| What are Benvolio and Mercutio doing before Tybalt comes up to them? | Hanging out, trading insults, and mocking the Capulets |
| Who is Tybalt looking for? | Romeo |
| Why is Tybalt looking for Romeo? | He wants to get back at him for crashing the Capulet party |
| Who starts the fight between Tybalt and Mercutio? | Tybalt |
| How does Benvolio react to the start of the fight? | He warns them not to fight in public |
| Was Romeo married to Juliet already before the fight? | Yes |
| Why doesn’t Romeo want to fight Tybalt? | Tybalt is Juliet’s cousin |
| Why does Mercutio offer to fight Tybalt? | He thinks Romeo not fighting is dishonorable |
| When does Tybalt stab Mercutio? | When they’re being separated by Romeo |
| How does Mercutio react to his injury? | He makes jokes |
| Does Romeo blame himself for Mercutio’s death? | Yes |
| How does Romeo think his love for Juliet has effected his character? | He thinks it has made him girly and weak |
| How does Romeo react to the death of Mercutio? | He decides to be more manly and challenges Tybalt |
| Who tells Juliet that Tybalt was killed? | Nurse |
| What does Juliet first think when the Nurse is babbling about Tybalt’s death? | She thinks that Romeo was killed |
| How did Juliet react when she realizes that Romeo killed Tybalt? | She cursed him |
| How did Juliet react when Nurse joined her in cursing Romeo? | She becomes angry with the Nurse and says she can’t criticize her husband |
| When forced to choose between Romeo and Tybalt, who would Juliet choose? | Romeo |
| What does Nurse promise to do when Juliet becomes worried that Romeo has been banished? | Nurse goes to find Romeo so they can say goodbye and consummate their marriage before he leaves |
| Where did Romeo go after the fight with Tybalt? | Friar Laurence’s cell |
| Does the Friar view banishment as a good or bad punishment? | Good |
| What other punishment did Romeo compare banishment to? | Death |
| When Nurse knocks on the door, who does Friar think it is? | The Prince’s men |
| What does Romeo keep threatening to do out of guilt of hurting Juliet? | Kill himself |
| What does Friar suggest they could do later after Romeo leaves? | Figure out a way to get Romeo pardoned by the Prince so he can come back to Verona |
| Where is Romeo banished to? | Mantua |
| Why was it important for Romeo and Juliet to consummate their marriage before he left? | In the Catholic Church, Lord Capulet would be able to annul their marriage and marry Juliet off to Paris |
| How do Lord Capulet’s views about Juliet’s marriage to Paris change? | Before he was going to let Juliet decide, but now he will make her marry Paris |
| What does Juliet do to try and make Romeo stay a little longer? | She tried to convince him it was still night |
| How did Juliet fool Lady Capulet during their conversation about Tybalt and Romeo? | Lady Capulet thought Juliet was crying over Tybalt, but she was really sad about Romeo |
| What does Lord Capulet do when Juliet refuses to marry Paris? | He verbally abuses her and then threatens to throw her out on the street |
| What does Nurse advise Juliet to do? | She points out that Paris is a better option, even if it means committing a sin by being married to two people |
| What does Juliet say she might as well do? | Kill herself because it’s just as sinful as being married to two people |
| Who does Juliet go to for help? | Friar |
Romeo and Juliet: Act 3
September 11, 2019