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Romeo & Juliet Act 5

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

When Scene 1 opens, in Romeo's soliloquy he reveals that he dreamed that Juliet found him dead. What literary element is this?

a)

personification

b)

flashback

c)

foreshadowing

d)

preview

2.

Romeo's excited to see someone he knows bringing him news from Verona. Who brings him the news and what is it?

a)

The friar's friend who tells him the plan to go get Juliet

b)

Peter comes to tell him Juliet is dead

c)

Balthazar brings news that fair Juliet is dead

d)

Friar Lawrence comes to tell him Juliet is waiting for him in the Capulet tomb

3.

How does Romeo react to hearing that Juliet is dead?

a)

He knows it is part of the plan and he is excited to go get her

b)

He rushes home to go to the funeral even though he is banished

c)

He freaks out and goes to the apothecary whom his bribes to give him illegal poison

d)

He never hears that Juliet is dead

4.

Besides Lord Capulet messing up the timeline in Act IV by moving the wedding up a day between Paris and Juliet, how else does the friar's plan get ruined? (shown in Act V, Scene 2)

a)

Friar John was not able to deliver the letter to Romeo because of plague

b)

The poison actually killed Juliet

c)

The Capulets decided to bury Juliet instead of putting her in the family tomb

d)

Romeo is not able to come immediately to rescue Juliet from the tomb

5.

What's Friar Lawrence's new plan when he finds out the letter was never delivered to Romeo about the original "fake death" plan?

a)

He will tell Juliet's parents the truth so they don't bury Juliet.

b)

He will get Juliet himself then send her to Mantua.

c)

He will leave food and water in the tomb for Juliet when she wakes up and has to wait for Romeo longer.

d)

He will get her himself then hide her in his cell and write Romeo a new letter to come get her

6.

When scene 3 opens up, _________ is at the Capulet tomb with his Page. He has flowers to give to Juliet and wants to mourn. He tells the Page to hide and whistle if anyone shows up.

a)

Romeo

b)

Tybalt

c)

Paris

d)

Benvolio

7.

What does Romeo instruct Balthazar to do when they get to the tomb?

a)

give a letter to his dad, Lord Montague

b)

leave him at the tomb alone

c)

not come back or Romeo will tear him limb from limb

d)

all of the above

8.

When Romeo states, "That detestable maw, thou womb of death" what is he referring to? What literary element is this an example of? (5.3.45)

a)

The tomb, a simile

b)

The tomb, a metaphor

c)

Death, a simile

d)

Death, a metaphor

9.

What does Paris think Romeo is doing at the Capulet tomb?

a)

to vandalize it

b)

to kill himself with Juliet

c)

to fight Paris

d)

to contemplate death in a graveyard

10.

What's it called when we know what Romeo is there for, but Paris does not?

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Conflict

c)

Verbal Irony

d)

Dramatic Irony

11.

Romeo tells Paris that he's a desperate man there to harm himself and only himself. He gives Paris a chance to leave, so Romeo won't have "another sin upon my head." (another death at his hands.) But Paris fights him and Romeo kills him. What was Paris' dying wish?

a)

To have his ashes scattered across Verona, Romeo does this

b)

To be buried, Romeo does not do this

c)

To be laid beside Juliet, Romeo does bring him into the tomb

d)

To be laid beside Juliet, but Romeo leaves him outside

12.

Romeo performs a long______________ before he drinks the potion and dies

a)

soliloquy

b)

monologue

c)

Dialogue

13.

Friar Lawrence finds the dead Romeo & Paris and the waking Juliet. He's afraid of being caught with the bodies and looking guilty. Friar tells Juliet her husband is dead and that she need to come with him; he'll hide her as a nun. What do Juliet & Friar do?

a)

Juliet refuses to leave so Friar stays with her

b)

Juliet leaves with Friar Lawrence

c)

Juliet refuses to leave so the Friar leaves her there

d)

Juliet leaves the tomb but doesn't go with Friar Lawrence to become a nun

14.

How does Juliet die?

a)

she tries to kiss poison off Romeo's lips but ends up using his dagger

b)

she kisses the poison off Romeo's lips

c)

She uses Romeo's sword

d)

She uses Paris' dagger

15.

How does Lady Montague die?

a)

she died from grief of her son's death

b)

she died from grief of her son's exile

c)

she died of grief from Romeo and Juliet's deaths

d)

she died in childbirth

16.

When the Friar is caught, in a ________________he reveals the entirety of Romeo and Juliet's short, misfortunate relationship; he also states how it was his plan to fake Juliet's death to get her out of marrying Paris (which her parents were forcing her into.) At the end of his __________, he mentions that the Nurse was in on the wedding plans between Romeo and Juliet too. Nurse did not know about the fake death!

a)

soliloquy

b)

monologue

c)

dialogue

d)

conversation

17.

How does the Prince confirm Friar Lawrence's story of what happened?

a)

The letter Balthazar had for Romeo's dad

b)

A letter Juliet left for her parents

c)

The nurse confirmed his story

d)

Benvolio confirmed the story

18.

Who does the prince blame for the deaths? He says all are to blame for the deaths of the two young lovers. Parents are at fault, the Nurse is at fault, the Friar is at fault, and even HE is at fault (he blames himself for being lenient with the feud and not putting an end to it sooner.) Due to them all being to blame, all are punished because all had a hand in the deaths and lost priceless young lives of the city.

a)

everyone had a hand in it

b)

the feud

c)

Friar

d)

The Nurse

19.

What do the Capulets and Lord Montague decide to do?

a)

build gold statues of Romeo and Juliet in the middle of the town, the feud is ended

b)

fight to the death to avenge the deaths of their children

c)

adopt new children and raise them better

d)

write songs in honor of their dead children

20.

___________ is a debate in the play. Romeo and Juliet continues to be a play that charges a debate on whether the two star-crossed lovers were at the hands of fate throughout the plot or if their own free will propelled the plot.

a)

Fate vs. Life

b)

Free will vs. Choice

c)

Fate vs. Free Will

d)

Fate vs. the gods