Romeo and Juliet Acts 4 and 5

In Act IV, Scene i, Paris tells Friar Laurence, “Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death, / And therefore have I little talked of love.” What makes Paris’s comment an example of dramatic irony?

• Juliet is saddened by the death of Tybalt.

• Juliet is actually weeping over Romeo’s banishment.

• Juliet is pretending to cry in order to avoid seeing Paris.

• Juliet was in love with her cousin Tybalt.

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Which lines spoken by Juliet foreshadow the course of the action that Friar Laurence proposes in Act IV scene i?

• “Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears.”

• “Where I have learnt me to repent the sin Of disobedient opposition”

• “That is no slander, sir, which is a truth; And what I spake, I spake it to my face.”

• “Or bid me go into a new-made grave And hide me with a dead man in his shroud”

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Before taking the potion, Juliet fears

• The potion will not work

• The Friar is trying to kill her to cover up marrying them

• she will go insane

• All of the above

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There is irony in Friar Laurence’s consoling words about Juliet’s death because he

• caused her death

• knows that she is not really dead

• says the same thing to Romeo

• had a dream about it

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Romeo goes to the apothecary

• to buy poison to kill Paris

• to get poison to kill himself

• to get poison for Juliet to pretend to be dead

• to find out about what happened in Verona

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What does Romeo mean when he says that he has sold the apothecary poison?

• He is joking to relieve the tension of the illegal transaction.

• He has caused the apothecary to do something illegal and thus has harmed him.

• He will tell a lie to keep the apothecary out of legal trouble

• The gold he pays the apothecary causes more problems than poisons.

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Why does Friar Laurence's plan fail?

• Juliet wakes too soon.

• Romeo does not receive the friar’s letter.

• Paris arrives and discovers the plot.

• Romeo’s servant hides in the churchyard.

Why does Paris go to the graveyard?

• To die with juliet

• To guard the tomb

• To look for Romeo

• To put flowers on Juliet's grave

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When Prince Escalus says the following, he means the deaths in Act III are what? "Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague, / See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, / That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. / And I, for winking at your discords too, / Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished" (5.3.291-95).

• evil owen

• a happier future

• a deserved punishment

• this must be avenged

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In Act IV, Scene i, there are several examples of verbal irony. Which of the following is NOT an example of verbal irony?

• Paris says, “Happily met my lady and my wife!”

• Juliet responds, “That may be, sir, when I may be a wife.”

• In response to Juliet and Paris’s wedding plans, Friar Laurence says, “That’s a certain text.“

• Friar Laurence states, “My lord, we entreat the time alone.”

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