Romeo
and Juliet
TEST (Acts Two & Three)
PART ONE - Who said it, and why?
1. "Now old desires doth in his death-bed lie
And young affection gapes to be his heir"2. "Two of the fairest stars in all the heaven
Having some business, do entreat her eyes
To twinkle in their spheres till they return"3. "What's in a name? That which is called rose
By any other name would smell as sweet."4. "Thou knowest the mask of night is on my face
Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek
For that which thou has heard me speak tonight."5. "0, mickle is the powerful grace that lies In plants, herbs, and stones and their true qualities.
6. "Holy Saint Francis, what a change is here'.
Is Rosaline that thou didst love so dear
So soon forsaken?"'7. ". . . but let me tell ye, if ye should lead her into a fool's paradise ... it were a very gross kind of behavior... for the gentlewoman is young and therefore, if you should deal double with her, truly it were an ill thing..."
8. "Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee
Doth much excuse the appertaining rage
to such a greeting -- villain am I none
Therefore farewell, I see thou knowest me not."9. "Zounds, a dog, a rat, a mouse, a cat to scratch
A man to death!. ... Why the devil came you
Between us? 1 was hurt under your arm.10. ........................ "... And for that offense
Immediately do we exile him hence
I have an interest in your hates procedings
My blood for your rude brawls doth lie a-bleeding."11. ..................................... "Come civil night
Thou sober-suited matron all in black.
And learn me how to lose a winning match
Played for a pair of stainless maidenhoods."12. "0 serpent heart hid in a flowering face
Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? ...
Was ever book containing such vile matter
So fairly bound?"13. "There is no world without Verona walls
But purgatory, torture, hell itself
Hence banished is banished from the world
And the world's exile is death.14. ...................... "Hold thy desperate hand.
Art thou a man? Thy form cries out thou art;
Thy tears are womanish, thy wild act denote the unreasonable fury of a beast."15. "Madam, if you could find out but a man
To bear a poison, I would temper it;
That Romeo should, upon receipt thereof,
Soon sleep in quiet. 0 how my heart abhors
To hear him named and cannot come to him,
To wreak the love I bore my cousin
Upon his body that hath slaughtered him!"16. "Hang thee young baggage! disobedient wretch!
I tell thee what - get thee to the church a
Thursday Or never after look me in the face.17. "I think you are happier in the second match
Font excels the first; or if it did not.
Your first is dead - or 'twere as good as were."
PART TWO - Write YES or NO
_____ 1. Romeo asked Juliet to marry him. _____ 2. "Wherefore art thou Romeo?" means "Where are you, Romeo?" _____ 3. "Titan's fiery wheels" is an allusion to the sun chariot
from mythology._____ 4. The friar's knowledge of herbs serves as a foreshadow. _____ 5. Tybalt killed the Prince's cousin. _____ 6. Mercutio and the Nurse provide comic relief in the play. _____ 7. No one new about the marriage of Romeo and Juliet. _____ 8. Romeo went to Mantua to live in exile. _____ 9. Juliet hates Romeo for killing her cousin, Tybalt. _____ 10. Friar Laurence comforts Romeo when he is crying over
his banishment._____ 11. Mercutio defends Romeo against Tybalt's insults. _____ 12. Nurse comforts Juliet when her father says she must marry Paris
PART THREE
Identify each of the following quotes according to the literary device which it exemplifies. (Use each term only once.)
Alliteration Foreshadow Oxymoron Allusion Hyperbole Paradox Apostrophe Irony Personification Conceit Metaphor Pun Dramatic Irony Metonymy Simile
1. "Take him and cut him out in little stars
and he will make the face of heaven so fine
that all the world will be in love with night ..."2. "Thou art as glorious to this night....
as the winged messenger of heaven."3. "Beautiful tyrant, fiend angelical
Dove feathered raven, wolvish ravening lamb."4. "The day to cheer and night's dank dew to dry"
5. "But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East and Juliet is the sun."6. "I am not I if there be such an I
or those eyes shut that make thee answer7. "0 Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo
Deny thy father and refuse thy name
or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love
and I'll no longer be a Capulet."8. Juliet was not aware that Romeo was listening when she confessed her love for him.
9. "Arise fair sun and kill the envious moon
Who is already sick and pale with grief
That thou her maid art far more fair than she."10. "Speak to my gossip VENUS one fair word
One nicknamed for her purblind son and heir
Young ABRAHAM CUPID, he that shot so true
When KING COPHETUA loved the beggar maid."11. Lord Capulet arranged for Juliet to marry Paris right after she had just married Romeo.
12. "The earth that's nature's mother is her tomb What is her burying place, that is her womb."
13. "I am no pilot, yet wert thou as far
as that vast shore washed with the farthest sea,
I Should adventure for such merchandise."14. "this day's black fate on more days doth depend, This but begins the woe others must end."
15. "It was the NIGHTINGALE and not the LARK That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear."
PART FOUR - Match each word with its proper meaning.
1. Tackled stair A) Confession before a Priest 2. King Cophetua B) The Virgin Mary 3. Osier cage C) Intimate friend 4. Phoebus D) Rope ladder 5. Shrift E) To prolong. postpone 6. Venus F) Hero of a popular ballad 7. Holidam G) Apollo, god of the sun 8. Porogue H) Willow basket 9. Gossip I) Arguing over subtle distinctions 10. Chop logic J) Goddess of Love
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