Romeo and Juliet Act Four Test

In Act IV of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, what is the true reason Friar Lawrence does not encourage Paris in his plan to marry Juliet?

• The wedding plans are too rushed.

• Juliet is already married to Romeo.

• Friar Lawrence does not like Paris.

• Juliet will be dead before the wedding.

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Which detail about Friar Lawrence, revealed earlier in the play, takes on new, important meaning in Act IV of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?

• He is a Franciscan friar.

• He is a blood relative of Prince Escalus.

• He conducted the funeral service for Tybalt.

• He is an expert on the medicinal uses of plants.

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In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene ii, what decision does Capulet make after Juliet seems to agree to the wedding with Paris?

• to hold the wedding the next day

• to buy Juliet a special wedding dress

• to invite more guests than he had planned

• to ask Friar Lawrence to perform the wedding

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Which of the following most accurately describes what the nurse discovers on the morning of the wedding in Act IV, Scene v of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?

• Juliet’s lifeless body

• Juliet’s love for Romeo

• Juliet’s flight from Mantua

• Juliet’s body in a death-like trance

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At the beginning of Act IV, Scene i, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Paris reports to Friar Lawrence that Juliet is weeping. What is the true cause of her sadness?

• Juliet regrets her strong feelings of love for Paris.

• Juliet grieves over her rash act of marrying Romeo.

• Juliet loves Romeo and does not want to marry Paris.

• Juliet wishes she did not have to choose between Romeo and Paris.

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Which excerpt from Act IV best shows why Juliet is weeping?

• Juliet. To answer that, I should confess to you.

  Paris. Do not deny to him that you love me.

  Juliet. I will confess to you that I love him.

• Friar. O Juliet, I already know thy grief;

  It strains me past the compass of my wits.

  I hear thou must, and nothing may prorogue it,

  On Thursday next be married to this County.

• Friar. Hold, then. Go home, be merry, give consent

  To marry Paris. Wednesday is tomorrow.

• Friar. Hold!

  Get you gone, be strong and prosperous

  In this resolve. I’ll send a friar with speed

  To Mantua, with my letters to thy lord.

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How does Juliet act when she returns home from her visit to Friar Lawrence in Act IV, Scene ii, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?

• She acts angry.

• She acts fearful.

• She acts confused.

• She acts apologetic.

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Which lines from the play show Juliet being apologetic to Capulet?

• Capulet. Well, he may chance to do some good on her. / A peevish self-willed harlotry it is.

• Juliet. Where I have learnt me to repent the sin / Of disobedient opposition / To you and your behests, and am enjoined / By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here / To beg your pardon….

• Capulet. I’ll not to bed tonight; let me alone. / I’ll play the housewife for this once. What, ho! / They are all forth; well, I will walk myself / To County Paris, to prepare up him / Against tomorrow….

• Juliet. Ay, those attires are best: but, gentle nurse, / I pray thee, leave me to my self tonight; / For I have need of many orisons / To move the heavens to smile upon my state.

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In this passage from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene iii, what fear is Juliet expressing?

What if it be a poison which the friar

Subtly hath minist’red to have me dead,

Lest in this marriage he should be dishonored

Because he married me before to Romeo?

• Friar Lawrence has accidentally given her a poison that will kill her.

• Friar Lawrence has intentionally given her a poison that will kill her.

• Her marriage was poisoned because Friar Lawrence performed it secretly.

• Friar Lawrence will reveal her secret marriage, and Romeo

  will be dishonored.

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In Act IV, Scene iii, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet delivers a speech as she prepares to drink the potion. On what subject does she dwell in this speech?

• her undying love for Romeo

• her confidence in Friar Lawrence’s wisdom

• her resentment of her parents’ order that she marry Paris

• her fear of what may happen when she awakens in the tomb

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