Romeo & Juliet Test Review

Term Review Tragedy Tragic Hero Comic Relief Allusion Foil Soliloquy Aside Blank Verse Iambic Pentameter Couplet

1.) Two rhymed lines in a row

Couplet

2.) A character’s remark, to audience or another character, that others on stage are not supposed to hear; reveals character’s private thoughts

Aside

3.) A character whose personality or attitudes are in sharp contrast to those of another character in the same work

Foil

4.) A drama that ends in catastrophe – most often death – for the main character and often other important characters as well

Tragedy

5.) A form of poetry that uses unrhymed lines of iambic pentameter

Blank Verse

6.) A brief reference within a work, to something outside the work that an audience/reader is expected to know.

Allusion

7.) Usually someone nobly born and who may have great influence in society; has one or more fatal flaws that lead to his/her downfall.

Tragic Hero

8.) Lines that have five unstressed syllables, each followed by a stressed syllable.

Iambic Pentameter

9.) A speech that a character gives when he or she is alone on stage; to let audience know what the character is thinking

Soliloquy

10.) A humorous scene, incident or speech that relieves the overall emotional intensity

Comic Relief

Character Review Romeo Juliet Friar Laurence Lady Capulet Tybalt Montague Prince Escalus Capulet Lady Montague Rosaline Benvolio Mercutio Paris Peter Nurse

1.) Juliet’s dad; sometimes has a temper; believes it would be good for Juliet to marry Paris

Capulet

2.) Franciscan friar who helps Romeo and Juliet

Friar Laurence

3.) Romeo’s madly in love with her at the start of the play, but she wants to live a life of chastity

Rosaline

4.) Juliet’s life-long caretaker and confidante

Nurse

5.) Romeo’s dad; hates the Capulets

Montague

6.) A servant of the Capulets; accidentally invites Romeo and his friends to the Capulets’ party

Peter

7.) Relative of the Prince; Romeo’s friend; source of comic relief through word play

Mercutio

8.) Starts off in love with Rosaline; quickly falls in love with Juliet

Romeo

9.) Capulet’s nephew; hates the Montagues with a passion

Tybalt

10.) Romeo’s mom

Lady Montague

11.) Relative of the Prince; wants to marry Juliet

Paris

12.) Juliet’s mom who wants her to marry Paris

Lady Capulet

13.) Ruler of Verona

Prince Escalus

14.) Only 13 years old; originally unconcerned with love and marriage

Juliet

15.) Montague’s nephew; Romeo’s cousin and friend; tries to stop violence in public

Benvolio

Passage Analysis Can be found in a Word document on my Teacher Website.

Extended Response What is the main theme of Romeo & Juliet? What message is Shakespeare trying to communicate in this play? Provide a four sentence response, and be sure to include at least one example from the play as evidence.