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LITERARY RESPONSE AND ANALYSIS
The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet,
Act III William Shakespeare
COMPREHENSION (60 points; 6 points each)
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
______ 1. In Scene I, Mercutio speaks the following line: “Tybalt, you ratcatcher, will you walk?”
Mercutio wants Tybalt to —
A give up the fight
B join Mercutio for the evening
C fight
D leave quietly
______ 2. At first, Romeo doesn’t want to fight Tybalt because Romeo —
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is a coward
G is now related to Tybalt by marriage
H thinks that Mercutio has a better chance of beating Tybalt
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is on his way to marry Juliet
______ 3. The prince punishes Romeo by —
A sentencing him to death
B annulling his marriage
C banishing him from Verona forever
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D sentencing him to jail
______ 4. When the prince arrives, Benvolio —
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promises to bring Romeo to the prince
G recounts the events of the killings to the prince
H delivers a message from Romeo to Juliet
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confesses to the killing of Tybalt to the prince
______ 5. All of the following consequences result from Romeo’s killing of Tybalt except —
A Juliet decides that Paris is more honorable than Romeo
B Romeo and Juliet cannot reveal their marriage
C Juliet is to be married to Paris almost immediately
D Romeo is banished from Verona
______ 6. At first, Juliet responds to the news of Tybalt’s death with —
F
anger toward Tybalt
G anger toward Romeo
H uncontrollable weeping
J
anger toward both Romeo and Tybalt
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______ 7. The Nurse helps Juliet by —
A persuading Juliet to tell Lord and Lady Capulet of her marriage to Romeo
B going to Friar Laurence with a ring of Juliet’s for Romeo
C never arguing with Juliet and always praising Romeo
D hiding the news about Tybalt and Romeo from Juliet
______ 8. Which statement is true about Paris?
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His interest in Juliet lessens after Tybalt dies.
G He visits the house of Montague and speaks with Benvolio.
H He enjoys puns and games that match people’s wits.
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He wishes to marry a woman he has not courted.
______ 9. Lord Capulet responds to the death of Tybalt by —
A traveling to Mantua in order to murder Romeo himself
B arranging the immediate marriage of Paris and Juliet
C negotiating with the prince for Romeo’s banishment
D asking Paris to leave Verona and await further word
______ 10. All of the following events happen at the conclusion of Act III except —
F
the Nurse suggests that Juliet forget Romeo and marry Paris
G Juliet refuses to marry Paris
H Lord Capulet scorns his only child and vows to disown her
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Lady Capulet convinces Lord Capulet that Paris should leave Verona
On the line provided, write the letter of the best answer to each of the following items.
______ 11. Because of a turning point the rest of the actions in a play —
A do not relate to the original conflict
B foreshadow the ending
C move toward either a happy or unhappy ending
D introduce a new conflict that must also be resolved
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LITERARY FOCUS (20 points; 5 points each)
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______ 12. The turning point in Romeo and Juliet occurs when —
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Romeo and Juliet marry
G Mercutio is killed
H Romeo kills Tybalt
J
Juliet’s parents arrange her marriage to Paris
______ 13. Which of the following events serves as a complication to the main conflict of Romeo
and Juliet?
A At first, Romeo refuses to fight with Tybalt.
B Juliet receives news of Romeo and Tybalt from the Nurse.
C Friar Laurence tells Romeo to leave for Mantua by the next morning.
D Lord Capulet arranges for his daughter to marry Paris.
______ 14. As Juliet encounters more conflicts and problems, her character changes, and she —
F
runs away from her problems
G pushes away her elders and threatens suicide
H finds herself unable to make a decision
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confesses that her life with Romeo is ill-fated and wants to leave him
CONSTRUCTED RESPONSE (20 points)
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15. When she finds Juliet weeping, Lady Capulet assumes that Juliet is still
mourning Tybalt’s death. On a separate sheet of paper, explain why
Shakespeare gives Juliet dialogue filled with double meaning. Support
your ideas with at least two details from the play.
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Answer Key
The Tragedy of Romeo and
Juliet, Act II
The Tragedy of Romeo and
Juliet, Act III
by William Shakespeare
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by William Shakespeare
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Constructed Response
Constructed Response
15. Students’ responses will vary. A sample
response follows:
15. Students’ responses will vary. A sample
response follows:
Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something that the characters
do not know. One moment of dramatic
irony occurs in Scene 6 when Friar
Laurence brings Romeo and Juliet together
in marriage. He speaks to Romeo (just as
Juliet is arriving) about love, but those lines
also tell the audience what will happen in
the play. Romeo is too involved in his love
affair to see himself or his beloved in these
words of warning. The friar warns Romeo
that love that is too passionate turns
destructive. The audience knows that this
play is a tragedy and that the love of
Romeo and Juliet will come to a bad end.
The friar even foreshadows the death of the
lovers when he begins his speech, “These
violent delights have violent ends.”
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Juliet uses words with double meanings
to mourn for her cousin Tybalt and remain
true to her love for Romeo, her secret husband. When Lady Capulet labels Romeo
the “villain” who killed Tybalt, Juliet says,
“Villain and he be many miles asunder— /
God pardon him! I do, with all my heart; /
and yet no man like he doth grieve my
heart.” Juliet seems to agree with her mother’s opinion of Romeo, but the audience
knows what Juliet is really saying: Romeo is
not a villain. True, Romeo does grieve her
here, but not for Tybalt’s death; she grieves
Romeo’s absence. Juliet later exclaims about
Romeo, “To wreak the love I bore my
cousin / Upon his body that hath slaughtered him!” She means she would transfer
the love she had for Tybalt to Romeo, not in
blows but in kisses.
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