Romeo And Juliet Act IV Quiz Questions
Do your best to answer these questions from Act IV of Romeo and Juliet. All of the information is in the order that it appears in the play. This is an excellent way to prepare for your quiz, but remember to look over vocabulary and other literary terms, too.
Questions and Answers
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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.
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).Rate this question:
- 2.
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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Simile
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Personification
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Pun
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Hyperbole
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Dramatic irony
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D. HyperboleExplanation
Do you really think she wants, for example, to be covered with a "dead man's rattling bones"?Rate this question:
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- 3.
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.
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Friar LawrenceExplanation
He's telling Juliet what the potion will do: place her in a death-like sleep for 42 hours.Rate this question:
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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!
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JulietExplanation
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.Rate this question:
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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.
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CapuletExplanation
Her father is happy and moves the wedding up a day.Rate this question:
- 6.
Who speaks these lines? My heart is wondrous light, Since this same wayward girl is so reclaim'd.
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CapuletExplanation
Her father is happy that Juliet is finally obedient again.Rate this question:
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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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Simile
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Personification
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Pun
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Hyperbole
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Dramatic irony
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E. Dramatic ironyExplanation
The audience knows that Juliet has not been "reclaimed." She is actually plotting against her father's wishes.Rate this question:
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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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Simile
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Personification
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Pun
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Hyperbole
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Dramatic irony
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E. Dramatic ironyExplanation
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!Rate this question:
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- 9.
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.
Correct Answer
JulietExplanation
Juliet is nervous because so many things could go wrong. Unfortunately, she is alone in this endeavor.Rate this question:
- 10.
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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Simile
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Personification
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Pun
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Hyperbole
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Dramatic irony
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A. SimileExplanation
Death is "like" an early frost that kills the most beautiful flower in the field before its time.Rate this question:
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- 11.
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.
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CapuletExplanation
He is reacting to Juliet's "death."Rate this question:
- 12.
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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Simile
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Personification
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Pun
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Hyperbole
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Dramatic irony
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B. PersonificationExplanation
Death is being personified. Juliet is now married to death (rather than Paris).Rate this question:
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