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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet (Act 5)
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 30mins
Why doesn't Romeo know that Juliet is not truly dead?
The message was never delivered to him.
He was in another town.
Friar John didn't want to deliver the news to Romeo.
Romeo had a heart attack.
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?
Balthasar's news forces Romeo to stay in Mantua.
Balthasar's news forces Romeo to have a duel with Lord Capulet.
Balthasar's news prompts Romeo to return to Verona to die next to Juliet.
Balthasar doesn't deliver any news to Romeo.
"This 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
personification
soliloquy
Where does Romeo get the poison?
He buys the poison from an apothecary in Mantua.
He buys the poison from an apothecary in Verona.
He makes the poison himself.
He buys the poison from Balthasar.
"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 .................?
simile
metaphor
personification
soliloquy
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.
situational
verbal
dramatic
Who is hiding in the Capulet's burial chamber when Romeo arrives to open Juliet's tomb?
Lord Capulet
Friar Lawrence
Tybalt's ghost
Paris
Why has Romeo broken into the Capulet's burial chamber?
He wants steal Juliet's valuables to sell to the local pawn shop.
He wants to poison himself next to his wife's body to join her in death.
He wants to take Juliet's body back to Mantua with him for a proper burial.
He was told to get her when she wakes up and run back to Mantua.
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.
Paris doesn't confront Romeo near Juliet's tomb.
What surprising action does Romeo take shortly after killing Paris near Juliet's tomb?
He confesses what he has done to Prince Escalus.
He places Paris's body next to Juliet in the tomb as per Paris' request.
Romeo didn't kill Paris in Act 5.
None of the above answers are correct.
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.
Juliet doesn't die.
She stabs herself with a dagger.
Who else do we learn has died (offstage) from sadness during the final scene?
Lady Capulet
Benvolio
The Nurse
Lady Montague
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.
Friar Lawrence has nothing to support his side of the story.
What could be viewed as a positive outcome from the ending of the play?
There is nothing positive that happens.
The family feud ends between the Montagues and Capulets.
The feud continues between the families.
