1. When Juliet arrives at Friar Laurence’s cell, who is there with him? | Paris |
2. Who gives Juliet the potion to drink? | Friar Laurence |
3. How long is the potion supposed to make Juliet sleep? | 42 Hours |
4.Why does Lord Capulet speed up the marriage plans? | He thinks juliet changed her mind |
5. Who first discovers that Juliet is “dead”? | Nurse |
6. Why does Juliet pretend to be obedient to her father? | Because its Friar Laurence plan |
7. What 3 things does Juliet fear before she drinks the potion? | It wont work, Friar might poison here, She will wake up in the vault with dead people |
8. Why does Paris think that Juliet is crying? | Grieving for Tybalt |
9. What is the Friar’s plan to solve Juliet’s marriage problems? | Gives her a sleeping potion |
10. Who says, “Romeo, I come! This do I drink to thee”? | Juliet |
11. Describe Friar Laurence’s role in dealing with Juliet? | He is her allies |
12. What would Juliet rather do than marry Paris? | Jump from a tower, become a thief, be chained to bears |
13. What is the nurse’s name? | Angelica |
14. Whey is the apothecary’s shop closed when Romeo gets there? | Its a holiday |
15. At the beginning of Act V, how does Romeo hear what has happened to Juliet? | Balthasar |
16. What does Romeo buy from the apothecary? | Poison |
17. Why is Friar John unable to deliver the letter? | The quarantine plague |
18. Who tries to keep Romeo from entering Juliet’s tomb? | Paris |
19. What does Romeo intend to do when he leaves Mantua to go back to Verona? | kill himself |
20. Why doesn’t Romeo know that Juliet is not really dead? | Because Friar John doesn’t give him the note |
21. Who does the Prince hold responsible for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet? | The Montegues and Capulets |
22. What does the apothecary symbolize? | Death |
Who informs the night watchman when Romeo and Paris fight? | A Page , young boy |
24. What happens in the fight between Paris and Romeo? | Romeo kills Paris |
25. What is Paris’s request? | Lay him with Juliet |
26. Romeo tells Balthazar he will enter the tomb to do what? | To get a ring from Juliet’s finger |
27. When Juliet awakens, she has a conversation with whom? | Friar Laurence |
28. What does Juliet do after learning of Romeo’s death? | Stabs herself |
29. What happens between the two families in the closing scene? | They makeup |
30. Why is the news of Juliet’s death dramatic irony? (Scene IV) | Because the audience know that she is alive |
31. How does Juliet change during the course of the play? | She becomes rebellious |
32 What mistakes does Friar Laurence make? | Marries R&J without telling parents, doesn’t tell Paris that Juliet is married , he makes all kinds of plans behind the scenes |
33. How are Romeo and Juliet responsible for the outcome? | they marry quickly and lack judgement |
34. How does heaven or fate punish the Capulets and Montagues for their feud? | Death of the children |
35. What lessons do the deaths teach each family? | To get along and feuds are a waste of life |
36. How does Romeo learn about Juliet’s death? | Balthasar |
37. When Romeo says “I defy you stars!”, who or what is he defying? | Fate |
38. What convinces the apothecary to sell the dram of poison to Romeo? | He needs the money |
39. The apothecary tells Romeo that the dram of poison “has the strength to kill” what? | 20 men |
40. What does Romeo believe is “worse poison to men’s souls?” | Gold |
41. What does Friar Laurence do upon hearing of Friar John’s mishaps? | He rights another letter and then goes to get Juliet |
42. What does Romeo compare the Capulet vault to? | The mouth |
43. What does Balthazar do while Romeo buys the poison? | Romeo tells him to get the horses |
44. What does Romeo do right before he dies? | Kisses Juliet |
45. What does the Prince do after F. Laurence tells everyone the story? | He pardons Friar Lawrence |
46. Who is the final speaker in the play? | Prince |
47. What do the families do to remember their children? | They build a gold statue of R&J |
48. Which event leads most directly to Romeo and Juliet’s death? | Friar John’s delay |
Romeo and Juliet IV and V
August 13, 2019