Romeo and Juliet Test and Answer Key

This summative test covers William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet and includes an answer key, as well as a standards-based rubric for scoring essays. Materials are delivered in Word Document and PDF formats. By administering this assessment, teachers will evaluate students’ abilities to 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 that transpire
• Identify the context of meaningful quotations in the play
• Apply knowledge of a variety of literary devices applied in the novel 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