Today we need to review for the final.
Romeo and Juliet
1) Define soliloquy and give an example from the play.
2) List the three sonnets found in Romeo and Juliet.
3) List two pairs of dramatic foils why they are dramatic foils.
4) Outline the plot for Romeo and Juliet
Inciting Event:
Climax
Resolution:
5) Discuss who the Queen of Mab is and list three different dreams that she brings people.
6) List and explain one extended metaphor that appears in the play.
7) Explain the symbolism of the Nightingale and the Lark. What act does this symbol appear in? What has just happened in the story?
For the following quotations name the speaker
8) If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a gentle kiss ______________________
9) Young men’s love then lies
Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes ___________________
10) Some twenty of them fought in this black strife
And all those twenty could kill just one life ________________________
11) Younger than she are happy mothers made ____________________
12) No less? Nay, bigger! Women grown by men. _________________
13) The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she;
She is the hopeful lady of my earth.
But woo her gentle Paris, get her heart.
My will to her consent is but a part. ________________________
14) This, by his voice should be a Montague. ______________________
15)“O happy dagger this is they sheath” is an example of what two literary elements?
16) “These violent delights have violent ends
and in the triumph die, like fire and powder
which as they kiss consume.”
List at least two literary elements found in the above quote.
17)“A plague on both houses” is an example of what type of literary device?
18) “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise far sun and kill the envious moon
Who is already sick and pale with grief”
List two literary elements found in the quote above.
19)What are three worries that Juliet expresses before she drinks the potion that Friar Lawrence has given her?
20)List all the people who die in the play and to what family they belong.
21)Why isn’t Friar John able to deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo?
22)How old was Lady Capulet when she had Juliet? According to Lord Capulet what did this do to her?
23)Friar Lawrence says that nature holds both poison and healing power. Discuss how this works in the play?
24)What is Romeo’s tragic flaw?
25)When Romeo visits the apothecary’s shop in Act 5 he compares Gold to What?
TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
1-4) Give three scenes/examples of the following theme and discuss how your example backs up the theme:
1) The Meaning of Duty
2) Courage
3) Appearance vs. Reality
4) Discuss the following symbols and what they represent in the novel:
The Fire
The knot-hole in the oak tree
The mad dog
5) List three allusions and discuss what ideas the allusions reinforce.
6) Why doesn’t Heck Tate want Bob Ewell’s death to go to court?
7) List and discuss five lessons that Scout learns.
8) Define situational irony. List one event in the novel that is ironic.
9) Discuss the three-part structure of TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
10)How does this novel fit the definition of a bildungsroman?
11)Who are mockingbirds in this novel? How? Why?
12)How does the novel begin and end in the same place?
13)Even though Atticus loses the court case, how does he begin to change the town?
14)Discuss the importance of the following characters
Miss Maudie
Aunt Alexandra
Mr. Avery
Stephanie Crawford
15)Discuss flowers in this novel – at least two different types of flowers – what do they symbolize?
16)List five people that Scout fights.
17)List five types of prejudice that appear in the novel.
OBJECTIVES: At the end of this unit students will be able to
Knowledge:
1) List the five elements of tragedy
2) List the five elements of a tragic hero
3) Define theme, plot, setting, foreshadow, oxymoron, soliloquy, personification, dramatic foil, metaphor, symbol, simile
4) Give the four elements of a sonnet and a brief description of traditional sonnet themes
5) Describe how sonnets are used in Romeo and Juliet
6) Define various vocabulary words from the play
7) List three things the prologue of the play does
Comprehension:
8) Identify a metaphor within a line of poetry
9) Identify the rhyme scheme of a English sonnet and break a sonnet into quatrains and couplets
10) Give a brief description of all the characters and their roles in the play
11) Given a line of dialogue identify the speaker
12) Outline the plot and break in up into exposition, inciting event,
rising action, climax, falling action and catastrophe (or resolution)
13) Summarize each scene into a headline
Application
14) Demonstrate an understanding of a scene in a drawing
15) Demonstrate a relation of characters to contemporary times through a
simulation called “TOO HOT FOR SHAKESPEARE: ROMEO AND JULIET LIVE ON
THE JERRY SPRINGER SHOW”
16) Demonstrate an understanding of characters and acting techniques by
writing out a script (including the lines, subtext, emotion or tone, and
blocking) and acting out the scene from memory
17) Demonstrate an understanding of the play by writing journal entries
and in-class writing assignments including a Dear Abbey Letter,
interviews with citizens of Verona, Wedding Vows between Romeo and
Juliet, personal responses, in-class presentations on characters.
Analysis
18) Write a persuasion paper on Romeo and Juliet.
19) In an essay compare and contrast a Shakespeare Comedy to a Shakespeare Tragedy.
20) In an essay discuss with evidence from the text who is responsible for the deaths of “the star-crossed” lovers
Below is a previous test - when we finish you should start filling it out.
Romeo and Juliet
1) Define monologue and give an example from the play.
2) Define soliloquy and give an example from the play.
3) Define oxymoron and give an example from the play.
4) List the three sonnets found in Romeo and Juliet.
5) Mercutio’s name is an allusion to what Roman god?
6) List two pairs of dramatic foils why they are dramatic foils.
7) Outline the plot for Romeo and Juliet
Exposition:
Inciting Event:
Rising Action (3 events):
Falling Action (3 events):
Resolution:
8) Discuss who the Queen of Mab is and list three different dreams that she brings people.
9) List and explain one extended metaphor that appears in the play.
10)Explain the symbolism of the Nightingale and the Lark. What act does this symbol appear in? What has just happened in the story?
11)Define foreshadow and give an example from the play.
12)Define implied metaphor and give an example from the play.
For the following quotations name the speaker
13) If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine the gentle fine is this:
My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand
To smooth that rough touch with a gentle kiss ______________________
14) Young men’s love then lies
Not truly in their hearts but in their eyes ___________________
15)Thou art like one of these fellows that, when he enters the confines of a tavern, claps me his sword upon the table and says, “God send me no need of thee!” and by the operation of the second cup draws him on the drawer, when indeed there is no need.
________________________________
16) Some twenty of them fought in this black strife
And all those twenty could kill just one life ________________________
17) Younger than she are happy mothers made ____________________
18) No less? Nay, bigger! Women grown by men. _________________
19) The earth hath swallowed all my hopes but she;
She is the hopeful lady of my earth.
But woo her gentle Paris, get her heart.
My will to her consent is but a part. ________________________
20) Compare her face to some that I shall show
And I will make thee think they swan a crow ______________________
21) This, by his voice should be a Montague. ______________________
22)“O happy dagger this is they sheath” is an example of what two literary elements?
23) “These violent delights have violent ends
and in the triumph die, like fire and powder
which as they kiss consume.”
List at least two literary elements found in the above quote.
24)“A plague on both houses” is an example of what type of literary device?
25)“She’ll not be hit with cupids’ arrow/and in strong proof of chastity/ well armed she’ll not stay the siege of loving terms”
The above quote is an example of what type of literary device?
26) “But soft, what light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun.
Arise far sun and kill the envious moon
Who is already sick and pale with grief”
List two literary elements found in the quote above.
27) “O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright
She hangs upon the cheek at night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiop’s ear—
Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear”
List three literary devices found in the quote above.
28)What are three worries that Juliet expresses before she drinks the potion that Friar Lawrence has given her?
29)Why does the Prince say, “All are punished” at the end of the play? Who exactly has been punished?
30)List all the people who die in the play and to what family they belong.
31)Why isn’t Friar John able to deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo?
32)How old was Lady Capulet when she had Juliet? According to Lord Capulet what did this do to her?
33)Friar Lawrence says that nature holds both poison and healing power. Discuss how this works in the play?
34)What is Romeo’s tragic flaw?
35)Outline the following characters (tell me everything you know about them):
Romeo:
Juliet:
Tybalt:
Benvolio:
Mercutio:
36)Define personification
37)Define direct metaphor and give an example from the play.
38)Why does Capulet demand that Juliet marry Paris?
39)When Romeo visits the apothecary’s shop in Act 5 he compares Gold to What?
40) Who is Balthasar?
