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The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Unit Test
PART I: Critical Reading
Directions: Choose the BEST answer for each of the questions that follow. For the essay questions, read the directions and write a paragraph explaining your answer.
1. In the Prologue, the Chorus indicates that it is hard for Juliet to find a way to meet Romeo (lines 11-12). Why are "her means much less" than his?
(1 point)
A young woman of high social rank in Verona would not be allowed to go out in public by herself.
A young woman of high social rank in Verona would not know her way around the city.
A young woman of high social rank in Verona would not be allowed to talk to young men at a party.
A young woman of high social rank in Verona would not be educated the same way a young man would be.
2. Complete the Prince's speech from Act I.
You men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your _______ rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins!
(1 point)
augmenting
transgressive
heretical
pernicious
3. Explain the meaning of Juliet's farewell speech. (Act II, scene ii, lines 184-185)
Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow. (3 points)
4. What kind of speech does Romeo give in Act III, scene i, lines 104-110?
[Exit Mercutio and Benvolio]
Romeo. This gentleman, the Prince's near ally, 103
My very dear friend, hath got his mortal hurt
In my behalf- my reputation stained 105
With Tybalt's slander- Tybalt that an hour
Hath been my cousin. O sweet Juliet,
Thy beauty hath made me effeminate
And in my temper soft'ned valor's steel!
[Enter Benvolio] (1 point)
monologue
soliloquy
aside
couplets
5. In Act IV, Juliet and Paris's marriage is set for Thursday. Interpret the Friar's words, "You say you do not know the lady's mind."
(1 point)
He means that Paris does not know if Juliet is busy that day.
He means that Juliet may want Romeo invited to the wedding.
He means that Paris does not know what kind of wedding Juliet would like to have.
He means that Paris does not know if Juliet will go along with the wedding.
6. When Romeo hears that Juliet is dead, he says, "Is it e'en so? Then I defy you, stars!" What does he mean by saying he will defy the stars?
(3 points)
7. In Act V, why was Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo?
(1 point)
He was visiting the sick with another friar in Verona.
He was stricken with the plague and could not travel.
Health inspectors kept him in a house because of risk of infection by the plague.
Search officers suspected him of committing a crime and kept him for several days.
PART II: Vocabulary and Grammar
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the BEST answer.
8. In which of the following sentences is an elliptical clause used correctly?
(1 point)
Henry is more outspoken than him.
Patrick is more skeptical than they.
The character of Juliet is more dramatic than her.
Tybalt is more mischievous than them.
9. Which of the following words are homographs? (1 point)
Fragile (delicate) and lacy (delicate)
Slay (to kill) and sleigh (a sled)
Desert (dry arid region) and desert (abandon duties)
Decline (turn down) and allow (approve)
10. Which indefinite pronoun and verb pair correctly completes the following sentence?
______ member of the group performing "Romeo and Juliet" ______ in attendance at rehearsal.
(1 point)
Neither . . . were
Either . . . was
Each . . . were
Each . . . was
11. What is the comparative modifier in the following sentence?
A Midsummer Night's Dream was more successful than many of Shakespeare's plays, but it was not the most successful.
(1 point)
was more
most successful
more successful
was most
Directions: Choose the words that BEST complete each sentence.
12. My sister, ____ wrote the music, is the one person ____ can answer the question. (1 point)
who . . . whom
who . . . who
whom . . . who
whom . . . whom
13. The teacher, ____ the students liked, asked ____ was interested in drama. (1 point)
who . . . whom
who . . . who
whom . . . who
whom . . . whom
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the BEST answer.
14. Which of the following words includes a prefix that means "through" or "across"? (1 point)
Conductor
Transcontinental
Exhale
Interactive
15. Which of the following words includes a prefix that means "between" or "among"? (1 point)
Conductor
Transcontinental
Exhale
Interactive
Directions: The questions below consist of a related pair of words in CAPITAL LETTERS followed by four lettered pairs of words. Choose the pair that BEST expresses a relationship similar to that of the pair in capital letters.
16. AMBIVALENT : FEELINGS :: (1 point)
valence : curtain
ambulance : car
ambiguous : meaning
violence : explosive
17. WESTWARD : WEST :: (1 point)
ward : hospital
western :
PART I: Critical Reading
Directions: Choose the BEST answer for each of the questions that follow. For the essay questions, read the directions and write a paragraph explaining your answer.
1. In the Prologue, the Chorus indicates that it is hard for Juliet to find a way to meet Romeo (lines 11-12). Why are "her means much less" than his?
(1 point)
A young woman of high social rank in Verona would not be allowed to go out in public by herself.
A young woman of high social rank in Verona would not know her way around the city.
A young woman of high social rank in Verona would not be allowed to talk to young men at a party.
A young woman of high social rank in Verona would not be educated the same way a young man would be.
2. Complete the Prince's speech from Act I.
You men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your _______ rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins!
(1 point)
augmenting
transgressive
heretical
pernicious
3. Explain the meaning of Juliet's farewell speech. (Act II, scene ii, lines 184-185)
Good night! Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow
That I shall say good night till it be morrow. (3 points)
4. What kind of speech does Romeo give in Act III, scene i, lines 104-110?
[Exit Mercutio and Benvolio]
Romeo. This gentleman, the Prince's near ally, 103
My very dear friend, hath got his mortal hurt
In my behalf- my reputation stained 105
With Tybalt's slander- Tybalt that an hour
Hath been my cousin. O sweet Juliet,
Thy beauty hath made me effeminate
And in my temper soft'ned valor's steel!
[Enter Benvolio] (1 point)
monologue
soliloquy
aside
couplets
5. In Act IV, Juliet and Paris's marriage is set for Thursday. Interpret the Friar's words, "You say you do not know the lady's mind."
(1 point)
He means that Paris does not know if Juliet is busy that day.
He means that Juliet may want Romeo invited to the wedding.
He means that Paris does not know what kind of wedding Juliet would like to have.
He means that Paris does not know if Juliet will go along with the wedding.
6. When Romeo hears that Juliet is dead, he says, "Is it e'en so? Then I defy you, stars!" What does he mean by saying he will defy the stars?
(3 points)
7. In Act V, why was Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence's letter to Romeo?
(1 point)
He was visiting the sick with another friar in Verona.
He was stricken with the plague and could not travel.
Health inspectors kept him in a house because of risk of infection by the plague.
Search officers suspected him of committing a crime and kept him for several days.
PART II: Vocabulary and Grammar
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the BEST answer.
8. In which of the following sentences is an elliptical clause used correctly?
(1 point)
Henry is more outspoken than him.
Patrick is more skeptical than they.
The character of Juliet is more dramatic than her.
Tybalt is more mischievous than them.
9. Which of the following words are homographs? (1 point)
Fragile (delicate) and lacy (delicate)
Slay (to kill) and sleigh (a sled)
Desert (dry arid region) and desert (abandon duties)
Decline (turn down) and allow (approve)
10. Which indefinite pronoun and verb pair correctly completes the following sentence?
______ member of the group performing "Romeo and Juliet" ______ in attendance at rehearsal.
(1 point)
Neither . . . were
Either . . . was
Each . . . were
Each . . . was
11. What is the comparative modifier in the following sentence?
A Midsummer Night's Dream was more successful than many of Shakespeare's plays, but it was not the most successful.
(1 point)
was more
most successful
more successful
was most
Directions: Choose the words that BEST complete each sentence.
12. My sister, ____ wrote the music, is the one person ____ can answer the question. (1 point)
who . . . whom
who . . . who
whom . . . who
whom . . . whom
13. The teacher, ____ the students liked, asked ____ was interested in drama. (1 point)
who . . . whom
who . . . who
whom . . . who
whom . . . whom
Directions: Read each question carefully and choose the BEST answer.
14. Which of the following words includes a prefix that means "through" or "across"? (1 point)
Conductor
Transcontinental
Exhale
Interactive
15. Which of the following words includes a prefix that means "between" or "among"? (1 point)
Conductor
Transcontinental
Exhale
Interactive
Directions: The questions below consist of a related pair of words in CAPITAL LETTERS followed by four lettered pairs of words. Choose the pair that BEST expresses a relationship similar to that of the pair in capital letters.
16. AMBIVALENT : FEELINGS :: (1 point)
valence : curtain
ambulance : car
ambiguous : meaning
violence : explosive
17. WESTWARD : WEST :: (1 point)
ward : hospital
western :