Semester 1 Final Exam

Question 1

Capulet (Juliet’s father) – how does he change throughout the play?

Answer 1

Juliet’s father changes through the play a lot, at first he is very thoughtful and thankful for Juliet. In the beginning of the play, he is in a good mood. He is throwing a big party to show his beautiful daughter off, though tells Paris she is too young to marry at 14. At the end, he is in an extreme rush to get her married right away.

Question 2

Romeo – describe who he is.

Answer 2

Romeo is the son of the Montagues and is in love with Juliet.

Question 3

Juliet – describe who she is

Answer 3

Daughter of the Capulets and is in love with Romeo. She was supposed to get married to Paris. She is naïve and sensible.

Question 4

Describe Tybalt and his role in the play.

Answer 4

Cousin of Juliet, very aggressive, kills Mercutio, and then Romeo kills him.

Question 5

Who first finds Juliet’s seemingly “dead” body? How does this character react?

Answer 5

The nurse finds Juliet’s body and starts screaming and crying that Juliet is dead because the nurse was like her main caretaker and really loved Juliet and felt so hurt

Question 6

What advice does Friar Laurence give to Romeo and Juliet before they are married?

Answer 6

Friar Laurence tells them that Romeo should love moderately

Question 7

Describe Mercutio.

Answer 7

Mercutio is a kinsman to the Prince of Verona and a friend to Romeo. He gets killed by Tybalt and is childish. He is also witty and loyal.

Question 8

Who is the messenger who is supposed to give the message to Romeo, but is delayed due to quarantine?

Answer 8

Friar John

Question 9

Whom does Capulet want Juliet to marry?

Answer 9

Paris

Question 10

Why is Romeo banished? Who banishes him? And where does he go?

Answer 10

Romeo is banished because he killed Tybalt, the prince banishes him, and Romeo goes to Mantua.

Question 11

Who are the “peacemakers” of the play?

Answer 11

The peace makers are Benvolio, prince, and Friar Laurence

Question 12

Who is Romeo’s first love?

Answer 12

Rosaline

Question 13

What is the purpose of the Chorus at the beginning of the play?

Answer 13

To introduce the play

Question 14

How does Lady Montague die?

Answer 14

She dies because she was depressed about Romeo’s banishment.

Question 15

How does Lady Capulet respond to Tybalt’s death?

Answer 15

She was mourning over his death, and said that Romeo needs to get killed. So she wants revenge.

Question 16

How long after Romeo and Juliet met did they get married?

Answer 16

They got married the next morning.

Question 17

What is “Mantua” and how is it important to the story?

Answer 17

Mantua is the place where Romeo goes for his banishment.

Question 18

What, specifically, do the two families plan to do to show that the feud is ended?

Answer 18

They want to make statues of Romeo and Juliet.

Question 19

How does Paris die?

Answer 19

Romeo kills Paris in the Capulet tomb, while going to Juliet.

Question 20

What is the name of Romeo’s servant?

Answer 20

Balthasar

Question 21

“Two households, both alike in dignity, in fair Verona, where we lay our scene.”

Answer 21

a) Chorus
b) It occurs in the beginning of the play, during the introduction
c) It means that the play is about two families that hate each other.

Question 22

“Go hence, to have more talk of these sad things; Some shall be pardoned, and some punished; For never was a story of more woe Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.”

Answer 22

a) Prince
b) It occurs at the end of the play when the feud is over
c) It means, lets go and talk, some things will be forgiven and others won’t, there wasn’t a story more painful than Romeo and Juliet.

Question 23

“Oh Romeo, Romeo . . . deny thy father and refuse thy name.”

Answer 23

a) Juliet
b) It occurs during the famous balcony scene
c) It means why do you have the last name of a Montague, because she is in love with the feuding families son.

Question 24

“Hang thee, young baggage! Disobedient wretch! I tell thee what – get thee to church a Thursday or never again look me in the face.”

Answer 24

a) Lord Capulet
b) It occurs in the bedroom after Romeo left the bedroom
c) It means that he is mad at Juliet for not wanting to marry Paris.

Question 25

“Uncle, this a Montague, our foe! A villain that is hither come in spite to scorn at our solemnity this night.”

Answer 25

a) Tybalt
b) It occurs when Romeo is at the Capulet ball
c) It means why Romeo who is our enemy here, he’s here to ruin our party.

Question 26

“O that I were a glove upon that hand, That I might touch that cheek!”

Answer 26

a) Romeo
b) It occurs during the middle of the balcony scene
c) It means that Romeo is calling Juliet the prettiest of all and even if he had a glove on he would still touch her cheek and love her.

Question 27

“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.”

Answer 27

a) Juliet
b) It occurs during the balcony scene
c) It means that she is referring to Romeo and his family name and how a name doesn’t matter

Question 28

“Holy Saint Francis! What a change is here! Is Rosaline, that thou didst love so dear, so soon forsaken?”

Answer 28

a) Friar Laurence
b) It occurs in the beginning when Rosaline doesn’t love Romeo back
c) It means that Romeo doesn’t know how to love and that he will love someone else soon if he finds a different woman.

Question 29

“Death that hath sucked the honey of thy breath, hath had no power yet upon thy beauty…and death’s pale flag is not advanced there.”

Answer 29

a) Romeo
b) It occurs at the end of the play after he killed Paris
c) It means that Juliet’s body doesn’t look dead.

Question 30

“Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting. Villain am I none.”

Answer 30

a) Romeo
b) It occurs in the middle of the play during Act 3 after he got married and before the death of Mercutio and Tybalt.
c) It means that Romeo is saying that he’s not a villain and he wants to be friends because they are now cousins and he doesn’t want hatred between him and Tybalt for forever.

Question 31

Metaphor

Answer 31

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable

Question 32

iambic pentameter

Answer 32

a line of poetry with ten syllables with every second syllable stressed.

Question 33

Dramatic Irony

Answer 33

Irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play

Question 34

Sonnet

Answer 34

this is the poem style Shakespeare wrote in. It is a 14 line poem with a complex rhyming scheme.

Question 35

Soliloquy

Answer 35

A character thinking out loud so the audience can hear them

Question 36

Foil

Answer 36

it means that they character serves to highlight one or more attributes of another character

Question 37

Comic Relief

Answer 37

an amusing scene, incident, or speech introduced into serious or tragic elements, as in a play in order to provide temporary relief from tension

Question 38

Whats the theme of R&J?

Answer 38

A flaw of the youth is that they sometimes act first and think later

Question 39

Evidence number one?

Answer 39

Act 3, Scene 1, Line 84, 109, 123-124

Question 40

Evidence number two?

Answer 40

Act 4, scene 3, line 58

Question 41

Evidence three if needed?

Answer 41

Act 5, scene 3, line 119-120

Question 42

What is the time period in which Shakespeare lived? (Hint: you also studied this in history.)

Answer 42

Renaissance

Question 43

What is the name of the theater where Shakespeare’s played were performed? (FYI you can still visit it today!)

Answer 43

The Globe Theater.

Question 44

Describe Elizabethan theater, give at least 3 details

Answer 44

Inn-yards, Open air Amphitheaters and Playhouses. The Inn-yards were the original venues of plays and many were converted into Playhouses. The Amphitheaters were generally used during the summer months and then the Acting Troupes moved to the indoor playhouses during the Winter Season.

Question 45

Where was Shakespeare born?

Answer 45

He was born in London.

Question 46

Was Shakespeare well known and successful during his life? How do you know?

Answer 46

Yes, he was because he would write many plays and become famous

Question 47

Roughly how many people could fit into the Globe Theater?

Answer 47

3,000 people