Julius Caesar

Who says, "I am...But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man/That love my friend...."?

Antony

Who says, "I had rather have/Such men my friends than enemies."?

Antony

True/False The Gracchi were assassinated after they attempted to extend the Roman Republic beyond the Italian peninsula into Athenian lands.

False

True/False The members of the First Triumvirate were Pompey, Sulla, and Caesar

False

What service does Brutus ask of his men in V, v?

He asks that they hold the sword while he falls upon it

What is significant about the following quotation: "Et tu, Brute?"

The informal 'tu' emphasizes the close relationship of Brutus and Caesar and emphasizes the former's guilt in betraying his friend/father

In Act I, scene iii, Cassius does not fear to walk about in the storm because he believes it portends the anger of the gods with Caesar.

True

True/False Brutus refuses to swear the oath because his honor as a Roman is enough without an oath

True

True/False Brutus says it is not right that he and Cassius commit injustices because Caesar was unjustice.

True

True/False Caesar silences the Tribunes, Murullus and Flavius

True

True/False Caesar was victorious in military campaigns in Gaul, Utica, and Munda

True

True/False Caesar's crossing of the Rubicon (a river in northern Italy) marked the point of no return in rebellion against the Senate.

True

True/False Cato (Portia's brother) is killed by enemy soldiers

True

True/False Collatinus and Junius Brutus rebelled against the Etruscans after the monarch raped Lucretia, who then reported the incident to her husband before committing suicide

True

True/False Pompey and Crassus served in Sulla's legions before he became dictator

True

True/False Brutus accuses Cassius of accepting bribes and protecting officers who accepted bribes.

True

True/False Caesar's mistress (and the mother of Marcus Brutus) was Servilia

True

True/False Cassius disagrees with allowing Antony to speak at the funeral.

True

True/False Crassus attempted to increase his own military prestige by quelling the slave revolt led by Spartacus

True

What does Antony's servant say that his master wants to know?

Whether Antony may safely speak with the conspirators

Who is killed by the plebeians in III, iii?

cinna the poet

At the end of Act I, which of the following has not joined the conspiracy?

crassius

True/False Portia is upset because she does not trust Cassius

false

When Brutus says, "Thou hast described a hot friend cooling," whom is he describing?

Cassius

Who says, "Caesar, thou art revenged."?

Cassius

Who says, "I had as lief not be as live to be/In awe of such a thing as I myself"?

Cassius

Who says, "This tongue had not offended so today/If Cassius might have ruled."?

Cassius

Which senator wishes the conspirators 'good luck'?

Popilius

Who says, "Dwell I but in the suburbs of your good pleasure?"

Portia

True/False Antony says that Brutus and Cassius are like the Lion and the Eagle.

False

True/False Caesar came to power in Rome in approximately 127 B.C.

False

True/False In Act III, in an effort to distract Caesar, Metellus Cimber proposes that Marc Antony be made a Consul.

False

True/False Marc Antony is based on Machiavelli's Prince - Machiavelli had told his prince (Lorenzo de Medici) that it was better to be loved than feared

False

True/False The crowd cheers in Act I, scene ii because Antony offers Caesar the crowd.

False

True/False The leader of the Gallic tribes was Tiberius

False

True/False 'Panis et circenses' is rough translated from Latin to English as 'Pain and suffering.'

False

True/False Antony speaks the truth (as he knows it) during his the funeral speech

False

True/False Before becoming a Republic, Roman was ruled by the Etruscans and their ruler Marcus Crassus

False

True/False Caesar's first wife was Calphurnia

False

Who says, "When beggars die there are no comets seen;/The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes"?

Calpurnia

True/False In Act I, Brutus is at war with himself because he loves Caesar but his wife Portia hates Caesar

False

True/False Julius Caesar claimed to be descended of King Priam of Troy - and thus also descended of Apollo.

False

True/False Murullus and Flavius arrest several the plebeians prior to Caesar's entrance.

False

True/False Pompey fled to Egypt to seek a marriage with Cleopatra in order to build a new army.

False

True/False Rome chose three Consuls per year. The three were referred to as the Triumvirate

False

True/False Shakespeare modelled Caius Cassius on Aristotle's Prince

False

What do the birds symbolize in Cassius speech in Act V, scene i?

...

In Act II, scene i, to what does Brutus compare Caesar?

A serpent in an egg

When Casca says, "...that which would appear offense in us,/His countenance, like richest alchemy,/Will change to virtue and to worthiness," whom is speaking of?

Brutus

Who says, "I know no personal cause to spurn him,/But for the general"?

Brutus

When Cassius says, "Poor man, I know he would not be a wolf/But that he sees the Romans are but sheep," whom is he speaking of?

Caesar

Who says, "...these predictions/Are to the world in general as to Caesar."?

Caesar

Who says, "...but it sufficeth/That Brutus leads me on. (Thunder)"?

Ligarius

In Act IV, what did Brutus ask Cassius for?

Money

In Act III, who has arrived outside of Rome?

Octavius

Who says, "I do not cross you, but I will do so."?

Octavius