions that Lord Capulet first placed upon Paris regarding his wish to marry Juliet?
a. He had to make her fall in love with him.
b. He had to wait two years.
c. He had to kill Romeo.
d. Both A and B.

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