What threat/promise does Juliet make to Frair Lawrence if there is no way out of her marriage to Paris? | She will kill herself because she will not go against her love to Romeo and marry another man. |
For how many hours will the poison make Juliet appear dead? | 40 and 2 hours |
Identify two fears that Juliet expresses before taking the poison. | That it won’t work and she will have to marry Paris anyways. And that Romeo won’t get the news and will think she has died, or she will be trapped inside a dead man’s tomb. |
In Act V, who delivers the news of Juliet’s “death” to Romeo? | Balthasar |
When Romeo goes to an apothecary to buy poison in order to kill himself, the apothecary is hesitant to sell Romeo the drug. Why? | The penalty is death to whomever sells the drugs. |
In trying to convince the apothecary to take the money, what does Romeo say to him regarding why he (the apothecary) should accept payment for the drug? | Laws are not for the rich men, so he sould break the law and be rich. Why does this man still wish to not break rules when he is on the verge of death because of hunger. |
Why is Friar John unable to deliver Friar Lawrence’s letter to Romeo? (be specific) | He is quarantined because of other people’s fear that the illness will spread through the town. |
Paris and Romeo each come to the Capulet tomb for different reasons. Why does Paris come to the tomb?Why does Romeo come to the tomb? | Paris comes to scatter flowers around the tomb to show his love for Juliet.Romeo comes to see Juliet and to die by her side. |
Why does Paris think Romeo has come to the tomb? | To rob the grave of the man he killed, Tybalt. |
What is the result of the confrontation between Romeo and Paris at the tomb? | Romeo kills Paris, he had warned Paris not to start the fray but Paris would not let Romeo enter Juliet’s tomb. |
Explain the dramatic irony in the following statement by Romeo: ‘Death, that hath suck’d the beauty of thy breath,/ Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty:/Thou are not conquer’d, beauty’s ensign yet/is crimson and in thy cheeks,/and death’s pale flag is not advanced there.’? | Romeo does not realize that the reason Juliet still has color in her skin is because the poison is wearing off and she is waking up. |
Who else do we discover has recently died, and what has he/she died of? | Romeo’s mother died of grief because of Romeo’s banishment. |
How do the Capulets and Montagues intend to honor the memory of their children? | By creating statues of Juliet and Romeo that will honor their love of each other, because now they know that the two were in love. |
Romeo and Juliet Quiz
July 20, 2019