Question

. What is Friar Lawrence’s advice to Juliet concerning her parents’ wishes that she marry Paris?
(1 point)
• He tells her she must forget Romeo and marry Paris.
• He gives her a potion to make her appear dead.
2. Identify the type of irony found in Act IV, Scene 1 when Paris meets Juliet at Friar Lawrence’s cell and says, “Do not deny . . . that you love me,” and Juliet replies, “I will confess to you that I love him.”
(1 point)
• dramatic irony
• situational irony
3. True of False: Comic relief was rarely used by Shakespeare, and only in his comedies. (1 point)
• true
• false
4. Identify the type of figurative language in the sentences below (taken from Act IV, Scene 1).
Paris: “Poor soul, thy face is much abus'd with tears.”
Juliet: “The tears have got small victory by that; / For it was bad enough before their spite.”
(1 point)
• simile
• personification
5. Identify the type of figurative language in the sentence below (taken from Act IV, Scene 1).
Friar Lawrence: "Then is it likely thou wilt undertake / A thing like death to chide away this shame...”
(1 point)
• simile

• personification
6. Where is Romeo during Act IV?
(1 point)
• He is hiding in Friar Lawrence’s cell.
• He is in exile in Mantua.
7. Complete the analogy: Distraught is to affliction as sullen is to ______________. (1 point)
• failure
• unhappy
8. Choose the correct synonym for the underlined word in the sentence below.
“I will try to give you some comfort in this difficult time.”
(1 point)
• solace
• headstrong
9. What is a dirge? (1 point)
• an emergency
• a funeral song

Answer 1

1.c

2.c

3.false

4.c

5.a

6.b

7.a

8.a

9.b

Answer 2

1. He gives her a potion to make her appear dead. The potion actually only made her sleep, in a plan to deceive their families to help Romeo And Juliet be together.

2. Dramatic irony. It happens when the reader knows something that the characters don't.

3. False. William Shakespeare differed from the classical tradition and did actually use comic relief in plays such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Othello, The Merchant of Venice and Romeo and Juliet.

4. Personification

5. Personification.

6. He is in exile in Mantua. Romeo was exiled to Mantua as punishment for killing Tybalt.

7. Failure. Someone is distraught, meaning distracted and deeply agitated, because of an affliction, a state of pain or distress. Sullen means in ill humor. "Failure" is the word that applies the best, as people are more likely to be sullen because of a failure.

8. Solace. It means to provide comfort in a time of great sadness.

9. A funeral song. It´s a lament for the dead, usually takes place in a funeral rite.