Act 5 Quiz
Short Answer: Answer each question in a complete sentence.
1. Who tells Romeo that Juliet is dead?
2. What does Romeo decide to do?
3. What happened to Friar Laurence's message to Romeo? Explain.
4. Explain how bad timing caused the final tragedy: the deaths of Romeo and
Juliet.
5. Besides Romeo and Juliet, what other deaths occur or are reported in Act V?
Who said it, and what is he/she talking about?
Identify the speaker of each line, and then explain who/what he/she is talking
about.
6.
"Unhappy fortune!
The letter was not nice, but full of charge,
Of dear import..."
7. "Thus with a kiss I die."
8.
"O churl! drunk all, and left no friendly drop
To help me after? I will kiss thy lips;
9.
"O happy dagger!
This is thy sheath; there rust, and let me die."
10. "See, what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.
And I for winking at your discords too
Have lost a brace of kinsmen: all are punish'd."
Expanded Response (30 points)
Which of the following events most effectively heightens the audience’s
emotions as the play nears its climax. In the space provided, write the letter of
the answer you choose and briefly defend your choice. There is more than one
possible answer. Use at least one example from the play to support your ideas.
a.
b.
c.
d.
The friar hurries to be with Juliet when she awakes in the Capulet tomb.
Romeo buys poison and sets out for the tomb.
Paris unexpectedly arrives at the tomb.
Romeo remarks how lifelike Juliet looks.