Romeo and Juliet - Act IV

Who will be waiting in the tomb when Juliet awakens from the sleeping potion?

• Lady Capulet
• The Nurse
• Capulet
• Romeo

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Who is supervising the preparations for the wedding?

• Lady Capulet
• Lord Capulet
• The Nurse
• Servingmen

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Paris advances the plot by coming to the Friar's cell to

• receive confession for his sins before he marries

• arrange for his imminent marriage to Juliet

• get advice from the Friar for dealing with Juliet's grief

• get a cure for some illness

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Juliet threatens to commit suicide unless the Friar

• can convince her that God means for her to marry Paris

• has a message for her from the exiled Romeo

• has made arrangements for her to join Romeo in Mantua

• can tell her how to prevent the marriage to Paris

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What compels Juliet to agree to the Friar's desperate plan?

• She is afraid of public humiliation.

• She doesn't want to jeopardize Romeo's life.

• She believes that the only place she will be safe is in a convent.

• She has a sense of honor and morality.

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Following Friar Lawrence's instructions, Juliet

• suggests that the Nurse help Lady Capulet so that she, Juliet, can be alone

• packs her belongings for her escape to Mantua

• writes a note apologizing to Paris for taking her life

• leaves her bedroom and, descending into the Capulet orchard, drinks the potion there

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Juliet's thoughts before she drinks the potion indicate that she

• is almost hopeful the potion will kill her

• has complete faith in the Friar's plan

• is torn with terrible internal conflicts

• doesn't really understand the consequences of her actions

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Juliet's lifeless body is discovered by

• Paris

• the Nurse

• Lady Capulet

• Lord Capulet

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After each of the mourners speaks of his or her grief, the Friar comments: "The heavens do look angrily upon you for some ill;/Move them no more by crossing their high will." To what ill might the Friar be referring?

• the killing of Mercutio in violation of the Prince's command

• Capulet's loss of temper at Juliet and his subsequent ordering of her to marry Paris

• Lady Capulet's fiery demand that the Prince put Romeo to death

• Lady Capulet's plan to hire a hit man to kill Romeo

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Why is Friar Lawrence hesitant to marry Juliet and Paris?

• He knows Juliet will die. 
• He already married her to Romeo.
• He knows they are not a great match. 
• He wants to marry Juliet himself. 

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