The turning point in a play's action is called the Climax.
What do we call the turning point in a play's action?(1 point)
Responses
Exposition
Falling Action
Climax
Rising Action
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What is NOT part of Friar Lawrence's plan to help Juliet reunite with Romeo?(1 point)
Responses
Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a sleeping potion that will make her appear to be dead.
Friar Lawrence tells Juliet to have the Nurse hide the potion for her until she needs it.
Friar Lawrence instructs Juliet to drink the potion the night before her wedding to Paris.
Friar Lawrence will send word to Romeo informing him of their plan.
Responses
Friar Lawrence gives Juliet a sleeping potion that will make her appear to be dead.
Friar Lawrence tells Juliet to have the Nurse hide the potion for her until she needs it.
Friar Lawrence instructs Juliet to drink the potion the night before her wedding to Paris.
Friar Lawrence will send word to Romeo informing him of their plan.
The option that is NOT part of Friar Lawrence's plan to help Juliet reunite with Romeo is:
Friar Lawrence tells Juliet to have the Nurse hide the potion for her until she needs it.
What is the purpose of comic relief in a play?(1 point)
Responses
To provide background information about the plot
To lighten the mood and provide a break from the tension
To introduce new characters
To advance the main conflict of the story
Responses
To provide background information about the plot
To lighten the mood and provide a break from the tension
To introduce new characters
To advance the main conflict of the story
The purpose of comic relief in a play is to lighten the mood and provide a break from the tension.
Which TWO characters provide most of the comic relief in Romeo and Juliet? (2 points)
Responses
The Nurse
Lady Capulet
Benvolio
Mercutio
Responses
The Nurse
Lady Capulet
Benvolio
Mercutio
The two characters that provide most of the comic relief in Romeo and Juliet are The Nurse and Mercutio.
In Act 4, why does Juliet tell her parents that she will marry Paris?(1 point)
Responses
To hide her true intentions and her determination to follow Friar Lawrence's plan
To let her father know that she loves him and wants to obey his wishes
To keep from being disowned by her parents
To let Friar Lawrence know she has given up on a life with Romeo
Responses
To hide her true intentions and her determination to follow Friar Lawrence's plan
To let her father know that she loves him and wants to obey his wishes
To keep from being disowned by her parents
To let Friar Lawrence know she has given up on a life with Romeo
In Act 4, Juliet tells her parents that she will marry Paris to hide her true intentions and her determination to follow Friar Lawrence's plan.
What fears does Juliet express before taking the potion? (Check all that apply.)(2 points)
Responses
She fears that the potion might be poison and kill her.
She worries that the potion might not work, and she will have to marry Paris.
She worries that Romeo no longer loves her.
She worries that Friar Lawrence will tell her parents about their plan.
Responses
She fears that the potion might be poison and kill her.
She worries that the potion might not work, and she will have to marry Paris.
She worries that Romeo no longer loves her.
She worries that Friar Lawrence will tell her parents about their plan.
Before taking the potion, Juliet expresses the following fears:
- She fears that the potion might be poison and kill her.
- She worries that the potion might not work, and she will have to marry Paris.
- She worries that Romeo no longer loves her.
(The fourth option about worrying that Friar Lawrence will tell her parents about their plan is not one of her expressed fears.)