English 9 B - final exam

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1 English 9 B - final exam Part I. Romeo and Juliet. Mark A for true and B for false. 1. William Shakespeare was born in London, England. 2. Shakespeare was a well-known actor as well as a playwright. 3. The acting group called "The King's Men" took their name from their sponsor King James. 4. In Shakespeare's time, young boys played the female roles in stage plays. 5. It is believed that Shakespeare wrote 35 or more plays. 6. Shakespeare wrote most of his plays in blank verse with a very specific rhyme. 7. Shakespeare's plays are seldom seen on stage these days. 8. Shakespeare lived in the late 1500's and early 1600's during the time of Queen Elizabeth. 9. Tybalt tries to stop the fighting between the servants of the Montagues and the servants of the Capulets. 10. The Prince (Escalus) warns the two families that the penalty for brawling in the streets would be death. 11. At the beginning ofthe play, Romeo is in love with Rosemary. 12. When Tybalt wants Romeo sent from the party, Lord Capulet agrees to do so. 13. Juliet does not want Romeo to swear by the moon because it is never the same from night to night. 14. Romeo would rather be dead than banished. 15. Hoping to end the feud between the two fumilies, Friar Laurence marries Romeo and Juliet. 16. The nurse is supportive of Juliet and helps her avoid marrying Paris. 17. Juliet tells Friar Laurence that she would rather kill herself than marry Paris. 18. Friar Laurence helps Juliet escape from the marriage to Paris by giving her poison. 19. The Nurse feels little grief over Juliet's death. 20. Before Juliet swallows the potion, she imagines several ways in which the plan could go wrong. 21. By their deaths, the star-crossed lovers brought an end to their families feud. Part II. Romeo and Juliet. Multiple Choice. 22.Mercutio's dying remarks include a. a confession of guilt b. a burial request c. a curse on the families d. insults directed at the Nurse 23. Juliet's nurse is a. very proper b. unable to keep a secret c. talkative d. shy and quiet 24. In Act III, when the nurse brings Juliet the news of the day's tragedy, Juliet misunderstands and first thinks the slain man is a. Paris b. Romeo c. Tybalt d. her father 25. Which of the following are examples of oxymorons that Juliet says... a. Good night, Good night! b. Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! c. Dove feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb! d. b and c 26.Capulet plans the marriage with Paris because a. he is really mad at Juliet b. he thinks it will help Juliet c. he is a Capulet d. it will bring peace. 27. Friar Lawrence's letter is undelivered because of a. Romeo's trip b. accidental quarantine c. Paris's interception d. the apothecary 28. A death believed to be because of too much grief was a. Benvolio's over Mercutio b. Balthasar's over Romeo c. Juliet's over Tybalt d. Paris over Juliet 29. Juliet refuses to marry Paris because a. Capulet commands it. b. she is already married. c. she wants to be courted. d. she thinks she can disobey her father. 30.Capulet threatens Juliet with a. life in a nunnery b. disinheritance c. a dagger d. a vial of poison 31. Because the audience knows that Juliet is alive, the scene in which the Capulets, the Nurse, and Paris bemoan her death is an illustration of a. dramatic irony b. a complication in the plot c. a soliloquy d. comic relief 32. Before leaving Mantua, Romeo speaks with a. a friar for guidance b. an apothecary for poison c. his new friends for advice d. his father 33. During the fight between Paris and Romeo, a. Friar Laurence asks them to stop b. Juliet awakens c. Lord Capulet is injured d. Paris is killed 34.Romeo dies after a. drinking poison b. stabbing himself c. being stabbed by Paris d. none of these. 35. After learning of Romeo's death, Juliet a. takes poison too b. leaves the tomb c. stabs herself d. returns to her father's house

2 36. In the closing scene, the two families a. reconcile their differences b. continue the feud c. are punished by the Prince d. insist the Friar be held responsible for the deaths Part III. Matching. 37. Tybalt a. marries the lovers 38. Mercutio b. isn t quite thirteen; is threated with disinheritance 39. the nurse c. a hot tempered, saucy boy 40. Friar Laurence d. relative of the prince and friend of Romeo 41. Juliet e. early in the play she runs messages for the lovers 42.Balthasar a. he is "fortune's fool" 43.Romeo b. handsome suitor who never gets around to ''wooing'' 44. Mrs. Capulet c. decides on the wedding day 45. Paris d. relative of the Prince and friend of Romeo 46. Mr. Capulet e. makes the nurse stay for serious conversations Quotation Identification. Who said the following quotes? A.the nurse C. Mercutio E. Juliet AC. Lord Capulet AE. Benvolio B.Prince D. Romeo AB. Paris AD. Friar Laurence 47. A plague 0' both your houses! They have made worm's meat of me: I have it, And soundly too: your houses! 48. 'Tis but thy name that is my enemy, Thou art thyself, though a Montague. What's Montague? It is nor hand, nor foot, Nor arm, nor face, nor any part Belonging to a man. 49. If ever you disturb our streets again, Your lives will pay the forfeit of the peace. 50. Come, come with me, and we will make short work; For, by your leaves, you shall not stay alone Till holy church incorporate two in one. 51. Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt's death, And therefore have I little talked of love; For Venus smiles not in a house of tears. 52. Good night, good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow That I shall say good night till it be morrow. 53. But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. 54. I think you are happy in the second match, For it excels your first; or if it did not, Your first is dead: or 'twere as good he were, As living here and you no use of him. Part IV. The Odyssey. Multiple Choice. 55. Author of The Odyssey is a. Odysseus b. Agamemnon c. Homer d. Antinous 56. Leader and most evil of the suitors is a. Aeaea b. Antinous c. Apollo d. Eumaeus 57. Cyclops who puts a curse on Odysseus a. Scylla b. Charybdis c. Apollo d. Polyphemus 58. Enchantress who turns the men into swine a. Scylla b. Charybdis c. Circe d. Sirens

3 59. Six-headed sea monster a. Scylla b. Charybdis c. Circe d. Sirens 60. Home of Odysseus a. Mt. Olympus b. Troy c. Aeaea d. Ithaca 61. Odysseus' wife a. Penelope b. Athena c. Calypso d. Eurycleia 62. Son of Odysseus a Telemachus b. Eumaeus c. Polyphemus d. Laertes 63. God of the sea a. Zeus b. Hades c. Apollo d. Poseidon 64. Messenger of the Gods a Apollo b. Hermes c. Ares d. Eros 65. Number of years Odysseus has been away from Ithaca a. 5 b. 10 c. 15 d Odysseus proves his identity to his wife by a. revealing a secret b. showing a scar c. kissing her d. taking off his disguise 67. Early in the story, Athena fails to tell Telemachus that his father is alive because a. Zeus forbid it b. she wants him to kill the suitors c. she wants him to prove himself d. she is afraid he will tell his mom 68. Odysseus tries to hide his scar from his old nurse, shows which theme? a. a boy must struggle to become a man b. a soldier must struggle to return home c. a king must struggle to reclaim his kingdom 69. A long narrative poem about a long journey of a hero is a. epithet b. ballad c. epic d. a play 70. If someone were born in 500 B.C. and died 43 years later, when did they die? a. 543 B.C. b. 543 A.D. c. 457 B.C. d. 467 B.C. Literary terms from The Odyssey and Romeo and Juliet. A.aside C. simile E. run on AC. pun B.soliloquy D. blank verse AB. couplet AD. metaphor 71. unrhymed iambic pentameter 72. humorous play on words 73. comparison of two different things using like or as 74. someone talking to himself on stage 75. two lines in a row that rhyme A.prologue C. soliloquy E. aside AC. Blank verse B.end stop D. run on AB. Oxymoron AD. Dramatic irony 76. punctuation at the end of a line in poetry 77. saying something to the audience that the actors on stage can't hear 78. a pair of words that are opposed in meaning (icy hot) 79. when the audience knows something that characters on stage don't know 80. spoken by the chorus - it foreshadows the events in the act

4 Essay. The two main pieces of literature covered this trimester were The Odyssey and Romeo and Juliet. Select any FIVE ofthe following terms: Aside Irony Soliloquy Theme Metaphor Foil then answer the following about each term: 1) Define the term 2) Give a specific example(s) from either The Odyssey and/or Romeo and Juliet. For example - if the term were simile you would write.. A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as. Homer used similes in The Odyssey several times. An example was when he was describing Hermes. He compared how Hermes dipped into the water saying he dipped like a fish. Another example was when Odysseus tried to stay warm when he was washed on shore. Homer said he was like an ember in a fire. Each of the five parts will be worth five points for a total of 25 points possible.

5 An extra essay idea. Select ONE ofthese topics... Romeo wrote a note, which he gave to Balthasar, to be given to his parents on Friday morning. Write this note. Write it from Romeo's point of view remembering you only know what you have been told. What might (must) this note include? What would Romeo need his parents to know or understand? What might he ask his parents to do? OR Imagine that Juliet, before she takes her life, writes a note to her parents. Write this note. Write it from Juliet's point of view remembering you only know what you have been told. What might (must) this note include? What would Juliet need her parents (and the nurse) to know or understand? What might she ask her parents to do? Don't let the timing worry you... pretend time is suspended and your character has plenty of time to write a great note. I will grade you on: - knowledge of the play and this character shown in your response - your use of first person narrative - paragraph unity - sentence structure (no sentence fragments or run on sentences) - your spelling, grammar, capitalization, and punctuation skills. This writing will be worth 10 points, so be sure to give me a complete, well thought out, well written note. (No, you do not have to talk like they did back then. Archaic language is not necessary. )

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