1. Romeo & Juliet Test Review

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

3. 1.) Two rhymed lines in a row

4. Couplet

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

6. Aside

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

8. Foil

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

10. Tragedy

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

12. Blank Verse

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

14. Allusion

15. 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.

16. Tragic Hero

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

18. Iambic Pentameter

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

20. Soliloquy

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

22. Comic Relief

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

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

25. Capulet

26. 2.) Franciscan friar who helps Romeo and Juliet

27. Friar Laurence

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

29. Rosaline

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

31. Nurse

32. 5.) Romeo’s dad; hates the Capulets

33. Montague

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

35. Peter

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

37. Mercutio

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

39. Romeo

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

41. Tybalt

42. 10.) Romeo’s mom

43. Lady Montague

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

45. Paris

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

47. Lady Capulet

48. 13.) Ruler of Verona

49. Prince Escalus

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

51. Juliet

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

53. Benvolio

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

55. 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.