Literary Focus
The questions below refer to the selection “The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, Act III.”


Which of the following events serves as a complication to the main conflict of Romeo and Juliet?
Choose one answer.
a. Juliet receives news of Romeo and Tybalt from the Nurse.
b. Lord Capulet arranges for his daughter to marry Paris.
c. Friar Laurence tells Romeo to leave for Mantua by the next morning.
d. At first, Romeo refuses to fight with Tybalt.