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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Act 3 quiz
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 2hrs 51mins
How does Romeo contribute to Mercutio's death?
He duels Mercutio.
He tells Tybalt what Mercutio's weakness is.
He interferes with the fight to break it up and Tybalt stabs Mercutio.
He holds back Mercutio so Tybalt can kill him.
All of the following consequences result from Romeo's killing of Tybalt except
Juliet decides that Paris is more honorable than Romeo.
Romeo and Juliet cannot reveal their marriage.
The wedding of Juliet and Paris is decreed in order to offset the unhappiness caused by Tybalt's death.
Romeo is banished from Verona.
As Juliet encounters more conflicts and problems, how does her character change?
She runs away from her problems.
She becomes weaker and threatens suicide.
She becomes more self-confident and pushes away her elders.
She confesses that her life with Romeo is ill-fated and wants to leave him.
The turning point of the play occurs when
Romeo and Juliet marry.
Mercutio is killed.
Romeo kills Tybalt.
Juliet's parents insist she marry Paris.
Who scorns his only child and vows to disown her?
Paris
Lord Capulet
Benvolio
Who wishes to marry a woman he has not wooed?
Paris
Lord Capulet
Benvolio
Who recounts the events of the killings to the Prince?
Lord Capulet
Paris
Benvolio
After he is wounded in Scene 1, Mercutio says to Romeo, "Why the devil cam you between us? I was hurt under your arm." Which of the following is the best paraphrase of Mercutio's words?
I am so badly wounded that I feel I will die.
Why did you interfere? Your arm allowed him to stab me.
Why has the devil caused me bad fortune?
Your arm could not save me, Romeo.
When Benvolio announces Mercutio's death, Romeo replies, "This day's black fate on moe days doth depend; / This but begins the woe others must end." Which of the following best describes Romeo's emotional reaction to Mercutio's death?
shame and sympathy for Tybalt
grief and fear of the future
guilt and regret
relief and optimism that all will end well
In Act III, Scene 3, when Romeo learns about the Prince's decree, which of the following best expresses his reaction as he talks with Friar Lawrence?
calm
panic
guilt
self-pity
Read the following speech by the Nurse to Juliet in Scene 2:
There's no trust,
No faith, no honesty in men; all perjured,
All forsworn, all naught, all dissemblers.
Which of the following is the best paraphrase of this speech?
Men are not to be trusted. Unfaithful and dishonest, they are all liars and hypocrites.
"Men," says the Nurse, "are not worth your trouble. They are all liars."
The Nurse tells Juliet in no uncertain terms that she disapproves of men.
Men are evil. They are not worthy of your trust.
What is the main purpose of Scene 4, which shows Capulet, Lady Capulet, and Paris?
to show Juliet's grief for the death of Tybalt.
to show that Capulet will pursue the feud between the families indefinitely.
to show Capulet's decision that Juliet will marry Paris the following Thursday.
to stress Lady Capulet's opposition to the marriage of Paris and Juliet.
By the end of Act III, how has Juliet come to regard the Nurse?
with admiration
with gratitiude
with resentment
with indifference
In Scene 5, Lady Capulet, who thinks Juliet is lamenting the death of Tybalt, tells her, "Therefore have done. Some grief shows much of love; / But much grief shows still some want of wit." What is the best paraphrase of this passage?
Therefore, keep crying. Eventually, you will work out your grief.
So stop grieving. Some mourning is a natural result of love, but too much grief is foolish.
We all feel grief at a person's death, whether we loved the person or not.
What event do Benvolio's lines from the opening of Act III, Scene 1 hint at, or foreshadow?
the conversation the young men have later about Benvolio's quick temper
the argument Juliet has with her father
the fight in which Mercutio and Tybalt are killed
the duel in which Romeo is killed
In Act III, Scene 1, Romeo is motivated to kill Tybalt because Tybalt has
called Romeo a villain.
killed Benvolio.
killed Mercutio.
challenged Romeo to a duel.
