Romeo and Juliet Act Three Study Guide

Why is Tybalt looking for Romeo at the beginning of Act Three?

• He wants to make friends with him.

• He wants to thank him.

• He wants to fight him.

• He wants to warn him.

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Who are the first two men to quarrel?

• Benvolio & Mercutio

• Mercutio & Tybalt

• Tybalt & Romeo

• Romeo & Benvolio

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After Tybalt calls Romeo a villain, Romeo says the following: "Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee Doth much excuse the appertaining rage To such a greeting: villain am I none; Therefore farewell; I see thou know'st me not.” What is Romeo talking about when he says he loves Tybalt?

• He is trying to be nice to Tybalt because he is afraid to fight him.

• He believes Tybalt to be a liar.

• He is now Tybalt’s cousin, by marriage.

• He is being sarcastic, egging Tybalt into a fight.

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How does Mercutio get stabbed?

• By Benvolio, accidentally, when Benvolio thrusts at Tybalt and Mercutio tries to stop him.

• By Tybalt under Romeo’s arm as Romeo tries to stop the fight.

• By Romeo when he orders Mercutio to drop his sword and Mercutio refuses.

• By the Prince as punishment for starting a fight in the public.

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After Mercutio gets stabbed, he says, “I am hurt. A plague o' both your houses! I am sped.” What does Mercutio mean?

• He is angry at Romeo and his family.

• He pleads for the Montagues or Capulets to help him.

• He forgives the Montagues and the Capulets.

• He curses the Montagues and Capulets.

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Why does Romeo slay Tybalt?

• Romeo acts hastily, wanting revenge.

• Tybalt teased him too much.

• Romeo’s father demanded it.

• It was an accident.

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What does the Prince declare after finding out that Tybalt and Mercutio are dead?

• He pardons Romeo in order to get the families to stop fighting.

• He condemns Romeo to life in prison.

• He exiles Romeo from Verona.

• He says once Romeo is captured, the punishment will come from the Capulets.

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Read the following lines: JULIET: Ay me! what news? why dost thou wring thy hands? NURSE: Ah, well-a-day! he's dead, he's dead, he's dead! We are undone, lady, we are undone! Alack the day! he's gone, he's killed, he's dead! JULIET: Can heaven be so envious? NURSE: Romeo can, Though heaven cannot: O Romeo, Romeo! Who ever would have thought it? Romeo! What literary element is on display in this dialogue?

• Punning

• Foreshadowing

• Dramatic Irony

• Situational Irony

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Read what Juliet says about Romeo after she learns that Romeo killed her cousin Tybalt: "O serpent heart, hid with a flowering face! Did ever dragon keep so fair a cave? Beautiful tyrant! fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show!" Just opposite to what thou justly seemst, A damned saint, an honorable villain! O nature, what hadst thou to do in hell, When thou didst bower the spirit of a fiend In moral paradise of such sweet flesh? Was ever book containing such vile matter So fairly bound? O that deceit should dwell In such a gorgeous palace! What does Juliet say?

• She is angry at Tybalt, calling him a fraud since he seemed like an honorable man but was angry murderer instead.

• She is angry at Romeo, calling him a fraud since he seemed like a beautiful lover but was a cruel murderer instead.

• She is angry at herself for not standing up to her parents and simply announcing her marriage to Romeo.

• She is angry at her family for putting Romeo and her in a position where they had to hide their love.

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Of the following statements, which is NOT true about what Juliet says?

• She is looking for a way to excuse Romeo's actions.

• She believes it’s her duty, as Romeo’s wife, to support his actions.

• She loves Romeo.

• She thinks she has been duped by Romeo, and sees him as tricking her.

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