Terms
Scene 1
Scene 2 and 3
Scene 4 and 5
Juliet's Scene 3 Soliloquy
100
Define dramatic irony.
What is when there is a contradiction between what a character thinks and what the reader/audience knows to be true.
100
At the start of Act IV, it is this day.
What is Tuesday.
100
Juliet tells her father that she will obey him for this reason.
What is she knows that she really won't marry Paris. She's just playing along with her father to make him happy, but she has other plans her father isn't aware of. If she disobeys Capulet, then there is a good chance that her plans won't work because he will be watching her.
100
The nurse's first name.
What is Angelica.
100
Juliet questions the Friar's intentions for this reason.
What is she thinks he might want her dead to cover up his involvement with her marriage to Romeo.
200
Give an example of dramatic irony from this act.
Answers may vary.
200
Paris is at the Friar's cell for this reason.
What is to discuss his marriage to Juliet.
200
Capulet moves the wedding to this day.
What is Wednesday.
200
When the nurse finds Juliet "dead," she is confused for this reason.
What is Juliet is dressed in street clothing.
200
Juliet fears that she'll wake up in the Capulet tomb and go crazy enough that she does this to herself (be specific).
What is dash her brains out with her relative's bones.
300
Define soliloquy.
What is a long speech expressing the thoughts of a character alone on stage.
300
Paris insults Juliet by saying that he owns this.
What is her face.
300
Why is Lady Capulet concerned about moving the date of the wedding.
What is there isn't enough time to prepare for the wedding --- specifically food.
300
Romeo find out about Friar Lawrence's plan from this person.
What is letters from another Friar.
300
Juliet drinks to him.
Who is Romeo.
400
Define comic relief.
What is a technique that is used to interrupt a serious part of a literary work by introducing a humorous character or situation.
400
The sleeping potion is supposed to last for this amount of time.
What is 42 hours.
400
Juliet needs privacy in order to take the sleeping potion. How does she get her mother and the nurse to leave her alone.
What is she tells her mother that Capulet needs help with the wedding preparations, and she tells the nurse to help her mother and to also pray for her.
400
Paris is upset that Juliet is dead for this reason.
What is he won't have a wife (he isn't sad that she is dead necessarily).
400
Prior to this soliloquy, Juliet wishes that she could be comforted by this character.
Who is nurse.
500
These characters provide comic relief at the end of Act 4.
Who are the musicians.
500
Explain the Friar's plan for Juliet.
What is on the night before the wedding, Juliet is supposed to take a sleeping potion that will make it appear that she has died. She will then be buried on Thursday in the family grave. The Friar will send word to Romeo so that he meets Juliet at the tomb when she wakes up on Friday. They will then runaway to Mantua together.
500
During her soliloquy in scene 3, Juliet discusses her concerns about taking the potion. List three of her concerns
What is: she will die, she will wake up too soon, she'll go crazy in the tomb, Romeo won't show up, the sleeping potion doesn't work, Tybalt's ghost will haunt her.
500
This minor character was told by Capulet to change the wedding plans into funeral arrangements.
Who is Peter.
500
If all else fails, Juliet will do this.
What is kill herself with her dagger.
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