Romeo and Juliet ACT 3

Question 1

Which of the following oxymorons does Juliet use to express her conflicting feelings about Romeo killing Tybalt?

Accepted Answer

fiend-angelical, beautiful-tyrant, damned-saint

Question 2

What is the dramatic irony when Nurse first tells Juliet, "Alack the day! He’s gone, he’s killed, he’s dead!"?

Accepted Answer

Juliet thinks Romeo is dead.

Question 3

What does Romeo mean by, "This day's black fate.../ but begins the woe others must end."? Choose all that apply.

Accepted Answer

Too much pride is a deadly sin that will lead to self-inflicted tragedy., Romeo thinks his love for Juliet made him weak, so he must now kill Tybalt., The feud is to blame for the senseless deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt.

Question 4

What is the dramatic irony created during Paris's discussion with Juliet's parents?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Juliet are already married.

Question 5

What plan does Friar Lawrence propose to Romeo?

Accepted Answer

Go to Juliet's tonight, your wedding night, and then go to Mantua.

Question 6

Who serves as a FOIL to Tybalt?

Accepted Answer

Benvolio

Question 7

Which literary devices are used in the declaration that he is "fortune's fool"?

Accepted Answer

personification, alliteration

Question 8

Who laments, "O, I am fortune's fool!"?

Accepted Answer

Romeo

Question 9

Why does Lord Capulet agree to let Paris marry Juliet?

Accepted Answer

He thinks it will help her get over Tybalt's death.

Question 10

"He is like a snake disguised as a flower," is an example of:

Accepted Answer

simile, imagery

Question 11

What is Paris discussing with Lord and Lady Capulet in scene 4?

Accepted Answer

His proposal to Juliet.

Question 12

Where does Romeo go immediately after he kills Tybalt?

Accepted Answer

To Friar Lawrence's cell.

Question 13

Why does Romeo feel so much despair when he is banished from Verona?

Accepted Answer

Death would be better than living without Juliet.

Question 14

Why does Lord Capulet think Juliet refuses to marry Paris?

Accepted Answer

He thinks she is spoiled and ungrateful.

Question 15

"My body and Romeo's will lie together in one sad coffin," is an example of which TWO literary devices?

Accepted Answer

personification, foreshadowing

Question 16

Who says, "More light and light, more dark and dark our woes!" and when?

Accepted Answer

Romeo when he has to leave for Mantua at sunrise.

Question 17

Why does Juliet want the bird singing outside to be a nightingale and not a lark?

Accepted Answer

A nightingale means that it is night, and Romeo does not need to leave yet.

Question 18

Who says, "thou art a villain" and who is the "villain"?

Accepted Answer

Tybalt; Romeo

Question 19

What does the Friar mean when he says, "thou art wedded to calamity."?

Accepted Answer

Bad things keep happening to Romeo.

Question 20

How will Juliet be punished if she doesn't marry Paris?

Accepted Answer

She'll be disowned and left in the streets to die.

Question 21

WHO is this guy?

Accepted Answer

William Shakespeare

Question 22

"All the mist from my heartsick groans envelopes me like fog," is an example of:

Accepted Answer

imagery

Question 23

"That banishment is worse than the murder of ten thousand Tybalts," is an example of:

Accepted Answer

hyperbole

Question 24

How does Romeo react when the Nurse gives him Juliet's ring?

Accepted Answer

relieved

Question 25

Who starts the fight between in Act 3, scene 1 by asking, "you ratcatcher, will you walk?"

Accepted Answer

Mercutio

Question 26

What is the dramatic irony when Romeo says, "the reason that I love thee doth much to excuse the appertaining rage"?

Accepted Answer

Romeo and Tybalt are actually family.

Question 27

While alone, Juliet says, "Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds../And bring in cloudy night immediately." Devices used?

Accepted Answer

Soliloquy - a speech that reveals character internal thoughts and emotions., Allusion to mythical horses that can bring her wedding night more quickly.

Question 28

Why does Mercutio yell, "A plague o' both your houses" when he realizes he will die?

Accepted Answer

He blames both families for unnecessary death and violence.

Question 29

Mercutio is "That galiant spirit hath aspired to the clouds/Which too untimely here did scorn the earth." This means?

Accepted Answer

Brave Mercutio died too young.

Question 30

Where does Juliet tell everyone she is going after her discussion with the Nurse?

Accepted Answer

to confession at Church

Question 31

Wht type of irony is created when Romeo tries to stop but actually causes the death of Mercutio?

Accepted Answer

situational

Question 32

Why does Juliet send the Nurse to Romeo with her wedding ring?

Accepted Answer

It's a sign that she still loves him.

Question 33

Romeo says that he "has a reason to love [Tybalt]" but this makes Tybalt mad. Why?

Accepted Answer

Tybalt is too prideful and thinks he is being mocked by Romeo.

Question 34

Why does the Prince have mercy on Romeo even though he worries that "Mercy but murders, pardoning those that kill"?

Accepted Answer

The Prince thinks enough blood has been shed that day.

Question 35

Why does Juliet go to see Friar Lawrence at the end of the act?

Accepted Answer

She needs to ask for advice to find a solution.

Question 36

What is the pun when Mercutio says, "Ask for me tomorrow, and you shall find me a grave man"?

Accepted Answer

"Grave" means both "serious" and "a burial site."

Question 37

How does Juliet mature when the Nurse advises, "I think you are happy in this second match, For it excels your first;"?

Accepted Answer

Juliet makes her first independent decision and remains loyal to Romeo.

Question 38

In his despair from being banished, Romeo picks up his __________ and tries to__________.

Accepted Answer

dagger; kill himself.

Romeo and Juliet ACT 3

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Romeo and Juliet ACT 3

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