3. A. Analyzing Cause and Effect – What causes the Capulet servants Sampson and Gregory to draw their weapons?

4. B. Making Inferences – What can you infer about Sampson’s and Gregory’s characters based on these speeches?

6. C. Analyzing Cause and Effect – What causes Gregory’s behavior to change?

7. D. Making Inferences – What action is Benvolio involved in here?
E. Reading Aloud – In some productions, Tybalt’s second line is spoken after a dramatic silence. Why should this line demand our attention?
F. Making Inferences – This is a key speech. What is Tybalt’s mood? How is he shown to be opposite in nature to Benvolio?

8. D. Making Inferences – Who is holding Montague back?