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Act IV & V Quiz (Romeo and Juliet)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In Act IV, Juliet states that if the Friar doesn't stop the marriage that she will ... 
a)
go ahead and marry him
b)
kill herself
c)
runaway to Romeo
d)
hide in the Friar's cell
2.
Before she drinks the potion, Juliet fears all of the following EXCEPT that
a)
it will not work at all
b)
it will actually kill her
c)
She will wake up early and go insane
d)
that her parents will stop loving her
3.
Who will be waiting in the tomb when Juliet awakens from the sleeping potion?
a)
Lady Capulet and Nurse
b)
The Nurse and Friar
c)
Capulet and Romeo
d)
Romeo and Friar
4.
How will Romeo know about the plans for Juliet to take the potion?
a)
A servant is going to go tell him
b)
A Friar will deliver the letter
c)
Benvolio is going to tell him
5.
How long will the sleeping potion last?
a)
34 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
48 hours
d)
42 hours
6.

How do Juliet's parents react to her "death" the morning of her wedding to Paris?

a)

distant and don't seem to care one way or the other

b)

happy that they got their wish that she would die

c)

upset and sad that their only daughter is dead

d)

mad and annoyed that their daughter drank poison

7.

What news does Balthasar bring to Romeo?

a)

Juliet is on her way to Mantua

b)

Friar Lawrence's plan

c)

Juliet is marrying Paris today

d)

Juliet is dead

8.
How is Friar John prevented from going to Mantua to deliver Friar Lawrence's letter?
a)
His horse was injured and he had to turn back
b)
He was locked in a house because they thought he had the plague 
c)
He was caught helping Romeo and arrested
d)
He hates Montagues and chose not to deliver the note
9.
What does the speed with which Romeo makes his decision tell you about his character?
a)
Romeo is irrational and impulsive
b)
Romeo is methodical and calm
c)
Romeo thinks his decisions out carefully 
d)
Romeo loves to love
10.

Who is near the Capulet tomb and tries to arrest Romeo in the final scene of the play?

a)

Paris

b)

Friar

c)

Prince

d)

Lord Capulet

11.
Romeo died from...
a)
Heartbreak
b)
Poison
c)
Banishment
d)
A Dagger 
12.
What does Friar Lawrence find when he enters the tomb?
a)
Paris and Romeo crying over Juliet's body
b)
Paris and Romeo dead, Juliet waking up
c)
Romeo and Juliet dead, Paris waking up
d)
Romeo, Juliet, and Paris all dead
13.
How does Juliet kill herself?
a)
She drinks poison
b)
She stabs herself
c)
Romeo actually kills her
d)
She does not die
14.
Who tells the summary of events to the Prince at the end of the play?
a)
Balthasar 
b)
Paris
c)
Friar Lawrence
d)
Benvolio 
15.
At the conclusion of the play, what happens between the Capulets and the Montagues?
a)
They fight to the death
b)
They blame on another
c)
They are put to death
d)
They make up and become friends
16.
Who died in the play?
a)
Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, Mercutio, Lady Montague, and Paris
b)
Romeo, Benvolio, Lady Montague, Mercutio, and Friar L
c)
Romeo, Juliet, Tybalt, and Prince
d)
Lord Capulet, Balthasar, Friar L, and the Nurse
17.

The following lines are spoken by Juliet to the Friar when she goes to him for help after her parents tell her she has to marry Paris. What literary device do you see?


"O, shut the door! And when thou hast done so,

Come weep with me, past hope, past cure, past help" (IV.i.45-46).


Modern Day Version: "Oh, shut the door, and after you shut it, come over here and weep with me. This mess is beyond hope, beyond cure, beyond help!" (IV.i45-46).

a)

Simile

b)

Hyperbole

c)

Imagery

d)

Oxymoron

18.

The following lines are spoken by Capulet when he sees Juliet "dead." What literary devices do you see?


"Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the sweetest flower of all the field" (IV.v.29-30).

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

alliteration

d)

personification

19.

The following lines are spoken by Romeo when he asks to buy poison from the pharmacist. What literary device do you see?

"Let me have a dram of poison...

That the life-weary taker may fall dead...

As violently as hasty powder fired

Doth hurry from the fatal cannon’s womb" (V.i.61-67).


Modern Day version: "Let me have a shot of poison, something that works so fast that the person who takes it will die as fast as gunpowder exploding in a canon" (V.i.61-67).

a)

imagery

b)

oxymoron

c)

personification

d)

simile

20.

The following lines are spoken by Juliet when she's about to take her own life. What literary device do you see?


"O happy dagger, this is thy sheath. There rust and let me die" (V.iii.82-83). (See the picture above to know what a sheath is.)


Modern Day version: "Oh, good, a knife! My body will be your sheath. Rust inside my body and let me die" (V.iii.82-83).

a)

imagery

b)

simile

c)

metaphor

d)

personification