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- 1. Multiple Choice
In Act IV, Scene i, Paris tells Friar Laurence, “Immoderately she weeps for Tybalt’s death, / And therefore have I little talked of love.” What makes Paris’s comment an example of dramatic irony?
Juliet is saddened by the death of Tybalt.
Juliet is actually weeping over Romeo’s banishment.
Juliet is pretending to cry in order to avoid seeing Paris.
Juliet was in love with her cousin Tybalt.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which lines spoken by Juliet foreshadow the course of the action that Friar Laurence proposes in Act IV scene i?
“Or walk in thievish ways, or bid me lurk Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears.”
“Where I have learnt me to repent the sin Of disobedient opposition”
“That is no slander, sir, which is a truth; And what I spake, I spake it to my face.”
“Or bid me go into a new-made grave And hide me with a dead man in his shroud”
- 3. Multiple Choice
Before taking the potion, Juliet fears
The potion will not work
The Friar is trying to kill her to cover up marrying them
she will go insane
All of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
There is irony in Friar Laurence’s consoling words about Juliet’s death because he
caused her death
knows that she is not really dead
says the same thing to Romeo
had a dream about it
- 5. Multiple Choice
Romeo goes to the apothecary
to buy poison to kill Paris
to get poison to kill himself
to get poison for Juliet to pretend to be dead
to find out about what happened in Verona
- 6. Multiple Choice
What does Romeo mean when he says that he has sold the apothecary poison?
He is joking to relieve the tension of the illegal transaction.
He has caused the apothecary to do something illegal and thus has harmed him.
He will tell a lie to keep the apothecary out of legal trouble
The gold he pays the apothecary causes more problems than poisons.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Why does Friar Laurence's plan fail?
Juliet wakes too soon.
Romeo does not receive the friar’s letter.
Paris arrives and discovers the plot.
Romeo’s servant hides in the churchyard.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Why does Paris go to the graveyard?
To die with juliet
To guard the tomb
To look for Romeo
To put flowers on Juliet's grave
- 9. Multiple Choice
When Prince Escalus says the following, he means the deaths in Act III are what? "Where be these enemies? Capulet, Montague, / See what a scourge is laid upon your hate, / That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love. / And I, for winking at your discords too, / Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punished" (5.3.291-95).
evil owen
a happier future
a deserved punishment
this must be avenged
- 10. Multiple Choice
In Act IV, Scene i, there are several examples of verbal irony. Which of the following is NOT an example of verbal irony?
Paris says, “Happily met my lady and my wife!”
Juliet responds, “That may be, sir, when I may be a wife.”
In response to Juliet and Paris’s wedding plans, Friar Laurence says, “That’s a certain text.“
Friar Laurence states, “My lord, we entreat the time alone.”
- 11. Multiple Choice
Shakespeare builds conflict in Act IV through the use of contradictions. Which of the following is not one of these contradictions?
The family plans for a wedding that becomes a funeral.
Juliet fears Tybalt's ghost even though she is safe in her room.
Juliet crying over Romeo’s banishment which makes her parents think she is crying over Tybalt’s death.
Juliet being "ruled" by her father even though she is going to sneak away with Romeo.
- 12. Multiple Choice
Irony exists when Juliet is mourned by her parents although she is not dead.
True
False
- 13. Multiple Choice
Moving the date of the wedding does not change the friar's plan.
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
Juliet makes peace with her parents by confessing her sins to Friar Laurence.
True
False
- 15. Multiple Choice
In addition to bold-faced lies, Juliet also uses subtle bits of irony to evade her parents.
True
False
- 16. Multiple Choice
Juliet's situation is "cross" and "full of sin" because she is supposed to marry a second man when she is still married to the first.
True
False
- 17. Multiple Choice
Comic relief is seen in the careful preparation for the wedding that will never take place.
True
False
- 18. Multiple Choice
This is an example of personification: "Death is my heir; / My daughter he hath wedded" (4..5.38-9).
True
False
- 19. Multiple Choice
One theme that can be found in Romeo and Juliet is that the good is often trapped with the bad.
True
False
- 20. Multiple Choice
Paris tells Friar Laurence that he does not know how Juliet feels about their marriage “For Venus smiles not in a house of tears” (4.1.10). This is an example of ________________.
Oxymoron
Pun
Allusion
Personification
- 21. Multiple Choice
Peter tells the musicians to play a “merry dump” (4.5.118) to make him feel better. This is an example of what literary device?
oxymoron
Personification
Allusion
Pun
- 22. Multiple Choice
Lord Capulet is heartbroken over Juliet’s death. He says that “Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir” (4.5.46). This quote is an example of
personification
dramatic irony
metaphor
all of the above
- 23. Multiple Choice
Juliet tells her father after returning from Friar Laurence’s cell that “I met the youthful lord at Laurence’ cell / And gave him what becomed love I might” (4.2.27-28). This is an example of ________________ because she has no love for Paris.
verbal irony
dramatic irony
foreshadowing
alliteration
- 24. Multiple Choice
An example of ________________ is used in the following line when Lord Capulet says, “Death lies on her like an untimely frost” (4.5.33).
simile
metaphor
dramatic irony
pun
- 25. Multiple Choice
________________ exists in the interchange between Peter and the musicians in Act 4, Scene 5. This scene follows the grief-filled scene when Juliet’s body is discovered.
metaphor
simile
allusion
comic relief
- 26. Multiple Choice
When Peter tells the musicians that they must play or “I’ll re you, I’ll fa / you, do you note me? (4.5.131-132), this is an example of a ________________.
oxymoron
pun
theme
alliteration
- 27. Multiple Choice
The value of violence as a solution to problems is an example of ________________ in Romeo and Juliet.
theme
foreshadowing
dramatic irony
verbal irony
- 28. Multiple Choice
At the beginning of Act IV, Paris mentions that Juliet is weeping “immoderately” over Tybalt’s death. How does this misunderstanding lead to further complications for Juliet throughout Act IV?
This makes Juliet’s dad angry.
This pushes the wedding up a day.
This forces Juliet to make alternative plans with Friar Laurence.
This forces Romeo to fight Paris for Juliet’s hand in marriage.
- 29. Multiple Choice
What risks exist in Friar Laurence’s plan for the couple?
Romeo could fall in love with a different girl while in Matua.
Friar Laurence could make a mistake in mixing the sleeping potion, thus killing Juliet.
Romeo might not get the friar’s letter.
Juliet could wake up early and be driven mad in the tomb.
- 30. Multiple Choice
What consequence might Friar Laurence face when he chooses to help Juliet avoid marriage with Paris?
He could be blamed for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet.
He could make the feud between the families worse.
He could lose his job as a priest for being dishonest.
If things don’t go exactly according to plan, war could break out all over Italy.
- 31. Multiple Choice
At the very end of the play, which characters lie dead in the vault with Juliet? (Hint: read carefully)
Romeo
Juliet
Tybalt
Paris
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