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Name: _______________________________________________ Date: _______________________
Romeo and Juliet Pre-Test
Directions: Activate your prior knowledge to answer each question as completely as possible. More information equals more points! If you aren’t sure, put what you think. If you don’t know, guess! The only way to miss out is to leave it blank or just give up and say “IDK.”
1. What do you know about Shakespeare? ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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2. What do you know about Romeo and Juliet? ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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3. Define characterization. ____________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Match the dramatic term to its definition:
a. Monologue_____
b. Soliloquy_____
c. Aside_____
d. Pun_____
e. Oxymoron_____
f. Double-meaning word for comic effect
g. A speech by a character alone on stage
h. Character talking directly to the audience
i. Phrase that seems to contradict itself
j. A long speech given by one character
5. Paraphrase the following quotation:“My child is yet a stranger in the world;
She hath not seen the change of fourteen years,Let two more summers wither in their pride,
Ere we may think her ripe to be a bride.” ____________________________________________________________________________________________
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6. Fill in the blanks to identify the different parts of the script indicated by each arrow.SCENE I. Verona. A public place.
Enter SAMPSON and GREGORY, of the house of Capulet, armed with swords and bucklers SAMPSON Gregory, o' my word, we'll not carry coals. GREGORY No, for then we should be colliers.