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romeo and juliet
acts 4-5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| immoderately | too much |
| unstained | faultless |
| gadding | wandering |
| orisons | prayers |
| stifled | suffocated |
| meager | poor |
| dispatch | to send off with speed |
| muffle | hide |
| apothecary | druggist |
| penury | poverty |
| pestilence | an epidemic disease |
| mattock | an instrument for loosening the soil; shaped like a pickax |
| obsequies | observances or rituals |
| descry | to see something unclear by looking closley |
| 1. What does Juliet threaten to do if she if forced to marry Paris? | She will kill herself. She shows the knife to the Friar. |
| 2. How will Romeo be told that Juliet is not dead and waiting in the tomb? | He will get a letter from the Friar. Friar John will tell Romeo in Manchu. Juliet is not dead; go get her from the tomb on this day. |
| 3. Who tries to wake Juliet and cries out that she is dead? | The nurse tries to awaken Juliet. |
| 4. According to the bereaved Father Capulet, who is now his son-in-law? | Death is his son-in-law. Death had taken his daughter rather than another man. (We are working with strict time; Romeo must get there.) (She took it a day early because her dad moved the wedding up.) |
| 5. Friar Laurence gives Juliet a potion to make her sleep how long? | 42 hours |
| 6. What three things does Juliet worry about when preparing to drink the potion? | It won't work. She might die; Romeo might be late and she could awaken and die of fright. |
| 7. What is comparison using like or as? | simile |
| 8. What is a comparison of two different things? | metaphor |
| 9. Character study on p. 39 (PP) | Lord and Lady Capult are sad, and Lord Capulet feels death is his son-in-law; Parih feels death is cruel, he cares for her and Nurse thinks it is a woeful day |
| 1. Why does Friar Laurence go to the tomb? | He goes to rescue Juliet from the tomb when she awakes. (Friar John should not be back so soon.) |
| 2. What news does Friar John bring to Friar Laurence? | He did not deliver the letter because he was quarantined because of an outbreak of the plague. There was a plague in Manchu; no one could come in. |
| 3. How does Juliet kill herself? | She kills herself with Romeo's dagger. (She tried to get poison from Romeo's lips, but she fails.) |
| 4. When Juliet awakes and sees that Romeo has drunk poison, why is she angry? | She calls Romeo a churl; he drank all of the poison and did not leave any for her. (not even a friendly drop) |
| 5. Why does Romeo not get the message from Friar Laurence? | Friar John was quarantined. |
| 6. Who is Balthasar and what news does he bring to Romeo? | a servant He says that Juliet is dead and in Heaven |
| 7. What does Romeo buy from an apothecary? | poison (He talked the druggist into it.) |
| 8. What last request does Romeo grant Paris? | to lie next to Juliet in the tomb |
| 9. Who explains to the Prince and the bereaved families what has happened? | Friar Laurence |
| 10. What do Montague and Capulet vow to build? | Montague will build a gold statue to honor Juliet; Capulet will build one to honor Romeo |
| 11. Why has Paris come to the tomb of Juliet? | He wants to pay respects to Juliet. |
| 12. How does Paris die in the play? | He and Romeo draw swords at the tomb, and Romeo kills him. Paris thought that Romeo a Montague was going to open a Capulet tomb. |
| 13. Who do Capulet and Montague decide to do after realizing what their hatred of each other has done to their children? | They shake hands and agree to end the argument. |
Created by:
Matthew Hammond