Romeo & Juliet: Act III

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

• Romeo

• Juliet

• Benvolio

• Mercutio

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.

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

How does Juliet respond when her mother brings her the "joyous" news?

• She is excited to marry Paris.

• She is sad but accepts the engagement.

• She is angry and refuses to marry him.

• She is confused and faints on the bed.

Who stated the following line?

"A plague O both your houses!"

• Mercutio

• Benvolio

• Romeo

• Capulet

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.

Juliet loses trust with the Nurse at the end of Act III because the Nurse...

• believes that Romeo is dead.

• advises Juliet to marry Paris.

• recommends that Juliet run away to Mantua.

• always brings her bad news.

At the end of Act III, Juliet plans to...

• beg her father for forgiveness.

• go see Friar Lawrence.

• kill herself that night.

• marry Paris on Thursday.

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

• death.

• banishment.

• life imprisonment.

• servanthood.

Which is NOT one of the three reasons Friar gives Romeo to explain why he should be happy?

• The Prince banished him rather than sentencing him to death.

• Juliet is alive and still loves him.

• He will one day inherit all of the Montague fortune.

• He killed Tybalt rather than Tybalt killing him.