Romeo and Juliet Test and Answer Key with Study Guide for High School

Conclude a unit on Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet with this test evaluating knowledge of characters, conflicts, elements of drama, and historical context. An answer key is included, as well as a test prep guide and standards-based rubric for scoring essays. Materials are delivered in editable Word Document and printable PDF formats. (Alternatively, a self-grading Google Drive option is available.) By taking this assessment, students will do the following:

• Demonstrate knowledge of aspects of drama including relevant vocabulary and historical context

• Demonstrate knowledge significant characters and the key aspects of their lives

• Demonstrate knowledge of significant events throughout the play

• Identify the context of meaningful quotations in the play

• Apply knowledge of a variety of literary devices applied in the play including hyperbole, metaphor, situational irony, dramatic irony, verbal irony, and more

• Respond to an essay prompt requiring students to evaluate tragic mistakes characters make

• Cite relevant textual evidence in support of claims made in an academic essay

Materials are available for teaching a variety of Shakespeare's plays:

• Hamlet - Google and printable

• Julius Caesar - Google and printable

• King Lear - Google and printable

• Macbeth - Google and printable

• Othello - Google and printable

• Romeo and Juliet - Google and printable

• The Merchant of Venice - Google and printable

• The Tempest - Google and printable