Romeo and Juliet: Act 3 Quiz

Which words best describe Juliet as she receives the news from the nurse about Romeo and Tybalt:

• bitter, spiteful, revengeful

• excited, grateful

• ambitious, confident

• sad, confused, forgiving

1. Which of the following best describes the way that the friar feels about Romeo’s behavior?

• He pities him.

• He thinks he is behaving like an immature, ungrateful boy.

• He understands his anger.

• He believes that these are the consequences for devilish behavior.

1. By the end of the Act, the nurse tells Juliet to:

• marry Paris

• run away

• tell the truth about Romeo

• 1.  go seek help from Friar Lawrence

1. Choose the oxymoron from these examples

• monster truck

• disastrous tornado

• colorful rainbow

• 1. sad clown

Dramatic irony is consistently used when

• characters say the opposite of what they mean

• the character or characters on stage have important information the audience or reader does not have

• the audience or reader has important information that the character(s) on stage does not have

• 1. the servants us comic relief to lighten the mood

The following lines also come from Juliet’s soliloquy. “Come, night; come, Romeo; come, thou day in night;... Give me my Romeo and cut him out in little stars, And he will make the face of heaven so fine.” Because this is a soliloquy, which of the following has to be true about it?

• It is written in prose

• It is spoken by a main character

• No one else would be on stage

• 1. Juliet is speaking to another character

Juliet has a famous soliloquy in scene 2 expressing her excitement toward the night coming.  She makes references to the Roman gods, asking them to quickly bring the night: “Gallop apace you fiery-footed steeds, Toward Phoebus lodging. Such  a wagoner As Phaethon* would whip you to the west And bring in cloudy night immediately” *Phaethon is a Roman god. What literary device would this be considered?

• oxymoron

• dramatic irony

• Allusion

• 1. foreshadow

Notice the oxymorons used by Juliet to describe Romeo? “ Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb!” Why does she use this particular diction to describe Romeo?

• She is confused by his kind soul, but evil actions

• She believes Romeo is evil

• She finds his angelic behavior admirable

• 1. She is physically attracted to him and is acting on those feelings

The following lines are spoken by Mercutio after being stabbed by Tybalt, ¨Ask for me tomorrow and ye shall find me a grave man.¨ The denotation of grave in this sentence is: serious. However, in context Shakespeare utilizes this as a pun with a second meaning. What is the second meaning grave?

• upset

• happy

• gray

• 1. dead

In this Act, Tybalt continues to pressure Romeo to fight him, but Romeo refuses because of information unknown by Tybalt. Romeo says,  “Tybalt, the reason that I have to love thee doth much excuse the appertaining rage/ To such a greeting; Villain am I none...I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love. And so, good Capulet- which name I tender as dearly as my own- be satisfied..” What about this scene makes it dramatic irony?

• One would expect Romeo to want to fight Tybalt, but he doesn’t

• The audience knows Romeo and Tybalt are cousins by marriage, but Tybalt does not know this

• The anger in Tybalt and the peacefulness in Romeo creates tension

• 1. All the above