Romeo and Juliet Final Test Study Guide Section 1: Character Identification Know who each of the following characters is and to what family or faction they belong.  Romeo  Benvolio  Sampson  Juliet  Mercutio  Gregory  Lord Montague  Tybalt  Abram  Lady Montague  Paris  Peter  Lord Capulet  Prince Escalus  Balthasar  Lady Capulet  Rosaline  Petruchio Section 2: Plot Questions Understand the specifics and the significance of major events in each Act. Act 1 Act 2 Act 3 Act 4  Prologue  Prologue 2  The fight  Paris’s between Tybalt, conversation  Initial fight  Balcony Scene Mercutio, and with Friar between the  Friar Romeo Lawrence and servants Lawrence’s Juliet  The deaths of  Prince Escalus’s warning Mercutio and  Juliet’s threat decree  Friar Tybalt of suicide  Romeo’s Lawrence’s  Romeo’s  The sleeping melancholy agreement to banishment potion the marriage  Benvolio’s role  Juliet’s longing  Juliet’s fears in cheering  The Nurse’s for night Romeo up. meeting with  The Capulet Romeo  Juliet’s learning household’s  Mercutio’s of Tybalt’s reactions to Queen Mab  The Nurse death Juliet’s death Speech teasing Juliet  Capulet’s  Paris’s suit of  Friar decision Juliet Lawrence’s regarding Juliet final warnings  Lord Capulet’s and Paris view of Juliet’s  The nightingale marriage and the lark  Juliet’s  Juliet’s obedience foreshadowing  Romeo’s  Capulet’s foreshadowing outrage/change  The Capulets’ regarding Party Juliet’s marriage  Romeo and  The Nurse’s Juliet’s meeting change of heart

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Friar Lawrence Friar John Nurse Apothecary Citizens Chorus

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Act 5 Romeo’s dream Balthasar’s news Friar John cannot deliver the letter Romeo and the Apothecary The fight between Romeo and Paris Romeo’s treatment of Paris as he dies Romeo’s death Juliet’s death Friar Lawrence’s role Lady Montague’s fate The Prince’s final words The resolution of the feud

Section 3: Quote Identification and Analysis You will be given a series of quotations from the play. Each of these will be significant quotes that we discussed in class. Use your notes and annotations as a guide when studying. Each quote will be followed by a series of questions. Some things you may need to know are: 1. Who said it? 2. To whom was it said? 3. What does it mean? 4. Why is it significant?

Section 4: Figurative Language The following definitions will be given to you on the test. Your job will be to match the type of figurative language with an example of it from Romeo and Juliet.  Shared Line: A ten syllable line divided between two speakers.  Personification: Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.  Metaphor: A comparison of unlike things.  Simile: A comparison of unlike things that uses “like” or “as.”  Antithesis: Using two opposite ideas in the same line or speech.  Ecphonesis: Using the letter O to symbolize a cry of passion Section 5: Vocabulary You will be asked to define some of the “Shakespearean” words we’ve discussed over the course of the unit. Make sure you know these words in particular:  Hither  Thee  Fair  Sonnet  Thither  Thou  Shrift  Iambic Pentameter  Whither  Thy  Potion  Soliloquy  Ay  Thine  Poison  Ere