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?
