Act V

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Act V
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Quotes Question 1

• Who said
• Then I defy you, stars!
• Balthasar
• Paris
• Romeo
• Friar

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Quotes Question 2

• Who said
• There is they gold worse poison to mens
  souls,
• Doing more murder in this loathsome world,
• Than these poor compounds that thou mayst not
  sell.
• Balthasar
• Apothecary
• Friar John
• Romeo

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Quotes Question 3

• Who said
• Sweet flower, with flowers thy bridal bed I
  strew
• Paris
• Paige
• Friar John
• Romeo

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Quotes Question 4

• Who said
• By heaven, I will tear thee joint by joint
• And strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs.
• Paris
• Paige
• Balthasar
• Romeo

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Quotes Question 5

• Who said
• O, I am slain! If thou be merciful,
• Open the tomb, lay me with Juliet.
• Paris
• Romeo
• Lord Capulet
• Mercutio

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Quotes Question 6

• Who said
• O my love! My wife!
• Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,
• Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.
• Paris
• Lord Capulet
• Friar John
• Romeo

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Quotes Question 7

• Who said
• O true apothecary!
• Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.
• Paris
• Lord Capulet
• Romeo
• Balthasar

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Quotes Question 8

• Who said
• O happy dagger!
• This is thy sheath there rest, and let me die.
• Paris
• Juliet
• Friar John
• Romeo

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Quotes Question 9

• Who said
• Alas, my liege, my wife is dead tonight!
• Paris
• Lord Capulet
• Lord Montague
• Romeo

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Quotes Question 10

• Who said
• For never was a story of more woe
• Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
• Paris
• Prince
• Friar John
• Lord Capulet

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Plot Question 1

• At the beginning of Act V, Romeo recounts a dream
  he has just had. Which of the following lines
  from his opening monologue hints at the outcome
  of the play?
•  My dreams presage some joyful news at hand.
•  all this day an unaccustomed spirit / Lifts me
  above the ground with cheerful thoughts.
• I dreamt my lady came and found me dead
•  That I revived and was an emperor.

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Plot Question 2

• What causes Friar Lawrences important message to
  Romeo to go astray?
• Romeo is not where Friar Lawrence thinks he is.
• His messenger is unexpectedly detained for a day.
• The distance from Verona to Mantua is too far to
  accomplish the trip in the required time.
• He sends Balthasar, who misunderstands him and
  delivers the wrong message.

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Plot Question 3

• Which of the following is not an effect of
  Juliets taking the potion Friar Lawrence
  provides?
• Romeo drinks poison.
• Paris is killed.
• Juliets death is reported to Romeo.
• Lady Montague dies.

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Plot Question 4

• What does Romeo mean when he says to Paris,
• I love thee better than myself, 
• For I come hither armed against myself?
• Since Paris loved Juliet, Romeo therefore loves
  Paris.
• He is telling Paris that he has no wish to fight
  with him, that in fact, he has come here to kill
  himself.
• Romeo is warning Paris that he is armed and will
  fight if provoked.
• Hoping to confuse him and catch him off guard,
  Romeo tells Paris he loves him.

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Plot Question 5

• What does Romeo notice when he gazes upon Juliet
  in the tomb?
• That she has taken poison
• That Pariss flowers are strewn all about her
  body
• That her cheeks are rosy and she is still fair
• That she is very changed since the last time he
  had seen her

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Plot Question 6

• Which of the following events is the most direct
  cause of Romeos and Juliets deaths?
• Mercutios death
• Pariss presence at the tomb
• Friar Johns delay
• Romeos mothers death

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Plot Question 7

• Why does the Prince call forward Capulet and
  Montague by saying Where be these enemies?
  instead of Where be the grieving fathers?
• Their role as enemies and responsible parties is
  more significant than their roles as grieving
  fathers.
• He doesnt want to remind them of their loss.
• He wants them to know that he knows about the
  feud.
• He chooses to warn them that he is on his guard
  in case they get violent.

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Plot Question 8

• The central idea of Act V concerns the
• blindness of love.
• evils of money.
• dangers of disobedience.
• power of chance.

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Plot Question 9

• What idea does the following passage express?
• MONTAGUE. O thou untaught! What manners is in
  this,
• To press before thy father to a grave?
• It is unnatural for sons to die before their
  fathers.
• Sons who display ill manners die early deaths.
• Sons who commit suicide deserve to die before
  their fathers.
• Sons who die on the same day as their mothers
  cause their fathers to want to go to the grave.

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Plot Question 10

• Why is the peace at the end of the play a
  glooming or gloomy peace?
• Because the sun will not emerge from behind the
  clouds this day
• Because the friar, whom everyone respected, was
  involved in inappropriate dealings
• Because the reconciliation of the two families is
  overshadowed by so many deaths
• Because all the people in the churchyard will be
  punished by the Prince for their part in the
  deaths

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Character Question 1

• What knowledge or revelation springs from the
  suffering of the characters?
• The fathers agree that when people fall in love
  too young, it always ends badly.
• Capulet realizes that forcing Juliet to marry
  someone she didnt want to caused the unhappy
  ending.
• The fathers realize that the freedom they had
  given their children allowed them to get into
  trouble.
• The families are responsible for these deaths
  because they allowed the feud to continue.

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Character Question 2

• Which of Romeos character traits contributes to
  his downfall?
• Moodiness
• Impulsiveness
• Indecisiveness
• Vengefulness

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Character Question 3

• How would the Capulets and the Montagues describe
  the theme of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
• Hatred between two families can rob people of
  what they hold dearest.
• Young people are foolish and irresponsible when
  they are in love.
• Love is fleeting and must be pursued at all
  costs.
• Misunderstandings can happen at any age and must
  be forgiven.

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Character Question 4

• Who dies from grief over Romeos banishment?
• Juliet
• Nurse
• Lady Capulet
• Lady Montague

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Character Question 5

• Who does Romeo believe suffers from poverty
  because
• Of his physical appearance?
• Paris
• Balthasar
• Apothecary
• The paige

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Character Question 6

• Who truly did love Juliet, even though the
  audience
• Never knows this until he is dead?
• Romeo
• Paris
• Lord Montague
• Prince

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Character Question 7

• Who brings bad news and fears that his master is
• Planning some misadventure?
• Peter
• Balthasar
• The Paige
• Friar John

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Character Question 8

• Who does Friar Laurence send with a letter to
  Romeo
• In Mantua?
• Friar John
• Friar Peter
• Friar Paris
• Friar Capulet

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Character Question 9

• Who dreams that his wife came and found him dead?
• Paris
• Lord Montague
• Romeo
• Lord Capulet

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Character Question 10

• Who tries to convince Juliet to enter a nunnery?
• Nurse
• Friar Laurence
• Friar John
• Lord Capulet

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Essay Question 1
Throughout Acts IIV, plans are made only to
unravel at the last minute. Romeo plans to marry
Juliet, but then he kills Tybalt and is banished
from Verona on his wedding day. Next, Friar
Lawrence devises a plan to deal with Romeos
banishment only to discover that Capulet has set
a wedding date for Juliet that is only three days
away. As we see in Act V, Friar Lawrences plan
to finally unite Romeo and Juliet goes awry. In
an essay, explain why you believe the plan fails.
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Sample answer Essay 1
Students essays should conclude that timing is
the critical factor in the failed plans of Romeo,
Juliet, and Friar Lawrence. Students may cite the
circumstances leading up to the wedding date and
of the messages delivered too late or not at all
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Essay Question 2
By the beginning of Act V, there has been enough
misfortune to make the play a tragedy. However,
the remainder of Act V brings even more disaster.
Romeo kills Paris and then poisons himself.
Juliet kills herself when she learns of Romeos
death. Finally, Montague reveals that his wife
has died as well. In an essay, explain why
Shakespeare includes the deaths of Paris and Lady
Montague in Act V. How does Shakespeare pull the
audience away from the grief and back to feeling
hopeful about human nature? Support your opinions
with examples from the play.
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Sample answer Essay 2
Students should review the definition of tragedy
they have been provided. The central character
meets disaster or great misfortune, and the
misfortune may seem worse than what the
characteror anyone else in the playdeserves.
Thus, the deaths of Paris and Lady Montague
complete the tragedy. Shakespeare pulls the
audience away from the grief with the
reconciliation of the feuding families.
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Essay Question 3
Consider this statement Tragedy should imitate
real-life actions that excite pity and fear. In
an essay, explain how the statement fits Romeo
and Juliet. Examine the events or developments
that brought forth feelings of pity, fear, or
anxiety as you read the play. Discuss whether
pity and fear are necessary to make a tragic
situation effective for an audience. Support
your opinions with examples from the play.
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Sample answer Essay 3
Students essays should express that pity and
fear are what make us sympathize and identify
with the characters, so that we feel their losses
and victories. Events that evoke pity the
mischance of falling in love with an enemy, of
having a marriage arranged for you, of being
banished from your home (through fault or not) on
the day of your wedding the failure of a message
to arrive in a timely manner. Events that evoke
fear the initial brawl in which the heros life
is first in danger, Romeos safe concealment
after being banished, Juliets taking the potion
without knowing its effects.
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