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WorksheetsRomeo and Juliet Act 3
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Why does Romeo want to avoid fighting Tybalt?
Tybalt is a great fighter.
Romeo promised Benvolio he wouldn't fight.
Romeo just married Tybalt's cousin.
The Prince will punish anyone who fights.
Romeo attacks Tybalt because Tybalt kills
Lord Montague
Mercutio
Benvolio
Paris
Lady Capulet doubts Benvolio's description of the fight because
Benvolio left key details out.
the young man is not trustworthy.
Benvolio is related to Romeo.
the Prince is related to Mercutio.
What is the Prince's punishment for Romeo?
banishment
death
life in a Mantua prison
a sharp reprimand
At the end of scene 2, Juliet asks the Nurse to
beg her Mother to listen to Benvolio.
deliver a ring from Juliet to Romeo.
offer her condolences for Tybalt's mother.
weep for both Romeo and Tybalt.
Romeo first responds to the news of the Prince's punishment by
sitting in stunned silence
gnashing his teeth
wailing and moaning irrationally about his fate
pleading with the Prince for a reduced sentence.
Friar Laurence's plan is that Romeo should
leave Verona with Ramona.
announce his marriage to everyone.
pretend to leave, then come back in disguise.
visit Juliet and then hide in Mantua.
Why does Lord Capulet agree to let Paris marry Juliet?
He has grown fond of Paris.
He knows that, with Romeo gown, Juliet will need a new husband.
Tybalt would have wanted them to marry.
He wants to make Juliet happy because he believes she's crying about Tybalt's death
At the beginning of scene 5, Juliet insists, "It was the nightingale, and not the lark / That pierced the fearful hollow of thine ear." Why do Romeo and Juliet argue over the identity of the bird?
The nightingale represents the Capulets and the lark the Montagues.
If a couple hears a lark on their wedding night, it is bad luck.
If it is a lark, then it is dawn, and Romeo must leave Verona.
The lark's call is a signal from Friar Lawrence.
When Juliet refuses to marry Paris, Lord Capulet
threatens never to see again.
vows to banish her from Verona.
blames the Friar and the Nurse for interfering.
sends her to Friar Lawrence to confess her sins.
