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R&J Act 3

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who dies in this act?

a)

Tybalt and Romeo

b)

Tybalt and Mercutio

c)

Mercutio and Benvolio

d)

Mercutio and Romeo

2.

What does Romeo say he would rather do than be banished?

a)

Serve a prison sentence

b)

Pay a fee

c)

Apologize

d)

Die

3.

T or F: Mercutio is the Prince's relative.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Lord Capulet says he will ______ Juliet if she refuses to marry Paris.

a)

love

b)

disown

c)

hug

d)

smile at

5.

By the end of Act III, who does the Nurse want Juliet to marry?

a)

Mercutio

b)

no one

c)

Romeo

d)

Paris

6.

Juliet misunderstands the Nurse's news of the days tragedy and thinks that _____ is dead.

a)

Romeo

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Tybalt

d)

Paris

7.

Who killed Mercutio?

a)

Romeo

b)

Tybalt

c)

Benvolio

d)

Paris

8.

Who killed Tybalt?

a)

Paris

b)

Benvolio

c)

Romeo

d)

Mercutio

9.

Juliet gives the Nurse something to give to Romeo. What was it?

a)

a rope

b)

a bird

c)

her ring

d)

poison

10.

Who tells the Prince what happened in the streets?

a)

The Friar

b)

Mercutio

c)

Benvolio

d)

Romeo

11.

Friar Lawrence tells Romeo he needs to go live in the city of ____

a)

Verona

b)

Mantua

c)

Paris

d)

Rome

12.

Who said, "A plague on both of your houses!"?

a)

Juliet

b)

Capulet

c)

Mercutio

d)

Tybalt

13.

At the end of Act 3, Juliet goes to Friar Lawrence for what reason?

a)

To go to confession

b)

To divorce Romeo before marrying Paris

c)

To get advice.

d)

To get medicine to sleep better.

14.

"To send away" is the definition of:

a)

Vile

b)

Banish

c)

Vex

d)

Fray

15.

What event does this opening passage of Act 3 foreshadowing

Benvolio:

"I pray thee good Mercutio, let's retire /The day is hot, the Capels are abroad, /And, if we meet, we shall 'scape a brawl. /For now these hot days, is the mad blood stirring."

a)

The conversation the boys have later about Benvolio's quick temper

b)

The fight in which Mercutio and Tybalt are killed.

c)

The argument Juliet has with her father.

d)

The duel in which Romeo is killed.

16.

Act 3:1 Which word BEST describes Mercutio's role in the plot?

a)

instigator

b)

faultless victim

c)

traitor

d)

victor

17.

Act 3:1 Based on his actions, which BEST describes Tybalt?

a)

even tempered

b)

open minded

c)

hot headed

d)

unskilled

18.

Act 3:1 When Mercutio says, "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man," (line 60) he uses a pun to express the fact that he

a)

is upset with Romeo

b)

finds the family feud ridiculous.

c)

has been mortally wounded.

d)

is serious about killing Tybalt.

19.

Act 3:1 What does Mercutio mean when he says, "They have made worms' meat of me"?

a)

He knows he is dying.

b)

His friend has killed him.

c)

He does not want to be buried.

d)

He is not hungry.

20.

Act 3:1 Mercutio's repeated declaration, "A plague o'both your houses!" underscores the central idea that

a)

the Montagues and Capulets are cursed. Their fighting led to his death.

b)

Mercutio will seek revenge for Romeo.

c)

the Montagues and Capulets deserve what they get.

d)

Mercutio no longer considers Romeo a friend.

21.
At the beginning of Act 3, Tybalt wants to fight Romeo. Why doesn't Romeo want to fight Tybalt?
a)
Romeo is afraid of Tybalt.
b)
Romeo has married Juliet and now wants to form a bond with Tybalt.
c)
Tybalt is too strong for Romeo to fight.
22.
What is Romeo's punishment for killing Tybalt?
a)
Romeo is banished from Verona.
b)
Romeo will be put to death.
c)
Romeo will live in Friar Lawrence's cell. 
23.

What disturbing vision does Juliet have about Romeo as he is leaving her chambers?

a)

She sees him drinking poison

b)

She sees him with Rosaline

c)

She sees him dead in a tomb

d)

She sees him in a prison cell

24.

T or F: Even though Romeo killed her cousin, Juliet still loves him.

a)

True

b)

False

25.

Who said Romeo is guilty only of avenging Mercutio’s death which the law would've done anyway?

a)

Peter

b)

Lord Capulet

c)

Lord Montague

d)

Paris

26.

Why does Juliet lose trust in the Nurse at the end of Act 3?

a)

Nurse wants Juliet to kill herself.

b)

Nurse tells Juliet to run away.

c)

Nurse tells Juliet to marry Paris.

d)

Nurse tells Juliet's parents about Romeo.

27.

Friar Lawrence tells Romeo he needs to go live in the city of ____

a)

Verona

b)

Mantua

c)

Paris

d)

England

28.

When Romeo hears of his punishment, he is

a)

angry

b)

happy

c)

sad, rolling around on the ground, and crying

d)

doesn't care about it at all

29.

Lord Capulet tells Paris that

a)

Juliet is too young to marry

b)

he has to wait to marry Juliet

c)

Juliet wants to marry Romeo

d)

he can marry Juliet

30.

After Romeo killed Tybalt, what does Lady Capulet plan on doing to him?

a)

hiring someone to poison Romeo.

b)

hiring someone to shoot Romeo.

c)

asking the Prince to pardon Romeo's banishment.

d)

making peace between the two families

31.

How does Romeo help cause Mercutio's death?

a)

He duels Mercutio.

b)

He tells Tybalt what Mercutio's weakness is.

c)

He gets into the fight to stop it and Tybalt stabs Mercutio.

d)

He holds Mercutio so Tybalt can kill him.

32.

Why is Lord Capulet furious (very angry) with Juliet?

a)

Juliet is married to Romeo.

b)

She does not want to marry Paris and is disobeying his orders.

c)

Juliet is mean to the Nurse.

33.

What is Juliet's reaction to her mother's news that the wedding has been planned for Thursday?

a)

She pretends to be overjoyed.

b)

She refuses to go through with the wedding.

c)

She refuses to get married until Saturday.

d)

She pretends that she cannot hear her mother.

34.

How does Lady Capulet respond to Juliet's plea for help regarding the impending marriage to Paris?

a)

She says she wants Juliet to go confess her sins.

b)

She says Juliet should ask the nurse for help instead.

c)

She says she will speak to Capulet.

d)

She says she is done with Juliet.

35.

Tybalt calls Romeo a...

a)

coward

b)

weakling

c)

madman

d)

villian

36.

Which of the following quotes best describes Romeo's reasoning for not wanting to fight with Tybalt?

a)

"Gentleman, for shame! Forbear this outrage."

b)

“I do protest I never injured thee, But love thee better than thou canst devise, Till thou shalt know the reason of my love.”

c)

“My reputation stained with Tybalt’s slander.- Tybalt, that hour Hath been my kinsman! O sweet Juliet, Thy beauty hath made me effeminate and in my temper softened valor’s steel!”

d)

“Draw, Benvolio. Beat down their weapons. Gentlemen, for shame! Forebear this outrage. Tybalt, Mercutio! The Prince expressly hath Forbidden bandying in Verona streets.”

37.

Lady Capulet thinks Juliet is upset because of...

a)

The morning sun

b)

Paris's proposal

c)

Mercutio's death

d)

Tybalt's death

38.

At the end of Act III, Juliet tells the nurse she is leaving to...

a)

Find time to think

b)

Go to confession

c)

Apologize to her parents

d)

Find Romeo

39.

Why does Lord Capulet decide that Thursday will be Juliet and Paris' wedding day instead of Wednesday?

a)

Wednesday is Tybalt's funeral.

b)

Wednesday is Juliet's birthday.

c)

If they wed too soon it will look like the Capulets didn't truly love Tybalt.

d)

They can't plan a big wedding in so little time.

40.

What is Juliet MOST upset about after hearing of Tybalt's death?

a)

Tybalt's death

b)

Romeo killing him

c)

Romeo being banished

d)

The Nurse not telling her sooner

41.

What are Friar Lawrence's instructions to Romeo in Act III?

a)

Friar Lawrence is going to tell Lord and Lady Capulet that Romeo and Juliet are married so that Romeo can stay in Verona.

b)

Romeo should go see Juliet and leave for Mantua in the morning. Friar will try to talk to the Prince.

c)

Friar Lawrence thinks that Juliet should marry Paris and that Romeo should make a new life in Mantua.

d)

To tell the Nurse to convince the Prince that Romeo shouldn't be banished.

42.

Romeo has descended Juliet's balcony and is looking up at her. She says to him, "I seem to see you...as if you're at the bottom of a tomb. Either my eyesight's failing, or you look pale." What technique does Shakespeare use?

a)

Oxymoron

b)

Foreshadowing

c)

Metaphor

d)

Soliloquy