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Romeo and Juliet Act 5

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
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1.

Question of the day today! What was your favorite part of Thanksgiving break?

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2.

Why doesn't Romeo know that Juliet is not truly dead?

a)

The message was never delivered to him.

b)

He was in another town.

c)

Friar John didn't want to deliver the news to Romeo.

d)

Romeo had a heart attack.

3.

What prevents Friar John from delivering his message to Romeo?

a)

He is jumped by a group of Capulets during his trip to Mantua.

b)

He is quarantined in a house believed to be infected with the plague.

c)

He isn't prevented from delivering his message to Romeo.

d)

He falls off his horse while on his way to Mantua.

4.

Where does Romeo get the poison?

a)

He buys the poison from an apothecary in Mantua.

b)

He buys the poison from an apothecary in Verona.

c)

He makes the poison himself.

d)

He buys the poison from Balthasar.

5.

Who is hiding in the Capulet's burial chamber when Romeo arrives to open Juliet's tomb?

a)

Lord Capulet

b)

Friar Lawrence

c)

Tybalt's ghost

d)

Paris

6.

Why does Paris confront Romeo next to Juliet's tomb.

a)

He thinks that Romeo has come to disrespect the tomb due to the family feud.

b)

He is angry about Juliet's death and wants to fight someone.

c)

He knows that Romeo and Juliet are married and wants to extend his sympathies to Romeo for his loss.

d)

Paris doesn't confront Romeo near Juliet's tomb.

7.

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?

a)

The Nurse steps forward as a witness.

b)

Juliet confesses everything to the prince and two families.

c)

Balthasar provides a letter that Romeo has written.

d)

Friar Lawrence has nothing to support his side of the story.

8.

How does each character die in Act 5?

a)

Romeo

1.

Drinks Poison

b)

Juliet

2.

Stabbed self with a dagger

c)

Friar Lawrence

3.

Trick question! This person did not actually die

d)

Lady Montague

4.

Died of a broken heart

e)

Paris

5.

Stabbed by someone else

9.

The Capulets and Montagues declare ​ (a)   due to their children's deaths. They decide to build ​ (b)   honor of their ​ (c)   child.

Choose from the below words
peace
golden statues
former enemy's
war
catapults
own
10.
The play ends with the following lines: “For never was a story of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.” Shakespeare probably ends the play with a rhyme because he wants to
a)
mock the Prince’s pomposity.
b)
demonstrate his formidable literary talents.
c)
make the ending more memorable.
d)
provide the audience with a little comic relief.