The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet Act Five Review

Which of the following best describes a person who is meager in appearance?

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  broad and heavy

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  slender and graceful

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  thin and gaunt

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  muscular and strong

Which situation is most likely to provoke misery in the participants?

• skating on a frozen pond in wintertime

  
  

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  eating a hearty meal in a restaurant

  
  

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  packing one’s suitcase for vacation

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  losing one’s home in a severe flood.

A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as another. Which of the following is a synonym for penury?

• loyalty

• privacy

• poverty

• energy

The word diplomacy, meaning “a job or field related to maintaining good relations between parties, countries, or governments,” is part of a word family that follows a similar pattern. Given this information, what can you most logically conclude is the meaning of diplomatic?

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  involving good relations between parties or countries

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  characterized by fair decisions about a country’s laws

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  a person who follows the practices of diplomacy

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  referring to good relationships between laws and the people

Audacity is the quality or state of being bold, confident, or daring. Voraciously means “to consume something or do something with eagerness.”

Based on this information and the example of audacity above, which sentence makes sense, using a member of the same word family for voraciously correctly?

• The voracity eater has a strong appetite.

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  Because of his voracity for history, he never read history books.

• Her hunger was voraciously after the long hike, so she had a large dinner.

  
  

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  My sister is a voracious reader; she reads at least two novels a week.

Which of the following sentences contains an example of parallelism?

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  A happy outcome seems possible at many moments during the play Romeo and Juliet.

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  Friar Lawrence is primarily a serious character, while the Nurse provides comic relief.

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  Readers associate Juliet with beauty, Mercutio with wit, and Tybalt with hostility.

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  Audiences laugh loudly at Shakespeare’s comedies, but his tragedies evoke sorrow.

Which of the following sentences contains an example of parallelism?

• Romeo falls in love, marries Juliet, kills Tybalt, and poisons himself.

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  Romeo and Paris both love Juliet, but each reacts in his own way to her supposed death.

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  Friar Lawrence cannot control events, and the Nurse is equally incapable of helping the lovers.

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  The ending of the play implies that in the future, the two families will be friends.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene i, what message does Balthasar report to Romeo?

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  Juliet is dead and has been laid to rest in the Capulets’ tomb.

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  The Prince has pardoned Romeo and will allow him to return to Verona.

• Juliet will definitely marry Paris.

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  Friar Lawrence is on his way to Mantua.

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene i, why does Romeo seek out an apothecary?

• to poison himself later

• to get a medical expert to confirm that Juliet is really dead

• to buy a special potion to revive Juliet

  
  

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  to get a special medical pass to return to Verona

In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act V, scene ii, why is Friar Lawrence upset when he learns that Friar John has not yet been to Mantua?

• He fears that the Prince may punish both him and Friar John.

• He is irritated because Friar John has failed before to deliver messages.

• He is fearful that failure of his message to reach Romeo may result in disaster.

  
  

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  He fears that Friar John may have been exposed to the plague.