Romeo and Juliet Act III Quiz Review

Which characters die in Act 3?

• Tybalt and Romeo

• Benvolio and Mercutio

• Mercutio and Tybalt

• Romeo and Juliet

At the beginning of Act 3, Tybalt wants to fight Romeo. Why doesn't Romeo want to fight Tybalt?

• Romeo is afraid of Tybalt.

• Romeo has married Juliet and now wants to form a bond with Tybalt.

• Tybalt is too strong for Romeo to fight.

• Tybalt is Juliet's cousin, and if Tybalt is killed Juliet will kill herself.

Why does Mercutio keep repeating, "A plague on both your houses"?

• he is dying of the plague and wants Romeo and Tybalt to die too.

• the family feud has cost him his life and foreshadows the death of R&J.

• he wants the plague to take Romeo's life and for it to go to Juliet's house,

• he is scared there is an outbreak of the plague in his house

Romeo is sentenced to death by the Prince in Act 3 Scene 1. 

• True
• False

What does Romeo say he would rather do than be banished?

• Serve a prison sentence
• Pay a fee
• Apologize
• Die

When the Nurse first enters Juliet's room to tell her someone has died, who does Juliet first worry is dead?

• Tybalt

• Her mother

• The Nurse

• Romeo

Romeo has descended Juliet's balcony and is looking up at her. She says to him, "I seem to see you...as if you're at the bottom of a tomb. Either my eyesight's failing, or you look pale." What technique does Shakespeare use?

• Oxymoron

• Foreshadowing

• Metaphor

• Soliloquy

What is supposed to happen on Thursday?

• Romeo and Juliet will die.

• Romeo will be coming back to Verona.

• The Nurse is going to sneak Juliet out of Verona so that she can be with Romeo.

• Juliet is supposed to marry Paris.

Why is Lord Capulet furious with Juliet?

• Juliet is married to Romeo and he wants Romeo dead.

• She does not want to marry Paris and is disobeying Lord Capulet.

• Juliet is mean to the Nurse and Lady Capulet.

• He finds out that she will only marry Paris if he gives her until Friday.

Why is Capulet so upset by Juliet's refusal to marry Paris?

• He considers Paris to be a good match for her.

• He is uncomfortable with her tears

• He does not want her to marry Romeo

• She is directly defying his authority