Act V scenes I and II
1. Lines 1-16 – Which line in Romeo’s dream foreshadows tragic events to come?
2. Write down the entire line:
3. Lines 17-23 – Balthasar must show that he dreads giving his master the tragic news. What do we know that Balthasar does not know?
4. Lines 24-26 – What is Romeo’s tone here?
5. Where is he going tonight?
6. Line 28 – What does Balthasar suggest Romeo looks like, even though Romeo pretends to be calm?
7. Does Balthasar think Romeo should go? Why or why not?
8. Line 31 – What letter is Romeo waiting for? Did he get it?
9. What news did Romeo not get?
10. Line 34 – What does Romeo immediately set out to do? Does he hesitate at all to consider his course of action, or does he plunge into it?
11. Lines 40-52 – Why might the apothecary be willing to sell the illegal poison to Romeo?
12. Why does Romeo want the poison?
13. Line 59 – What is a ducat?
14. Lines 63-65 – This simile compares the speed of death by poison to the speed of a fired__________. It also continues the imagery of sudden, brief flashes of light that can be destructive.
15. Lines 68-74 – Do you believe Romeo’s argument that a poor man is entitled to break the law in order to survive? Explain:
16. Line 74 – What argument does Romeo use to persuade the apothecary to break the law?
17. Line 83 – What “poison” has Romeo “sold” the apothecary?
18. Line 85 – Why does Romeo call the poison a cordial, which is a kind of medicine that restores the heartbeat?
19. Line 3 – In the previous scene we learned that Romeo had received no letters from the friar. How would the Friar’s question immediately put questions in the minds of the audience?
20. Line 16 – Another accident! Why was the friar’s letter never delivered to Romeo?
21. Lines 23-29 – Do you think Friar’s adjustments to the plan will work? Explain:
22. Line 29 – If we can accept the “accidents” of fate, we have here something like a chase scene. We know, but the friar does not, that Romeo also is on his way to the tomb. Why is it essential that the friar get there first?
Romeo and Juliet Quiz – Act V
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“I dreamt my lady came and found me dead”
Paris says this foreshadowing his death
Romeo says this foreshadowing his death
This line does not foreshadow death
“I saw her laid low in the kindred’s vault”
Friar says this
Lord Capulet says this
Balthasar says this
“I defy you stars”
Romeo defies his fate
Paris defies his fate
Friar says this
“your looks are pale and wild and do import some misadventure”
Romeo says this to Balthasar
Balthasar says this to Romeo
Friar says this to Romeo
“hast thou no letters to me from the friar?”
Romeo received Friar’s important news
Romeo received the prince’s important news
Romeo did not receive the Friar’s important news
“Well, Juliet, I will lie with thee tonight”
Romeo plans to commit suicide and lay next to Juliet’s body
Romeo plans on running away with Juliet and sharing a bed that night
Paris plans on running away with Juliet and sharing a bed that night
The apothecary
is Romeo’s servant
is a rich man
is a man that sells Romeo poison
a ducat
is a type of bucket
is a “bird like” animal
is money
“Then be not poor, but break it and take this”
Romeo persuades the apothecary to break the law
Romeo gives a poor man money and expects nothing in return
Romeo trades his wrist watch for poison
“I sell thee poison; thou has sold me none.”
Romeo says this to Friar
Romeo is saying that money is like a poison
The apothecary says this
A cordialis
a medicine that stops the heart
is a type of cold medicine
is a medicine that restores the heart
The letter was not delivered to Romeo
because of a plague
because the messenger was lazy
because Friar accidentally delivered the letter to Paris
The Friar
hopes to get to Juliet’s tomb before Romeo
hopes to get to Romeo before Romeo gets to Juliet’s tomb
hopes to tell the Prince the plan before Romeo gets to Juliet’s tomb
Why does Paris come to Juliet’s tomb?
to give her a last kiss
to fight Romeo
to put flowers on her tomb
“by heaven, I will tear thee joint by joint and strew this hungry churchyard with thy limbs”
Romeo says this to Balthasar
Tybalt says this to Romeo
Paris says this to Romeo
“Thus I enforce thy rotten jaws to open, and in despite I’ll cram thee with more food.”
Romeo is feeding his horse
Romeo is feeding himself, but he is too depressed to open his mouth
Romeo is going to feed the tomb with his dead body
Paris wants to fight Romeo because
Romeo appears to be going into the tomb to desecrate the bodies
Romeo is responsible for Juliet’s death – killing Tybalt caused Juliet grief
All of the above
“Stop thy unhallowed toil, vile Montague!”
Lord Capulet says this
Paris says this to Friar
Paris says this to Romeo
“A madman’s mercy bid thee run away.”
Romeo says this to Paris
Paris says this to Romeo
Romeo says this to Friar
“O, I am slain! If thou be merciful, open the tomb, lay me with Juliet.”
Romeo says this
Paris says this
Tybalt says this
“One writ with me in sour misfortune’s book”
Paris says this
Romeo is saying that he and Paris share the same fate
Juliet says this about Romeo
“Tybalt, liest thou there in the bloody sheet? O, what more favor can I do to thee…”
Romeo is still upset with Tybalt – the cause of his banishment
Romeo forgives Tybalt when he sees his dead body
Juliet forgives Tybalt when she sees his dead body
“Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks”
Romeo realizes that Juliet is still alive
Romeo thinks that she is beautiful – as if she were alive
Juliet appears to be dead and she is already rotting
“Thy drugs are quick. Thus with a kiss I die.”
Juliet drinks the vile
Romeo drinks the vile so that he can fake his death
Romeo steals a last kiss before killing himself
If Friar had arrived half an hour earlier
Romeo and Juliet still would have died
He would have saved Romeo but not Juliet
He would have saved both Romeo and Juliet
“Thy husband in thy bosom there lies dead; And Paris too.”
Friar says this to Juliet
Juliet says this to Friar
Capulet says this to Juliet
“Alack, alcack, what blood is this that stains the stony entrance of this sepulcher?”
Paris says this
Romeo says this
Friar says this
The friar
stays with Juliet in the tomb
Leaves Juliet in the tomb
Leaves with Juliet
The climax
is when Juliet stabs herself
when Juliet drinks the vile
when Romeo finds out that Juliet is dead
The resolution of the story
is when the friar tells the prince the truth of what happened
when the friar is sentenced to death for his actions
is when Romeo and Juliet live happily ever after in Verona
The friar
is willing to lose his life for his mistake
is not willing to lose his life for his mistake
claims he did not make a mistake
The deaths of Romeo and Juliet
creates more violence between the families
creates peace between the families
stop some of the violence but not all
Capulet
Puts some of the blame on himself for the deaths of Romeo and Juliet
Does not blame himself
Blames friar completely
