Romeo and Juliet Act 5

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

• The message was never delivered to him.

• He was in another town.

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

• Romeo had a heart attack.

What prevents Friar John from delivering his message to Romeo?

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

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

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

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

Where does Romeo get the poison?

• He buys the poison from an apothecary in Mantua.

• He buys the poison from an apothecary in Verona.

• He makes the poison himself.

• He buys the poison from Balthasar.

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

• Lord Capulet

• Friar Lawrence

• Tybalt's ghost

• Paris

When Juliet awakens to find Romeo and Paris dead, how does she decide to take her own life?

• She drinks the remaining poison next to Romeo's body.

• She slides the lid of her tomb back on to trap herself inside.

• Juliet doesn't die.

• She stabs herself with a dagger.

Why has Romeo broken into the Capulet's burial chamber?

• He wants steal Juliet's valuables to sell to the local pawn shop.

• He wants to poison himself next to his wife's body to join her in death.

• He wants to take Juliet's body back to Mantua with him for a proper burial.

• He was told to get her when she wakes up and run back to Mantua.

In Act 5, ___________________ irony is used when Romeo and the Capulet family believe that Juliet is dead. This is because the audience knows that she still alive.

• situational

• verbal

• dramatic

"Money is a worse poison to men's souls than these poor poisons that you're not allowed to sell."

The underlined words from the apothecary's quote above is are an example of .................?

• simile

• metaphor

• personification

• soliloquy

Why does Romeo kill Paris?

• Romeo wants to prevent Paris from marrying Juliet.

• Paris fights Romeo to avenge Tybalt's death.

• Romeo is desperate to get to Juliet's tomb and Paris is in his way.

• Romeo has become bloodthirsty after killing Tybalt.

What could be viewed as a positive outcome from the ending of the play?

• There is nothing positive that happens.

• The family feud ends between the Montagues and Capulets.

• The feud continues between the families.