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Romeo and Juliet - Act V and beyond!

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 26mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who tells Romeo that Juliet is dead in Scene i?

a)

Friar Lawrence

b)

Friar John

c)

Capulet

d)

Balthasar

2.
What is Romeo's desire when he finds out Juliet is dead?
a)
Kill himself at Juliet's side
b)
Kill the Prince
c)
Never return to Verona
d)
Yell at Balthazar
3.

Why couldn't Friar John deliver the message?

a)

There was a quarantine for the plague

b)

He got sick

c)

He couldn't find Romeo in Mantua

d)

He was attacked in town

4.

What happens to Paris?

a)

Romeo kills him at Juliet's grave

b)

He kills himself with a poison

c)

The Prince punishes him with death

d)

He leaves Verona due to grief

5.

Who is the main suspect when people find the bodies of Romeo, Juliet, and Paris.

a)

They assume Juliet killed everyone

b)

The think the Friar was involved

c)

The think Paris killed Romeo and Juliet, then himself

d)

They believe the Montague's took revenge

6.

What does NOT happen as Friar Lawrence goes to Juliet's grave?

a)

He finds blood outside by the doorway

b)

He finds the dead bodies of Romeo and Paris

c)

He finds Juliet is waking up

d)

He finds the Prince there

7.

According to the Prince at the end, who is NOT partially responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet?

a)

Paris

b)

Himself

c)

Montague

d)

Capulet

8.
Who says, "Thy drugs are quick, and thus with a kiss I die"
a)
Juliet
b)
Romeo
c)
Paris
d)
Friar
9.
Who tells the Prince and both families what happened to Romeo and Juliet?
a)
Friar
b)
Nurse
c)
Balthazar
d)
Romeo
10.

Why does the apothecary not want to sell the posion to Romeo?

a)

he doesn't want Romeo's money

b)

he knows that Romeo is very upset

c)

he knows that he will die

d)

because it is against the law in Mantua

11.

Why does Juliet kiss Romeo after he is dead?

a)

she hopes that she will be able to get the remaining posion from his lips

b)

she wants one last kiss before he dies

c)

she is trying to save his life with mouth to mouth

d)

she thinks that it will revive him

12.
Whose deaths were Romeo responsible for?
a)
Tybalt, Juliet, and himself
b)
Tybalt, Paris, and himself
c)
Juliet and himself
d)
Tybalt, Paris, Lord Montague
13.

How does the Prince know that the Friar is telling the truth?

a)

he reads Romeo's letter

b)

he trusts the Friar

c)

he believes Balthasar

d)

they witnessed it themselves

14.
Who said it?
"I defy you, stars!"
a)
Juliet
b)
Romeo
c)
Balthasar
d)
Friar Lawrence
15.

How does Juliet commit suicide?

a)

poison

b)

suffocation

c)

sword

d)

dagger

16.

When Paris dies, how does he feel about Juliet?

a)

Relieved they do not have to marry

b)

Annoyed that she loved Romeo and not him

c)

Happy that they got to spend a few days together

d)

Like he truly loved her and will grieve her death

17.

What two reasons does Romeo give Balthasar for entereing the Capulet tomb?

a)

to see her face one last time and get the ring

b)

to see Juliet and then to kill himself next to her

c)

to kill Paris and then kill the Friar

d)

to wait for her to wake up and take her to Mantua

18.

Lady Montague died from...

a)

Heartbreak from Romeo's banishment

b)

Suicide from her grief

c)

A stab wound from a crazed Capulet

d)

Murder from a secret poison

19.

All of the following die EXCEPT

a)

Benvolio

b)

Lady Montague

c)

Romeo

d)

Paris

e)

Juliet

20.

"My poverty but not my will consents."

a)

Apothecary

b)

Friar Laurence

c)

Romeo

d)

Capulet

21.

Why does Romeo kill Paris?

a)

Romeo wants to prevent Paris from marrying Juliet.

b)

Paris fights Romeo to avenge Tybalt's death.

c)

Romeo is desperate to get to Juliet's tomb and Paris is in his way.

d)

Romeo has become bloodthirsty after killing Tybalt.

22.

"Some shall be pardoned, and some punished"

a)

Prince

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Lady Capulet

d)

Juliet

23.

"For never was there a story of more ______ / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo."

a)

woe

b)

sorrow

c)

tomorrow

d)

to undergo

24.

Which of these is NOT one of the pieces of one of the Friar's plans?

a)

to stash Juliet at a convent

b)

to hide Juliet in his cell

c)

to eventually tell the families the truth

d)

to annul the marriage

25.
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
26.
Why does the apothecary not want to sell the poison to Romeo?
a)
he doesn't want Romeo's money 
b)
he knows that Romeo is crazy
c)
he knows that he will die
d)
because it is against the law in Mantua
27.
Why is Paris at Juliet's grave?
a)
to see if she has really passed away
b)
to protect it
c)
To mourn her loss and place flowers on her tomb
d)
he knows that Romeo will show up
28.
Why was there "crimson" in her lips and cheeks"
a)
she was dead
b)
because the blood was circulating and she was alive
c)
she had a temperature
d)
she was embarrassed 
29.
Why does Juliet kiss Romeo after he is dead?
a)
she hopes that she will be able to get the remaining posion from his lips
b)
she wants one last kiss before he dies
c)
she is trying to save his life
d)
she wants to kiss her husband in front of Paris
30.
What did the families make of each other as a way to say the feud was over?
a)
the feud is still not over at the end of the play
b)
built a home in remembrance of the chidlren 
c)
a donation to their favorite charity
d)
golden statues of the children
31.
What does the Friar explain at the end of the play?
a)
how they were really in love
b)
Romeo and Juliet's love story and how they were married
c)
how Romeo and Juliet decided to kill themselves
d)
how it was the parent's fault
32.
The phrase that bests describes Romeo and Juliet would be.. 
a)
crazy lovers
b)
star-crossed lovers
c)
young love
d)
forever in love
33.
Poetic style – unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable, 5 times per line
a)
Iambic Pentameter
b)
Prologue
c)
Dialogue
d)
Aside
34.

Romeo and Juliet is considered a...

a)

Comedy

b)

Tragedy

c)

Cartoon

d)

Narrative

35.

a word that means "before"

a)

ere

b)

e'er

c)

be'en

d)

forthwith

36.

an expression that combines contradictory ideas together

a)

dramatic irony

b)

tragedy

c)

oxymoron

d)

tragic flaw

37.
At the beginning of Act IV, Paris goes to Friar Laurence’s cell to
a)
search for Romeo.
b)
go to confession.
c)
make wedding plans.
d)
discuss Lord Capulet.
38.
The Nurse is in a good mood on Juliet’s wedding day because she
a)
believes that Juliet wants to marry Paris.
b)
has been joking with Lord Capulet.
c)
knows all about Friar Laurence’s foolish plan.
d)
enjoys the songs of the First and Second Musicians.
39.
Who says, "O happy dagger, This is thy sheath. There rust and let me die"?
a)
Mercutio
b)
Tybalt
c)
Romeo
d)
Juliet
40.
Who says, "Eyes, look your last. Arms, take your last embrace. And, lips, O you The doors of breath, seal with a righteous kiss"?
a)
Romeo
b)
Juliet
c)
Paris
d)
Mercutio