Romeo And Juliet Act IV Quiz Questions

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1. Who speaks these lines? Tell me not, friar, that thou hearest of this, Unless thou tell me how I may prevent it. If in thy wisdom thou canst give no help, Do thou but call my resolution wise And with this knife I'll help it presently.

Juliet, desperate to avoid marrying Paris has come to Friar Lawrence to seek his help. If he can't help, she'll kill herself (with the knife - ouch).

Explanation

Juliet, desperate to avoid marrying Paris has come to Friar Lawrence to seek his help. If he can't help, she'll kill herself (with the knife - ouch).

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2. Who speaks these lines? Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again. I have a faint cold fear thrills through my veins That almost freezes up the heat of life. I'll call them back again to comfort me. . . . My dismal scene I needs must act alone. Come, vial.

Juliet is nervous because so many things could go wrong. Unfortunately, she is alone in this endeavor.

Explanation

Juliet is nervous because so many things could go wrong. Unfortunately, she is alone in this endeavor.

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3. Who speaks these lines? Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir, My daughter he hath wedded. I will die, And leave him all--life, living, all is Death's.

He is reacting to Juliet's "death."

Explanation

He is reacting to Juliet's "death."

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Who speaks these lines? And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death Thou shalt continue two-and-forty hours, And then awake as from a pleasant sleep.

He's telling Juliet what the potion will do: place her in a death-like sleep for 42 hours.

Explanation

He's telling Juliet what the potion will do: place her in a death-like sleep for 42 hours.

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5. Who speaks these lines? 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. Pardon. I beseech you!

As planned, she is aplogizing to her parents and agreeing to marry Paris. The audience knows, however, that this is just a part of her and the Friar's plan.

Explanation

As planned, she is aplogizing to her parents and agreeing to marry Paris. The audience knows, however, that this is just a part of her and the Friar's plan.

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6. Who speaks these lines? Send for the County. Go tell him of this. I'll have this knot knit up tomorrow morning. . . . Why, I am glad on't. This is well.

Her father is happy and moves the wedding up a day.

Explanation

Her father is happy and moves the wedding up a day.

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8. What literary device is apparent in these lines? LADY CAPULET What, are you busy, ho? need you my help? JULIET No, madam; we have cull'd such necessaries As are behoveful for our state to-morrow: So please you, let me now be left alone, And let the nurse this night sit up with you; For, I am sure, you have your hands full all, In this so sudden business. LADY CAPULET Good night: Get thee to bed, and rest; for thou hast need.

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Juliet does have what is necessary for sleep, but it is not what her mother thinks - Juliet has the potion.
There is also dramatic irony when Lady Capulet tells her daughter, "Get thee to bed, and rest; for thou hast need," because the audience knows that Juliet is about to get a lot of sleep!

Explanation

What literary device is apparent here? Death lies on her like an untimely frost Upon the sweetest flower of all the field.

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Death is "like" an early frost that kills the most beautiful flower in the field before its time.

Explanation

Death is "like" an early frost that kills the most beautiful flower in the field before its time.

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The following lines have an example of what literary device? Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir, My daughter he hath wedded. I will die, And leave him all--life, living, all is Death's.

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Death is being personified. Juliet is now married to death (rather than Paris).

Explanation

Death is being personified. Juliet is now married to death (rather than Paris).

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What literary device is apparent here? JULIET O, bid me leap, rather than marry Paris, From off the battlements of yonder tower; Or walk in thievish ways; or bid me lurk Where serpents are; chain me with roaring bears; Or shut me nightly in a charnel-house, O'er-cover'd quite with dead men's rattling bones, With reeky shanks and yellow chapless skulls; Or bid me go into a new-made grave And hide me with a dead man in his shroud; Things that, to hear them told, have made me tremble; And I will do it without fear or doubt, To live an unstain'd wife to my sweet love.

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Do you really think she wants, for example, to be covered with a "dead man's rattling bones"?

Explanation

Do you really think she wants, for example, to be covered with a "dead man's rattling bones"?

12. What literary device is apparent in these lines? My heart is wondrous light, Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim'd.

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The audience knows that Juliet has not been "reclaimed." She is actually plotting against her father's wishes.

Explanation

The audience knows that Juliet has not been "reclaimed." She is actually plotting against her father's wishes.

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