How does Romeo try to dissuade Tybalt from fighting him?

By telling Tybalt he loves him more than he can know

What does Lord Capulet explicitly promise Paris?

That he will be married to Juliet by Thursday.

When Lady Capulet threatens to send someone to Mantua to poison Romeo, how does Juliet respond?

Juliet says she would mix the poison herself.

How is Tybalt killed?

Romeo kills him in retaliation for killing Mercutio.

How is Mercutio killed?

He is struck by Tybalt's sword under Romeo's arm.

How does Lord Montague defend his son, Romeo, following the fight?

Arguing Tybalt would be lawfully killed for killing Mercutio

At the end of Act III, what "scheme" does Juliet devise to leave the house by herself?

Juliet asks Nurse to tell her parents she's gone to confess.

Romeo says he hears the morning lark and must leave, but Juliet insists...

He can stay because it is the nightingale.

In which way is Romeo NOT fortune's fool?

He lost all his money in trying to arrange their marriage.

When she sees Juliet crying, Lady Capulet presumes what is the cause of her tears?

She has just learned of the death of her cousin.

What disturbing vision does Juliet have while watching Romeo descend from her chambers?

She sees him dead at the bottom of a tomb.

Which event is the climax of the play?

Romeo, full of rage, kills Tybalt after Mercutio is slain.

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Romeo and Juliet: Act III

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1
To recap, which characters are killed in Act III AND IN WHAT ORDER?
Tybalt and Juliet
Benvolio and Tybalt
Mercutio and Tybalt
Peter and Nurse
2
One might say Romeo answers Tybalt's insults with...
Sarcasm
Anger
Patience
Hatred
3
A character in a play standing alone speaking their inner thoughts is...
A soliloquy
An allusion
A sign of loneliness
An aside
4
True or False? Mercutio is the Prince's kinsman.
False
True
5
How does Romeo regard the punishment from the Prince?
A fitting consequence
A cheap price to pay
A blessing in disguise
A fate worse than death
6
How does Romeo try to dissuade Tybalt from fighting him?
By telling Tybalt he'll be horribly defeated in the quarrel.
By mocking his voice
By telling Tybalt he loves him more than he can know
By explaining that he has married Tybalt's beloved cousin
7
True or False? After learning he killed her cousin, Juliet denounces her marriage to Romeo.
True
False
8
When a speaker reveals important thoughts and feelings to silent listeners it's called...?
A monologue
A soliloquy
An aside
A form of dialogue
9
What does Lord Capulet explicitly promise Paris?
That Juliet will be happy to marry him on Wednesday.
That he will be gainfully employed by the Capulet family.
That Paris will inherit the family's fortune.
That he will be married to Juliet by Thursday.
10
When Lady Capulet threatens to send someone to Mantua to poison Romeo, how does Juliet respond?
Juliet says she would mix the poison herself.
Juliet laughs off her mother's exaggeration.
Juliet exclaims she would die if Romeo were poisoned.
Juliet begs her mother to stop overreacting.
11
How does Juliet react to the news of her arranged marriage with Paris?
With apathy and sullenness
With meekness and obedience
With embarrassment and alarm
With horror and anger
12
How does the Prince punish Romeo?
Exiling him.
The Prince does not reprimand him for his actions.
Sentencing him to death.
Throwing him in prison.
13
After he is struck by Tybalt's sword, Mercutio repeats...
"By my heel, I care not"
"A plague a' both your houses"
"O calm, dishonorable, vile submission!"
"The but begins the woe others must end"
14
By the end of Act III, who does the Nurse want Juliet to marry?
No one
Paris
Mercutio
Romeo
15
Lord Capulet says he will _____ Juliet if she refuses to marry Paris.
disown
forgive
love
understand
16
How is Tybalt killed?
Romeo kills him under orders from the Prince.
Paris slays him in a fight for Juliet's hand in marriage.
Juliet poisons his meal to end their family's feud.
Romeo kills him in retaliation for killing Mercutio.
17
Where does the fight in scene i take place?
The monastery (Friar Laurence's cell)
A party
A public place
Capulet's orchard
18
Romeo used ______ to visit Juliet on their wedding night.
A hoverboard
His bare hands to climb to Juliet's balcony
The front door and the stairs
A rope ladder
19
How is Mercutio killed?
Benvolio strikes him while trying to break up the fight.
Paris kills him by order of the Prince.
Tybalt uses his hands to choke him.
He is struck by Tybalt's sword under Romeo's arm.
20
How does Lord Montague defend his son, Romeo, following the fight?
Explaining the familial ties between Romeo and Tybalt
Stating Romeo's innocence because Romeo was not present
Saying Benvolio instigated the fight to begin with
Arguing Tybalt would be lawfully killed for killing Mercutio
21
“A damned saint, an honorable villain!” are both examples of...?
Foreshadowing
Alliteration
Metaphors
Oxymorons
22
“When the sun sets the air doth drizzle dew” is an example of which literary device?
oxymoron
foreshadowing
simile
alliteration
23
True or False? Benvolio lied to the Prince to cover for Romeo.
False
True
24
At the end of Act III, what "scheme" does Juliet devise to leave the house by herself?
Juliet will marry Paris but then find Romeo and run away.
Juliet will fake her own death.
Juliet asks Nurse to tell her parents she's gone to confess.
Juliet will sneak down the rope ladder to run away.
25
Romeo says he hears the morning lark and must leave, but Juliet insists...
They should go downstairs and confront her family.
He shouldn't leave while it is light outside.
He can stay because it is the nightingale.
He should eat breakfast with her first.
26
In which way is Romeo NOT fortune's fool?
He lost all his money in trying to arrange their marriage.
He fell in love with a girl he is forbidden to love.
He had to avenge his dear friend's death.
He killed his wife's cousin.
27
When she sees Juliet crying, Lady Capulet presumes what is the cause of her tears?
She has just learned of the death of her husband.
She has just learned of the death of her cousin.
She has just learned of Nurse's death.
She has just learned of the death of her father.
28
Juliet misunderstands the Nurse's news of the day's tragedy and presumes _____ is dead.
Her father, Lord Capulet
Benvolio
Paris
Romeo
29
What disturbing vision does Juliet have while watching Romeo descend from her chambers?
She sees him with Rosaline.
She sees him drinking poison.
She sees him in a prison cell.
She sees him dead at the bottom of a tomb.
30
Which event is the climax of the play?
Romeo, full of rage, kills Tybalt after Mercutio is slain.
Romeo first sees Juliet at the party.
Juliet's hand is promised to Paris.
Nurse is offended by Mercutio's insensitive remarks.

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