Unit 9 Practice Test

Question 1

Antithesis 

Answer 1

The use of parallel construction to balance two opposing ideas

Question 2

Blank verse

Answer 2

Unrhymed iambic Pentameter

Question 3

Comedy

Answer 3

A light hearted drama

Question 4

Couplet

Answer 4

Two lines of poetry that have end
rhymes

Question 5

Dramatic irony

Answer 5

 Occurs when the audience knows something that one or more of the characters on the stage do not

Question 6

Iambic pentameter

Answer 6

Metrical pattern in which a line of poetry can be divided into five groups of two syllables each with the second syllable in each group stressed

Question 7

Oxymoron

Answer 7

A figure of speech that combines two contradictory or opposite words to convey a certain idea

Question 8

Pun


Answer 8

A joke or play on words based on words with multiple meanings

Question 9

Tragedy

Answer 9

A serious drama, that usually ends with the death or downfall of the protagonist

Question 10

Tragic Irony 

Answer 10

Occurs when the audience knows that a characters, words or actions will bring about death or downfall of the character but the character does not know this

Question 11

The story of Romeo and Juliet was adapted from a long narrative poem by _______

Answer 11

Arthur Brooke

Question 12

Most of the action of Romeo and Juliet, take place in the city of _________

Answer 12

Verona

Question 13

______ Is believed to have died exactly 52 Years after he was born

Answer 13

William Shakespeare

Question 14

Shakespeare was born in the English city of _______

Answer 14

Stratford–upon–Avon

Question 15

______ Is the announcer who introduces the basic situation of the play to the audience

Answer 15

The chorus

Question 16

______ Is the announcer who introduces the basic situation of the play to the audience

Answer 16

The chorus

Question 17

At the Capulet party_________Reveals to Romeo that Juliet is a Capulet

Answer 17

The nurse

Question 18

At the beginning of the play _________ Asks for Capulets permission to marry Juliet 

Answer 18

Paris

Question 19

Throughout the play ______ Acts as a father figure to Romeo

Answer 19

Friar Lawrence

Question 20

_______ vows to kill Romeo when he sees Romeo at the Capulet party

Answer 20

Tybalt 

Question 21

Tybalt kills _____ Who pronounces a curse on the Capulet in Montague houses as he dies

Answer 21

Mercutio 

Question 22

when mercutio Says “ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man.” he is using which literary device

Answer 22

A Pun

Question 23

The line “ Parting is such a sweet sorrow” Contains an example of _______

Answer 23

Oxymoron

Question 24

Which conflict is resolved in the play

Answer 24

The conflict between Capulet and Montague

Question 25

At the beginning of act 5 Balthazar Tells Romeo that Juliet is dead, but the audience. No she is not. This Event clearly displays 

Answer 25

Dramatic, irony

Question 26

Which characters die in the play

Answer 26

mercutio, Tybalt, Paris, Romeo, Juliet, lady Montague 

Question 27

Which character takes responsibility for the death of Romeo and Juliet

Answer 27

Friar Lawrence

Question 28

Exposition

Answer 28

The Montague and Capulet families are engaged in a family feud 

Question 29

Inciting moment

Answer 29

 Romeo and Juliet meet at the Capulet party

Question 30

Rising action

Answer 30

Friar, Lawrence, Marries Romeo, and Juliet, in secret

Question 31

Climax

Answer 31

Romeo is banished

Question 32

Falling action

Answer 32

Juliet discovers that her father made arrangements for her to marry Paris in three days

Question 33

Moment of final suspense

Answer 33

Romeo arrives at the tomb and holds Juliet in his arms before drinking the poison. He remarks at her cheeks and lips are red

Question 34

Catastrophe

Answer 34

Romeo and Juliet, both die