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Romeo and Juliet: Answer All Questions in Complete Sentences in Order To Receive Full Credit

This document contains a study guide for Act IV of Romeo and Juliet with 25 questions about the plot details and characters' thoughts and actions. The study guide is for a 9th grade English class and instructs students to answer all questions in complete sentences. It covers scenes where Juliet meets with Friar Lawrence after refusing Paris, Capulet plans Juliet's wedding to Paris, Juliet asks the Nurse for help, and Juliet takes the potion to fake her death. The final questions analyze the mood of different scenes and Shakespeare's portrayal of the Capulets' grief over Juliet.

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Romeo and Juliet: Answer All Questions in Complete Sentences in Order To Receive Full Credit

This document contains a study guide for Act IV of Romeo and Juliet with 25 questions about the plot details and characters' thoughts and actions. The study guide is for a 9th grade English class and instructs students to answer all questions in complete sentences. It covers scenes where Juliet meets with Friar Lawrence after refusing Paris, Capulet plans Juliet's wedding to Paris, Juliet asks the Nurse for help, and Juliet takes the potion to fake her death. The final questions analyze the mood of different scenes and Shakespeare's portrayal of the Capulets' grief over Juliet.

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Name:_________________________________ Romeo and Juliet – Act IV Study

Guide
English 9, Mrs. Astoreca

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN COMPLETE SENTENCES IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FULL CREDIT.


*Note: When questions ask you to refer to lines, write the line # and pg. #’s, as well as the first line(s) of dialogue.*

Act IV, scene i


1. Is it coincidental that Juliet and Paris are meeting in this scene? Explain.
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2. Explain Friar Lawrence’s objection: “Uneven is the course, I like it not.”


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3. What character traits does Juliet reveal in her conversation with Paris?
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4. After Paris leaves, what do we know of Juliet’s thoughts and feelings?


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5. If the Friar cannot help her, what does she intend to do?
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6. What does the Friar say about the remedy he has to offer?
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7. Does Juliet agree with this? Explain her reaction.


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8. What is Friar Lawrence’s plan to meet the emergency at hand?


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9. How does Juliet feel about this plan?


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10. What immediate action does the Friar choose to take? (This is asking something different from #9.)
R&J Act IV SG – Page 2

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Act IV, scene ii


11. What directions does Capulet give the servingmen for the wedding feast?
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12. What is the nature of this conversation and the next? (There is a shift in mood.)
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13. When Juliet appears, how does she act toward her father?
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14. Why does Juliet promise obedience to her father?


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15. Does Lady Capulet agree to Wednesday for the wedding? Why or why not?
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Act IV, scene iii


16. What request does Juliet ask of the Nurse?
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17. In her soliloquy, what does Juliet reveal about her thoughts and fears? (There are seven!)
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Act IV, scene iv


18. What is the mood of scene iv? Why?
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Act IV, scene v


19. What is Juliet’s condition when the Nurse attempts to waken her?
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20. What are two conflicting things in this scene?


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Act IV, scene v Continued…


21. On what does Paris comment?
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22. Why does the Friar speak the way he does here?
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23. What final advice does the Friar give?


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24. What is the purpose of the conversation with musicians?


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25. Why do you think Shakespeare chooses not make the Capulets’ grief so dismal?
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