Romeo and Juliet Quiz

Act III

1. Who does Tybalt originally challenge to fight?

Romeo

2. What reason does Romeo give for not fighting Tybalt? Include a QUOTE from
the text:

“The reason I have to love thee/ Doth much excuse the rage to such a
greeting.” He has married Juliet, but no one knows it yet. He does not
want to kill his new cousin-in-law and upset his new wife.

3. Who says, “A plague on both your houses!” and why does he say this?

Mercutio, he says it because he died because Romeo would not fight;

when trying to separate the fighters, Tybalt stabbed Mercutio beneath
Romeo’s arm. Mercutio decides that both families are to blame and he
no longer sides with either one.

4. Tybalt ends up killing:

a. Romeo

b. Benvolio

c. Mercutio

d. Paris

5. “for Mercutio’s soul / Is but a little way above our heads, / Staying
for thine to keep him company. / Either thou or I, or both, must go
with him.”

a. Who is speaking?

Romeo

b. Who is he or she speaking to?

Tybalt

6. When Benvolio relates to the Prince what happened, what does he say
Romeo tried to do before Mercutio was killed?

He tried to separate the fighters, he was trying to keep the peace.

7. What does Lady Capulet request of the Prince? Include a QUOTE:

 “I beg for justice, which thou, Prince, must give. / Romeo slew Tybalt; Romeo
must not live.”

8. What is Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt?

Banishment, exiled from Verona

9. What does the term “banishment” mean? Look it up in the dictionary and
include a definition here:

10.What piece of news has upset Juliet the most?

Romeo’s banishment, NOT Tybalt’s death

11.What does the Nurse promise to do for Juliet?

Go to Friar Laurence’s, bring a ring to Romeo to show that Juliet is still

in love with Romeo

12.Where does Romeo run and hide after he is exiled?

He goes to Friar Lawrence’s cell

13.What is Friar Lawrence’s four-step plan for helping Romeo?

1. Go to Juliet, comfort her

2. Then, go to Mantua and wait

3. The Friar will tell everyone of the marriage

4. The Friar will convince the Prince to allow Romeo back in Verona

14.What do Lord and Lady Capulet think is the reason for Juliet’s crying?

Tybalt’s death

15.What does Lord Capulet decide to do for Juliet and Paris?

They will be married on Thursday

16.If Juliet’s mother does not arrange to delay the marriage, what will Juliet do?

17.What is Capulet’s reaction to Juliet’s threats?

If she does not marry Paris, she will be disowned

18.What is the nurse’s advice to Juliet?

19.How does Juliet’s attitude toward the nurse change?

20.What “scheme” does Juliet devise to get rid of the nurse and to get out of the
house?

21.Mercutio decides to fight Tybalt because he really hates all Montagues.

TRUE FALSE false—he does it because Romeo won’t, and

it makes Romeo look like a coward

22.Romeo only kills Tybalt because he seeks revenge for Mercutio.

TRUE FALSE true

23.Juliet is more upset at her husband’s banishment than at her cousin’s death.

TRUE FALSE

24.Romeo takes the news of his banishment like a man.

TRUE FALSE false—he is weeping and blubbering, and the

Nurse and the Friar both mock him for it

25.Lady Capulet understands and sympathizes with her daughter at Juliet’s

reluctance to marry Paris.

TRUE FALSE false—she gets frustrated with her and even

says she wishes Juliet was dead.