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Romeo and Juliet act 4

Total questions: 59

Worksheet time: 47mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is Paris at Friar Lawrence's cell?
a)
to talk to the Friar about the wedding
b)
To confess his sins
c)
To confess his sadness and marrying Juliet
2.
What reason does Paris give the Friar for the hasty marriage?
a)
His desire to marry her
b)
It's Juliet's idea - she's excited
c)
Capulet wants to stop Juliet's mourning
3.
How long will the sleeping potion last?
a)
34 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
48 hours
d)
42 hours
4.
Where will Juliet be put after her family believes she is dead?
a)
A casket
b)
Her bed in her bedroom
c)
The Capulets tomb
5.
Who will be waiting in the tomb when Juliet awakens from the sleeping potion?
a)
Lady Capulet
b)
The Nurse
c)
Capulet
d)
Romeo
6.
Who is supervising the preparations for the wedding?
a)
Lady Capulet
b)
Lord Capulet
c)
The Nurse
d)
Servingmen
7.
What change does Lord Capulet make in the wedding plans?
a)
Date
b)
Location
c)
Guests
8.
If the potion does not work, what does Juliet plan to do?
a)
Leave her parents house and tell them about Romeo
b)
Run away
c)
Kill herself
9.
What vision makes her have the strength to go ahead and drink the potion?
a)
Romeo
b)
Her death
c)
Her miserable future
10.
How will Romeo know about the plans?
a)
A servant is going to go tell him
b)
A Friar will deliver the letter
c)
Benvolio is going to tell him
11.
Who is sent to wake up Juliet?
a)
Lady Capulet 
b)
The Nurse
c)
A servant
12.
What does the Nurse find?
a)
a sleeping Juliet
b)
Juliet with a blade in her stomach
c)
a seemingly dead Juliet
13.
Who tries to console the Capulets? How?
a)
Friar - She's in a better place.
b)
Friar - saying Juliet was a good person
c)
Nurse - saying Juliet is in a better place
14.
How do the wedding preparations change after they find Juliet?
a)
Changed from a wedding to a funeral
b)
To a mess of confusion
c)
To a joyous celebration
15.
How does Paris react to the news concerning Juliet?
a)
feels cheated out of marriage
b)
feels concerned for Juliet's family
c)
feels sad about Juliet's death
16.
How does Lord Capulet know about his daughter?
a)
He found her
b)
The Nurse told him
c)
He killed her
17.
Juliet asks her parents forgiveness and agrees to marry Paris because...
a)
she changed her mind
b)
she can't stand them being angry
c)
she already is dead at this point
d)
it's all part of the plan
18.
The most likely reason that Capulet wants to move up the wedding is because he believes...
a)
Juliet is plotting something
b)
Juliet may change her mind
c)
Juliet has had a change of heart
d)
Paris will change his mind
19.

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

a)

receive confession for his sins before he marries

b)

arrange for his imminent marriage to Juliet

c)

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

d)

get a cure for some illness

20.

In his brief conversation with Juliet, Paris could best be characterized as

a)

gentle and compassionate

b)

extravagantly complimentary and slightly arrogant

c)

clever and witty and pleased with himself

d)

stiff and nearly tongue-tied

21.

Juliet threatens to commit suicide unless the Friar

a)

can convince her that God means for her to marry Paris

b)

has a message for her from the exiled Romeo

c)

has made arrangements for her to join Romeo in Mantua

d)

can tell her how to prevent the marriage to Paris

22.

To what theme in the play can Friar Lawrence's knowledge of herbs now be related?

a)

love

b)

fate

c)

civil disorder

d)

night

23.

What is Capulet's reaction to Juliet's apology for her behavior?

a)

He accepts it as she is his only daughter.

b)

He is still angry with her previous attitude.

c)

He is so delighted that he moves up the wedding date.

d)

He presents her with valuable jewels.

24.

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

a)

is almost hopeful the potion will kill her

b)

has complete faith in the Friar's plan

c)

is torn with terrible internal conflicts

d)

doesn't really understand the consequences of her actions

25.
Who gave Juliet a potion to fake her death?
a)
Romeo
b)
Lady Capulet
c)
Nurse
d)
Friar Lawrence
26.
Why is Friar Lawrence hesitant to marry Juliet and Paris?
a)
He knows Juliet will die. 
b)
He already married her to Romeo.
c)
He knows they are not a great match. 
d)
He wants to marry Juliet himself. 
27.
What does the potion make Juliet do? 
a)
Appear dead.
b)
Get drunk. 
c)
Actually die.
28.
Who first finds Juliet after she has taken the potion
a)
Lady Capulet
b)
Lord Capulet
c)
The Nurse
d)
Romeo
29.
How will Romeo understand the Friar's plan?
a)
by letters sent to him 
b)
e-mail
c)
Mantua Post Office
d)
The Friar will find him personally
30.
A theme should be a statement, not just one word. 
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
31.
The best definition of theme is...
a)
The lesson the author is teaching. 
b)
The message the author is sending.
c)
A word that summarizes the story.
d)
The character's main problem.
32.
A well written theme statement includes character's names and the author.
a)
TRUE
b)
FALSE
33.
Where will Juliet be put after her family believes she is dead?
a)
A casket
b)
Her bed in her bedroom
c)
The Capulets tomb
34.

What is the main reason that Capulet is upset when Juliet dies?

a)

She was his only child and heir.

b)

She wasn't able to obey him.

c)

He wanted Paris to become his son.

d)

He wasn't able to throw a wedding after all.

35.

Juliet’s thoughts as she regards the vial in her hand are conveyed in

a)

a long and extended metaphor .

b)

a series of vivid personifications.

c)

a soliloquy.

d)

an aside.

36.
In her soliloquy in Scene 3, Juliet says, “Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. / I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins / That almost freezes up the heat of life.” What does Shakespeare reveal in these lines?
a)
Juliet is afraid that the plan will not work.
b)
Juliet’s room is very cold.
c)
Juliet hopes that she will never see her parents again.
d)
Friar Laurence has tricked her into drinking poison.
37.
Juliet's mood when she asks for Friar Lawrence's advice is one of
a)
optimism
b)
desperation
c)
bewilderment
d)
guilt and shame
38.
When Paris sees Romeo, he says, “This is that banish’d haughty Montague / That murdered my love’s cousin—with which grief / It is supposed the fair creature died” (Scene 3, lines 49–51). This is an example of dramatic irony because
a)
the audience knows Romeo did not actually kill Tybalt, but Paris does not know this.
b)
Paris uses the word “haughty” ironically, but the audience does not know this.
c)
Paris knows Juliet did not die in the way she was “supposed” to, but the audience does not.
d)
the audience knows the truth about Juliet’s grief and her fake death, but Paris does not.
39.
Why does Friar Laurence leave Juliet alone in the tomb?
a)
She refuses to have anything more to do with him.
b)
He wants to teach her a lesson.
c)
The Prince has forbidden him from ever seeing her again.
d)
He is afraid of the guard.
40.
When Romeo enters the tomb, he notices that Juliet
a)
is still beautiful.
b)
has been poisoned.
c)
is not actually dead.
d)
has vanished.
41.
What does Romeo beg Paris to do?
a)
kill him
b)
call out the guard
c)
leave him alone
d)
find Friar Laurence
42.
Who said: "Happily met, my lady and my wife"?
a)
Romeo
b)
Friar Lawrence
c)
Paris
d)
Capulet
43.
Who said: "O me! O me! My child, my only life! Help! Help! Call help!"?
a)
Capulet
b)
Montague
c)
Lady Capulet
d)
Lady Montague
44.
Who said: "Tomorrow night, look that thou lie alone; let not the nurse lie with thee in thy chamber"?
a)
Friar Lawrence
b)
Romeo
c)
the Nurse
d)
Juliet
45.
Who said: "O shut the door, and when thou hast done so - come weep with me - past hope, past cure, past help"?
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Friar Lawrence
d)
the Nurse
46.
Who said: "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"?
a)
Friar lawrence
b)
Paris
c)
Juliet
d)
the Nurse
47.
Who said: "Send for the county. go tell him of this.  I'll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning"?
a)
Paris
b)
Juliet
c)
Lady Capulet
d)
Capulet
48.
Who said: "What, dress'd, and in your clothes, and down again? I must needs wake you. Lady! Lady! Lady!"?
a)
Paris
b)
Lady Capulet
c)
Capulet
d)
the Nurse
49.
Fill in the blank:
Take thou this ____, being then in bed, and this is distilling liquor drink thou off…”
a)
vial
b)
solace
c)
enjoined
d)
loathsome
50.

Capulet calls the servant "loggerhead", which means -----------.

a)

Lumberjack.

b)

Beer drinker.

c)

Manly man.

d)

Blockhead.

51.

After Juliet takes the potion, the friar will do what?

a)

Send a letter to Romeo telling him to come get Juliet.

b)

Send a letter to Capulet telling him Juliet is not really dead.

c)

Send a letter to Romeo telling him Juliet is dead.

d)

Send a letter to Romeo telling him to come home and confess.

52.

Why is Juliet ready to go to church, but "never to return"?

a)

Because she will live with Paris after the wedding.

b)

Because she will go to church for her funeral, but never come home.

c)

Because she will leave Verona for Mantua soon.

d)

Because she is still angry with Capulet, and will not return home with him.

53.

Why do the musicians refuse to play at the end of Act 4, Scene 5?

a)

Because Capulet has asked them not to.

b)

Because they have not been paid.

c)

Because Juliet is dead and the family is mourning.

d)

Because they do not know the music Peter asks them for.

54.
Which of these is NOT an example of dramatic irony in "Romeo and Juliet?"
a)
Paris is talking to Friar Lawrence and Juliet about marrying Juliet. Friar Lawrence, the audience and Juliet know that she is already married to Romeo, but Paris doesn't.
b)
Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Paris are crying because Juliet has died. Friar Lawrence and the audience know that Juliet is not actually dead.
c)
Romeo tells Tybalt that he loves him and doesn't want to fight. Tybalt doesn't know that Romeo is part of his family after marrying Juliet, but Romeo and the audience know.
d)
All of these are examples of dramatic irony.
55.
What is dramatic irony?
a)
When the audience knows something that a character does not.
b)
When you express the opposite of what you mean.
c)
When something unexpected happens.
d)
When two opposing characters feud or battle in a play scene.
56.
Which of these lines best shows what Juliet plans to do if Friar Lawrence is not able to help her find a solution to her problem? (pg. 71)
a)
"Caught between these two difficulties, I'll act like a judge with my bloody knife."
b)
"Or tell me to sit in a field full of poisonous snakes."
c)
"Or tell me to climb down into a freshly dug grave, and hide me with a dead man in his tomb."
d)
None of these
57.
Which of these lines BEST shows Friar Lawrence's reaction to Juliet's "death"? (pg. 79-80)
a)
"She is in a better place. You could not prevent her from dying someday, but heaven will give her eternal life."
b)
"Everyone prepare to take this beautiful corpse to her grave."
c)
"All the things that we prepared for the wedding party will now be used for the funeral."
d)
"Oh painful, painful, painful day!"
58.
BONUS!!
What are the three types of irony? (From the video at the start of class)
a)
Situational irony, verbal irony, dramatic irony
b)
Tragic irony, verbal irony, dramatic irony
c)
Sarcastic irony, dramatic irony, tragic irony
d)
Written irony, verbal irony, dramatic irony
59.
Why does Lord Capulet say, “Death is my son-in-law” (Scene 5, line 38)?
a)
He has just learned that Romeo, his mortal enemy, is married to Juliet.
b)
Death is like a “son-in-law” because it visits his family so frequently.
c)
He is describing a dream in which Paris dies soon after marrying Juliet.
d)
Juliet appears dead on her wedding day, as if she has “married” Death.

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