Romeo & Juliet: Act III Review

What event do Benvolio's lines from the opening of Act III Scene 1 hint at, or foreshadow?

"And, if we meet, we shall not 'scape a brawl,

For now, these hot days, is the mad blood stirring."

• the conversation about Benvolio's quick temper

• the argument Juliet has with her father

• the fight in which Mercutio and Tybalt are killed

• the duel in which Romeo is killed

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Who is Tybalt looking for when he enters Act III Scene 1?

• Romeo

• Juliet

• Benvolio

• Mercutio

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After Tybalt calls Romeo a villain, Romeo responds by...

• insulting Tybalt in return.

• challenging Tybalt to a duel.

• asking Mercutio to fight for him.

• telling Tybalt that he won't fight him.

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Why does Romeo not want to fight Tybalt?

• He knows Mercutio wants to fight.

• He is now related to the Capulets.

• He doesn't want to lose and die in a fight.

• He knows Montague would be disappointed.

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Who causes Mercutio to be fatally wounded by Tybalt?

• Benvolio

• Romeo

• Peter

• Paris

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As punishment for killing Tybalt, Romeo is condemned to...

• death.

• banishment.

• life imprisonment.

• servanthood.

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Who is Juliet referring to in the following lines?

"O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face!

Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave?

Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical!

Dove-feather'd raven! wolvish-ravening lamb!"

• Tybalt because he is so violent and ruthless

• Lord Capulet because he insists that she marry Paris

• Romeo because he is beautiful on the outside but awful on the inside

• Nurse because she betrays Juliet and tells her to marry Paris

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During Act III Scene 2, why does Juliet scold the Nurse?

• for speaking badly of Romeo

• for telling her father about the marriage

• for talking so long with Friar Lawrence

• for not bringing home the rope ladder

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What does Juliet realize that causes her to support Romeo instead of blame him?

• Lord Montague gave Romeo orders to kill Tybalt.

• Because of Mercutio's death, Romeo had gone temporarily crazy.

• If Romeo hadn't killed Tybalt, Tybalt would've killed Romeo.

• Prince Escalus had tried to stop the fighting.

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How does Romeo respond to his punishment?

• He fully accepts it and is grateful for the Prince's mercy.

• He cries about his hysterically because it's just as bad as dying.

• He threatens to kill Prince Escalus.

• He commits suicide in Friar Lawrence's cell.

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