ACT IV - Scene III Quiz — Romeo and Juliet

What excuse does Juliet give for wanting to be left alone on the night before her wedding?

• She needs to say many prayers
• She is feeling ill and needs rest
• She wants to write a letter to Romeo
• She needs to finish her wedding dress

What does Juliet lay beside her before drinking the potion?

• A dagger
• A letter to Romeo
• A rosary
• A portrait of Romeo

Why does Juliet briefly suspect Friar Laurence may have given her poison instead of a sleeping potion?

• To hide his role in secretly marrying her to Romeo
• Because he disapproves of the Capulet family
• Because he wants to claim the Capulet fortune
• To punish her for disobeying her parents

How does Juliet resolve her doubt about whether the Friar has poisoned her?

• She reasons that he has always been known as a holy man
• She tests the potion on a pet bird
• She prays to God for a sign
• She smells the potion to check for poison

What does Juliet fear she might do if she goes mad in the tomb?

• Play with her ancestors' bones and dash out her own brains
• Call out for Romeo and alert the Capulet guards
• Break open the tomb door and wander the streets
• Drink actual poison from the Friar's supply

Whose ghost does Juliet see in a vision near the end of her soliloquy?

• Tybalt's ghost
• Mercutio's ghost
• Her grandfather's ghost
• Romeo's ghost

What are Juliet's final words before she drinks the potion?

• "Romeo, I come! this do I drink to thee."
• "Farewell! God knows when we shall meet again."
• "My dismal scene I needs must act alone."
• "Stay, Tybalt, stay!"

Which of these events actually happened in this chapter?

What does the word "orisons" mean as Juliet uses it in this scene?

• Prayers
• Medicines
• Ornaments
• Opinions

What does "conceit" mean in Juliet's line "The horrible conceit of death and night"?

• An idea or mental image
• Vanity or arrogance
• A clever trick
• A hidden passage

What are "mandrakes" and why does Juliet reference them?

• Plants believed to shriek when uprooted, causing madness
• Poisonous snakes found in Italian tombs
• Demons from medieval folklore who guarded crypts
• Musical instruments played at funerals