Romeo and Juliet Act III review for Final

Why does Romeo want to avoid fighting Tybalt?

• Tybalt is a mighty warrior

• Romeo has promised Benvolio that he will not fight.

• Romeo has just married Juliet, Tybalt's cousin.

• The Prince will punish anyone who fights.

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Romeo attack Tybalt because Tybalt kills

• Lord Montague.

• Mercutio.

• Benvolio.

• Paris.

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Lady Capulet doubts Benvolio's description of the fight because

• Benvolio has omitted important details.

• the young man is not trustworthy.

• Benvolio is Romeo's relative and his friend.

• the Prince is related to Mercutio through marriage.

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What is the Prince's punishment for Romeo?

• banishment.

• death.

• life in a Mantua prison.

• a sharp reprimand.

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At the end of Scene 2, Juliet asks the Nurse to

• beg her mother to listen to Benvolio.

• deliver a ring from Juliet to Romeo.

• offer her condolences to Tybalt's mother.

• weep for both Romeo and Tybalt.

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Romoe first responds to the news of the Prince's punishment by

• sitting in stunned silence.

• gnashing his teeth.

• wailing an moaning irrationally about his fate.

• pleading with the Prince for a reduced sentence.

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Friar Laurence's plan is that Romeo should

• leave Verona with Benvolio.

• announce his marriage to his family, the Capulets, and the Prince.

• pretend to leave, and then return to Verona in disguise.

• visit Juliet and then hide in Mantua.

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Why does Lord Capulet agree to let Paris marry Juliet?

• He has grown rather fond of Paris.

• He realizes that, with Romeo gone, Juliet will need a new husband.

• Tybalt would have wanted them to marry.

• He wants to make Juliet happy.

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At the beginning of Scene 5, Juliet insists, "It was the nightingale, and not the lark/ That peireced the fearful hollow of thine ear." Why do Romeo and Juliet argue over the identity of the bird?

• The nightingale represents the Capulets and the lark the Montauges.

• If a coupe hears a lark on their wedding night, it is bad luck.

• If it is the lark, then it is dawn and Romeo must leave Verona.

• The lark's call is a signmal from Friar Laurence that Romeo must go.

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When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Lord Capulet

• threatens never to see her again.

• vows to banish her from Veronal.

• blames the Friar and the Nurse for interfering.

• send her to Friar Laurence to confess her sins.

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