Romeo and Juliet
Act III, Scene I
Name ____________________
Date _____________________
Please answer the following questions using COMPLETE SENTENCES. If a line is
quoted, please provide a modern day translation.
1. Why does Benvolio want to leave? What is he afraid will happen?
2. How does Mercutio respond when Tybalt enters?
3. “We talk here in the public haunt of men: Either withdraw unto some private
place, and reason coldly of your grievances, or else depart.”
4. “Men’s eyes were made to look, and let them gaze; I will not budge for no man’s
pleasure.”
5. What does Tybalt mean when he sees Romeo and says “Here comes my man”?
6. How does Romeo respond to Tybalt’s accusation that he is a villain? Why won’t
he fight?
7. What does Mercutio mean when he says, “Oh calm, dishonorable, vile
submission”?
8. When Mercutio asks, “Why the devil came you between us?” who was he talking
to? Why was he upset with this person?
9. What does Mercutio mean when he says, “A plague o’ both your houses!”
10. “Oh sweet Juliet, thy beauty hath made me effeminate!”
11. “Mercutio’s soul is but a little way above our heads, staying for thine to keep him
company. Either thou or I, or both, must go with him.”
12. How does Tybalt respond to Romeo’s statement (quoted in the last question)?
13. Why does Benvolio insist that Romeo flee? (Hint: Look for the line that begins
“Romeo, away, be gone!”)
14. Before he flees, Romeo says “O, I am fortune’s fool!” What do you think he
means by this?