Study guide questions

1. Romeo & Juliet
Act 3, Scene 1
STUDY GUIDE ANSWERS

2. 1. Benvolio says the weather is hot and that
leads to high tempers, which could lead to
an unstoppable brawl.

3. 2. Mercutio counters
that Benvolio is more
hot tempered than he
and shouldn’t preach
when he can’t control
himself. This is not
true as Benvolio is
actually the more
rational of the two.

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3. (a) Mercutio challenges Tybalt to a
fight and gets mad when Tybalt
suggests Mercutio “consorts” with
Romeo.
MERCUTIO – Make it a word and a blow. Line 36
TYBALT – Mercutio, thou consortest with Romeo. Line 39

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3. (b) Mercutio has the chance to
leave (depart) but refuses saying:
“I will not budge for no man’s pleasure, I.” Line 49

6. 4. Romeo has just
married Juliet so
now he loves all the
Capulets, including
Tybalt who is a
Capulet.
Line 65-66

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5. Romeo hints at his marriage to
Juliet by saying his love, for Tybalt, is
more than can be imagined. He
now cherishes the name Capulet as
if it were his own.

8. 6. a) Mercutio thinks
Romeo is a coward for not
fighting.
b) Mercutio challenges
Tybalt.
This is important because
Mercutio fights to show his
hatred of the Capulets and
his loyalty to the
Montagues that Romeo
seems to have lost.

9. 7. a) Mercutio
fights in Romeo’s
place.
b) Romeo gets in
between Mercutio
and Tybalt, which
results in Tybalt
stabbing Mercutio.

10. 8. Mercutio’s ironic comments:
“not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church-door” line 92
“to-morrow, you shall find me a grave man” line 94
“made worm’s meat out of me” line 102
His wounds are going to kill him even though he is
joking about it.

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“In my behalf - my reputation stain’d
With Tybalt’s slander -”
LINES 106 &107
9. Romeo’s reputation has been ruined because of the murder and his
refusal to fight. Stained refers to his reputation and the actual blood of
the wound.

12. 10. Romeo is angry about Mercutio’s
death and determined to avenge him.

13. 11. Either thou, or I, or
both must go with him.
Line 124
Romeo is willing to
be killed or to kill
Tybalt.

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12. Fortune refers to fate. Romeo
firmly believes his future has been
written for him. By killing Tybalt,
Romeo proves fate always prevails.
O, I am fortune’s fool!

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13. Benvolio can be seen as either:
*disloyal to Romeo
*loyal to the Prince

16. 14. Lady Capulet wants Romeo to be put
to death for killing her nephew.

17. 15. Benvolio states
that Tybalt was
“deaf to peace”
and wouldn’t listen
to reason. Tybalt
was determined to
fight even though
Romeo tried to
stop the brawl.

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16. Lady Capulet accuses Benvolio
of telling lies because he is a
Montague.

19. 17. The Prince decides Romeo will be
banished and will be killed if he is
caught inside the city limits.

20. Created by M. Riddell – March 2017