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Use the review games below to practice.

Use these flashcards to review concepts from Romeo and Juliet Act III, Scene I

1) What is the weather like on the fateful day?

Answer: hot

2) Why is Benvolio so anxious to get Mercutio off the streets?

Answer: people get moody in hot weather; knows they won't escapte a fight

3) What is Mercutio's reaction to Tybalt's presence/

Answer: let's fight

4) Why does Romeo refuse to fight Tybalt?

Answer: knows they arenow cousins

5) How does Mercutio react to Romeo's seeming cowardice?

Answer: I'll fight and kill if you are going to be a coward

6) How is Mercutio slain?

Answer: under Romeo's arm

7) Why does Romeo decide to fight Tybalt?

Answer: to avenge Mercutio's death

8) How does Romeo explain the two deaths he has unwillingly caused?

Answer: "I am fortune's fool."

9) What is Romeo's punishment?

Answer: exile/banishment