Romeo and Juliet Act 3 Review

Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: At the beginning of the scene, why does Benvolio think that there will be a fight?

• Because the Prince has ordered a public duel

• Because it is a hot day and the Capulets are abroad, making tempers flare

• Because Mercutio challenges Tybalt immediately

• Because Romeo is searching for Tybalt

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: What does Mercutio accuse Benvolio of in lines 15–30?

• Being too peaceful to draw his sword

• Being as quarrelsome as any man, ready to fight over trifles

• Plotting with Tybalt to ambush Romeo

• Lying to the Prince about the brawl

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: When Tybalt and Mercutio first begin arguing, what does Benvolio try to get them to do?

• Fight openly in the street

• Challenge each other to a duel before the Prince

• Retire to a private place or speak calmly to avoid a public fight

• Call the Prince for judgment

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: What does Tybalt call Romeo?

• Friend

• Coward

• Villain

• Fool

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: Why does Romeo not want to fight Tybalt?

• He fears Tybalt’s skill with a sword

• He is secretly wounded

• He now loves Tybalt’s name because he is Juliet’s kinsman

• He plans to challenge Tybalt later

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: Why does Mercutio keep repeating, “A plague o’ both your houses”?

• He curses Rome for banishing him

• He blames the Montague–Capulet feud for his mortal wound

• He is angry that Romeo refused to fight Tybalt

• He wants the Prince to punish both families equally

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: What realization does Romeo have about Juliet’s love and what it has done to him?

• It has made him more cautious in battle

• It has made him hate the Montagues

• It has made him effeminate and softened his courage

• It has made him eager for revenge

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: Why does Romeo call himself “fortune’s fool”?

• He has won a gamble but lost his honor

• He believes fate has mocked him for killing Tybalt just after his secret marriage

• He thinks Juliet has deceived him

• He missed his chance to flee Verona

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: When Benvolio relays to the Prince what happened, what does he say Romeo tried to do before Mercutio was killed?

• Start the fight to provoke Tybalt

• Hide behind the crowd

• Escape from the scene

• Make peace and stop the duel

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Romeo and Juliet Act 3, Scene 1: What does Lady Capulet accuse Benvolio of, and why?

• Of lying because he is a Montague and favors Romeo

• Of stealing Tybalt’s sword during the fight

• Of bribing the Prince

• Of attacking Tybalt first

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