Comprehension
In Act IV of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, what is the true reason Friar Lawrence does not encourage Paris in his plan to marry Juliet?
a. The wedding plans are too rushed.
b. Juliet is already married to Romeo.
c. Friar Lawrence does not like Paris.
d. Juliet will be dead before the wedding.
b. Juliet is already married to Romeo.
What word matches this definition:
A prayer
Orison
At the beginning of Act IV, Scene i, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Paris reports to Friar Lawrence that Juliet is weeping. What is the true cause of her sadness?
a. Juliet regrets her strong feelings of love for Paris.
b. Juliet grieves over her rash act of marrying Romeo.
c. Juliet loves Romeo and does not want to marry Paris.
d. Juliet wishes she did not have to choose between Romeo and Paris.
c. Juliet loves Romeo and does not want to marry Paris.
What is dramatic irony?
When the audience knows things about a situation when the character does not
Which of the following was invented first: televisions, radios, or hair dryers?
hair dryers
Which detail about Friar Lawrence, revealed earlier in the play, takes on new, important meaning in Act IV of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
a. He is a Franciscan friar.
b. He is a blood relative of Prince Escalus.
c. He conducted the funeral service for Tybalt.
d. He is an expert on the medicinal uses of plants.
d. He is an expert on the medicinal uses of plants.
Which word matches this definition? Full of anxiety and suffering
Distressed
How does Juliet act when she returns home from her visit to Friar Lawrence in Act IV, Scene ii, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
a. She acts angry.
b. She acts fearful.
c. She acts confused.
d. She acts apologetic.
d. She acts apologetic.
What is comic relief?
A relief from the emotional tension especially of a drama that is provided by the interposition of a comic episode or element
OR
A break from the emotional stress usually through a characters jokes or dark humor
How many bones do sharks have?
0
In The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene ii, what decision does Capulet make after Juliet seems to agree to the wedding with Paris?
a. to hold the wedding the next day
b. to buy Juliet a special wedding dress
c. to invite more guests than he had planned
d. to ask Friar Lawrence to perform the wedding
a. to hold the wedding the next day
What is the meaning of the word melancholy?
a. tired and sleepy
b. happy and joyful
c. sad and depressed
d. hopeful and positive
c. sad and depressed
In this passage from The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, Scene iii, what fear is Juliet expressing?
What if it be a poison which the friar
Subtly hath minist’red to have me dead,
Lest in this marriage he should be dishonored
Because he married me before to Romeo?
a. Friar Lawrence has accidentally given her a poison that will kill her.
b. Friar Lawrence has intentionally given her a poison that will kill her.
c. Her marriage was poisoned because Friar Lawrence performed it secretly. d. Friar Lawrence will reveal her secret marriage, and Romeo will be dishonored.
b. Friar Lawrence has intentionally given her a poison that will kill her.
Which of these quotations from Juliet’s speeches in The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act IV, is an example of dramatic irony?
a. Nurse, will you go with me into my closet / To help me sort such needful ornaments / As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?
b. How if, when I am laid into the tomb, / I wake before the time that Romeo / Come to redeem me?
c. O, if I wake, shall I not be distraught, / Environèd with all these hideous fears, / And madly play with my forefathers’ joints?
d. God joined my heart and Romeo’s, thou our hands ….
a. Nurse, will you go with me into my closet / To help me sort such needful ornaments / As you think fit to furnish me tomorrow?
Fun fact: Ms. Rafferty has a scar on her right or left eyelid?
Right
Which of the following most accurately describes what the nurse discovers on the morning of the wedding in Act IV, Scene v of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet?
a. Juliet’s lifeless body
b. Juliet’s love for Romeo
c. Juliet’s flight from Mantua
d. Juliet’s body in a death-like trance
d. Juliet’s body in a death-like trance
What is the most likely meaning of lamentable in the following sentence?
The lamentable occasion of his grandfather’s death left Davin wondering if his grandmother would be okay.
a. expected
b. regrettable
c. surprising
d. forgettable
b. regrettable
In Act IV, Scene iii, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Juliet delivers a speech as she prepares to drink the potion. On what subject does she dwell in this speech?
a. her undying love for Romeo
b. her confidence in Friar Lawrence’s wisdom
c. her resentment of her parents’ order that she marry Paris
d. her fear of what may happen when she awakens in the tomb
d. her fear of what may happen when she awakens in the tomb
As Friar Lawrence enters Act IV, Scene v, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, he says the following words:
Come, is the bride ready to go to church?
Why is this line an example of dramatic irony?
a. Friar Lawrence does not mean what he says, but the audience thinks he does.
b. Friar Lawrence believes Juliet will be going to church, but the audience knows she will not.
c. The other characters think Friar Lawrence means what he says, but the audience knows he does not.
d. Friar Lawrence believes Juliet is already at the church, but the other characters know she is not.
c. The other characters think Friar Lawrence means what he says, but the audience knows he does not.
What is your body's largest organ?
Skin
Which of the following situations best describes how someone might act if extremely distressed?
a. He looked thoughtfully at the article, wondering what it meant for the city.
b. She paced up and down the room, wringing her hands and crying softly to herself.
c. She hummed to herself as she gathered her tools and set to work on her new project.
d. He walked purposely along the street, confident he would be welcomed by his friends.
b. She paced up and down the room, wringing her hands and crying softly to herself.
Which of these lines shows Juliet apologizing?
Capulet. Well, he may chance to do some good on her. / A peevish self willed harlotry it is.
b. Juliet. Where I have learnt me to repent the sin / Of disobedient opposition / To you and your behests, and am enjoined / By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here / To beg your pardon….
c. Capulet. I’ll not to bed tonight; let me alone. / I’ll play the housewife for this once. What, ho! / They are all forth; well, I will walk myself / To County Paris, to prepare up him / Against tomorrow….
d. Juliet. Ay, those attires are best: but, gentle nurse, / I pray thee, leave me to my self tonight; / For I have need of many orisons / To move the heavens to smile upon my state.
b. Juliet. Where I have learnt me to repent the sin / Of disobedient opposition / To you and your behests, and am enjoined / By holy Lawrence to fall prostrate here / To beg your pardon….
Read this quotation from Act IV, Scene v, of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.
First Musician. Faith, we may put up our pipes and be gone.
Nurse. Honest good fellows, ah, put up, put up! / For well you know this is a pitiful case.
This exchange occurs at the end of Scene v after Juliet’s death has been discovered and the musicians who had gathered to celebrate her wedding are being dismissed. It ends with a pun on the word case: “For well you know this is a pitiful case.” Which statement best explains the pun?
a. The ceremony is a case for celebration and the musicians are there in case they are needed.
b. The Nurse wants the musicians to leave in case Capulet decides to get on her case for having them.
c. The death of Juliet is a sad case, but a case is also a container for holding a musician’s instrument.
d. The case for the musicians playing at the ceremony had become a case of law because of the death of Juliet.
c. The death of Juliet is a sad case, but a case is also a container for holding a musician’s instrument.
Name a country Ms. Rafferty has traveled to (cannot be USA).
Canada, Mexico, France, Germany, England/UK, Greece, Italy, Netherlands, Turkey, Croatia