Romeo and Juliet Act 5

Why doesn't Romeo know that Juliet is not truly dead?

• The message was never delivered to him.

• Friar John didn't want to deliver the news to Romeo.

• Romeo had a heart attack.

• He was in another town.

What prevents Friar John from delivering his message to Romeo?

• He is jumped by a group of Capulets during his trip to Mantua.

• He is quarantined in a house believed to be infected with the plague.

• He isn't prevented from delivering his message to Romeo.

• He falls off his horse while on his way to Mantua.

What action does Balthasar's news prompt Romeo to do?

• to stay in Mantua

• to return to Verona to die next to Juliet.

• to have a duel with Lord Capulet.

• Balthasar doesn't deliver any news to Romeo.

his sight of death is like a bell that warns me I'm old and I'll die soon."

This quote by Lady Capulet is an example of .........?

• simile

• metaphor

• alliteration

• dialogue

Where does Romeo get the poison?

• From Balthazar

• From an apothecary

• He makes it

"Money is a worse poison to men's souls than these poor poisons that you're not allowed to sell."

The underlined words from the apothecary's quote above is are an example of .................?

• Similie

• metaphor

• personification

In Act 5, ___________________ irony is used when Romeo and the Capulet family believe that Juliet is dead. This is because the audience knows that she still alive.

• dramatic

• verbal

• situational

Why does Paris confront Romeo next to Juliet's tomb.

• He thinks that Romeo has come to disrespect the tomb due to the family feud.

• He is angry about Juliet's death and wants to fight someone.

• He knows that Romeo and Juliet are married and wants to extend his sympathies to Romeo for his loss.

When Juliet awakens to find Romeo and Paris dead, how does she decide to take her own life?

• She drinks the remaining poison next to Romeo's body

• She slides the lid of her tomb back on to trap herself inside.

• She stabs herself with a dagger.

At the end of the play Friar Lawrence admits his role in this tragedy. What piece of evidence is provided to Prince Escalus that supports Friar Lawrence's story?

• The Nurse steps forward as a witness.

• Juliet confesses everything to the prince and two families.

• Balthasar provides a letter that Romeo has written.