AWL PRACTICE TEST 2025/2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the most common form of verse that Shakespeare used in his writing?
Stressed meter
Iambic pentameter
Unstressed meter
Dynamic pentameter - ✔✔Iambic pnetameter
✔✔Who is the main character in a tragedy that experiences a downfall?
Dynamic hero
Protagonist
Antagonist
Tragic hero - ✔✔Tragic Hero
✔✔What is a mistake or character defect that leads to a main character's downfall in a
tragedy?
Tragic downfall
Tragic flaw
Weakness
Tragedy - ✔✔Tragic Flaw
✔✔What is another word for "poetry" in Shakespeare's writing?
Lyric
Song
Prose
Verse - ✔✔Prose
✔✔What is a long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a character to another character
on a stage?
Monologue
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Aside - ✔✔Monologue
✔✔What is a speech in which a character, alone on stage, reveals private thoughts that
the audience is allowed to overhear?
Soliloquy
Aside
Monologue
Dialogue - ✔✔Soliloquy
✔✔What is a brief remark a character makes to the audience rather than to other
characters?
, Monologue
Soliloquy
Aside
Dialogue - ✔✔Aside
✔✔Why are Flavius and Murellus angry at the beginning of Act I?
The Roman citizens are rebelling against Julius Caesar.
Some citizens are taking a holiday to celebrate Julius Caesar's triumphant entry into
Rome.
Pompey won the Civil War against Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar accepted the crown. - ✔✔Some citizens are taking a holiday to celebrate
Julius Caesar's triumphant entry into Rome.
✔✔What date does the Soothsayer tell Julius Caesar to beware?
February 15
March 15
April 15
May 15 - ✔✔March 15
✔✔Who is known for their honor and love of Rome?
Cassius
Brutus
Julius Caesar
Antony - ✔✔Brutus
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a physical weakness of Julius Caesar?
Poor swimmer
Too old
Epilepsy
Deafness in one ear - ✔✔Too old
✔✔Who does Julius Caesar not like because "he thinks too much"?
Brutus
Antony
Cassius
Decius - ✔✔Cassius
✔✔Who is Julius Caesar's right hand man/biggest supporter?
Cassius
Antony
Brutus
Decius - ✔✔Antony
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
✔✔What is the most common form of verse that Shakespeare used in his writing?
Stressed meter
Iambic pentameter
Unstressed meter
Dynamic pentameter - ✔✔Iambic pnetameter
✔✔Who is the main character in a tragedy that experiences a downfall?
Dynamic hero
Protagonist
Antagonist
Tragic hero - ✔✔Tragic Hero
✔✔What is a mistake or character defect that leads to a main character's downfall in a
tragedy?
Tragic downfall
Tragic flaw
Weakness
Tragedy - ✔✔Tragic Flaw
✔✔What is another word for "poetry" in Shakespeare's writing?
Lyric
Song
Prose
Verse - ✔✔Prose
✔✔What is a long, uninterrupted speech delivered by a character to another character
on a stage?
Monologue
Dialogue
Soliloquy
Aside - ✔✔Monologue
✔✔What is a speech in which a character, alone on stage, reveals private thoughts that
the audience is allowed to overhear?
Soliloquy
Aside
Monologue
Dialogue - ✔✔Soliloquy
✔✔What is a brief remark a character makes to the audience rather than to other
characters?
, Monologue
Soliloquy
Aside
Dialogue - ✔✔Aside
✔✔Why are Flavius and Murellus angry at the beginning of Act I?
The Roman citizens are rebelling against Julius Caesar.
Some citizens are taking a holiday to celebrate Julius Caesar's triumphant entry into
Rome.
Pompey won the Civil War against Julius Caesar.
Julius Caesar accepted the crown. - ✔✔Some citizens are taking a holiday to celebrate
Julius Caesar's triumphant entry into Rome.
✔✔What date does the Soothsayer tell Julius Caesar to beware?
February 15
March 15
April 15
May 15 - ✔✔March 15
✔✔Who is known for their honor and love of Rome?
Cassius
Brutus
Julius Caesar
Antony - ✔✔Brutus
✔✔Which of the following is NOT a physical weakness of Julius Caesar?
Poor swimmer
Too old
Epilepsy
Deafness in one ear - ✔✔Too old
✔✔Who does Julius Caesar not like because "he thinks too much"?
Brutus
Antony
Cassius
Decius - ✔✔Cassius
✔✔Who is Julius Caesar's right hand man/biggest supporter?
Cassius
Antony
Brutus
Decius - ✔✔Antony
