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Romeo and JulietAct 3 Scene 1 Questions

**** You may work together with the same groups you’ve been filming with recently. Each person should still turn in a worksheet, but you can work to read and answer together. I do want you to list the names of everyone in your group on your paper – write your own name first, then the names of your group members. I want you try your best on this, but DO NOT just look up the answers in google. Remember, when you work together on this, you can figure it out!! It’s okay if there are some you can’t find; we will review them together when I return.****

What’s happened since we last read? Romeo & Juliet snuck away and were married by the Friar. None of their friends know, so these scenes take place with almost everyone in the dark about their marriage except for the two of them.

Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. When you finish this sheet, please turn it in.

1. Why does Benvolio say he and Mercutio should go home?

2. Mercutio gives 5 examples of quarrels that Benvolio has had. Please name them.

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3. Which member of the Capulets comes into the scene to fight Romeo?

4. What does Benvolio warn Mercutio in lines 44-46?

5. Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?

6. Why does Mercutio draw his sword on Tybalt?

7. Who tries to stop the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio?

8. What does Mercutio mean when he says “A plague a’both houses”?

9. Explain what Romeo means in lines 104-106. What has Juliet’s love done to him?

10. After Tybalt dies, what does Benvolio advise Romeo? (lines 123-125)

11. When interview by the Prince, does Benvolio tell the truth about what just happened? Who does he blame for what happened?

12. What does Lady Capulet mean by her words “Affection makes him false.”? What do these lines tell you about her character?

13. What does the Prince say Romeo must do?

Act 3 Scene 2 Questions

1. In the beginning of scene 2, does Juliet know what has happened with Romeo and Tybalt?

2. In lines 30-31 what does Juliet compare her impatience to?

3. When the nurse first comes in to talk to Juliet, who does Juliet think is dead?

4. What do Juliet’s words on lines 73-75 mean? How does she describe Romeo?

5. What is Juliet’s inner conflict in lines 95-110?

6. What does Juliet tell the nurse to take away? Why does she say she does not need it?

7. Where does the nurse say she will go? What message does she bring with her?

8. Based on what you have read so far, make three predictions about what you think will happen in the next few scenes.