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Romeo and Juliet Review

English 9 unit test study guide for Romeo and Juliet: characters, plot by act, themes, literary devices, and quote IDs.

  • 30 questions
  • 5 categories
  • 10 games
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Who's Who

  1. Which Montague falls in love at the Capulet feast?RomeoEasy
  2. Which Capulet daughter, not yet fourteen, falls for a Montague?JulietEasy
  3. Who is Romeo's witty friend who gives the Queen Mab speech?MercutioMedium
  4. Who is Juliet's hot-tempered cousin?TybaltMedium
  5. Who marries Romeo and Juliet in secret?Friar LaurenceMedium
  6. Who raised Juliet and carries her messages to Romeo?The NurseHard
  7. Who rules Verona and banishes Romeo?Prince EscalusHard

Act by Act

  1. In Act 1, where do Romeo and Juliet first meet?At the Capulet feastEasy
  2. What do Romeo and Juliet do at the end of Act 2?Marry in secretEasy
  3. In Act 3, why is Romeo banished from Verona?He kills TybaltMedium
  4. In Act 4, what does the Friar give Juliet so she'll seem dead?A sleeping potionMedium
  5. In Act 5, why does Romeo never get the Friar's letter?Friar John is quarantinedHard
  6. At the very end of the play, what do the two families finally do?Make peaceMedium

Big Ideas

  1. What long conflict between the Montagues and Capulets drives the plot?The feudEasy
  2. The Prologue calls them "star-cross'd lovers." Which theme does that introduce?FateMedium
  3. Romeo and Juliet marry one day after meeting. Which theme does that show?HasteMedium
  4. Which theme contrasts the young lovers with their parents, the Nurse, and the Friar?Youth vs. ageHard
  5. "My only love sprung from my only hate!" Which two forces does Juliet pair?Love and hateHard

Craft Moves

  1. What do we call a speech given alone on stage that reveals a character's thoughts?SoliloquyMedium
  2. What do we call a quick remark to the audience that other characters don't hear?AsideMedium
  3. We know Juliet isn't really dead, but Romeo doesn't. What device is this?Dramatic ironyHard
  4. What device gives hints about what will happen later?ForeshadowingMedium
  5. "Cold fire" and "loving hate" put opposites side by side. What device is this?OxymoronEasy
  6. Dying Mercutio says, "You shall find me a grave man." What device is that?PunHard
  7. "Juliet is the sun." What device is this?MetaphorEasy

Who Said It?

  1. Who said it? "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?"RomeoEasy
  2. In "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" what does "wherefore" mean?WhyEasy
  3. Who said it? "A plague o' both your houses!"MercutioMedium
  4. Who said it? "What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word."TybaltMedium
  5. Who said it? "Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast."Friar LaurenceHard

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