Julius Caesar
After Caesar's assassination, which conspirator addresses the plebeians first (which was not a smart choice)?
Brutus
Antony states that "the most unkindest cut of all" came from _________.
Brutus
Which word in the following quote is an anachronism? "Have you climbed up to walls and battlements, / To towers and windows, yea, to chimney tops."
chimney tops
When Caesar says, "Et tu, Brute?" he means
"And you, Brutus?"
Whose name should be found in the blank? "Let's be sacrificers, not butchers, Caius. / We shall be called purgers, not murderers. / And for __________, think not of him; / For he can do no more than Caesar's arm / When Caesar's head is off."
Antony
______ tries to warn Caesar about the conspiracy, but Caesar refuses to pay him any attention.
Artemidorus
To whom does Antony address these words and who are "these butchers"? "O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! / Thou art the ruins of the noblest man / That ever lived in the time of time."
Caesar / the conspirators
In Brutus' funeral speech, he says
Caesar was too ambitious, now Romans will be free instead of slaves, and he did it for the good of Rome.
Decius convinces Caesar to go to the Senate by saying that
Caesar will be criticized for staying home and obeying his wife, and Caesar has misinterpreted Calpurnia's dream
Who says, "Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius"?
Cassius
Who thinks Antony should be killed when Caesar is?
Cassius
In Act 1 which character plots against Caesar and which character is Caesar's loyal friend?
Cassius and Antony
What two names should be in the blanks? "I heard him say ____ and ____ / Are rid like madmen though the gates of Rome" (at the end of Act 3).
Cassius and Brutus
Which characters give different interpretations of the following dream? "She dreamt tonight she saw my statue, / Which, like a fountain with a hundred spouts, / Did run pure blood, and many lusty Romans / Came smiling and did bathe their hands in it."
Decius and Calpurnia
What is the crowd's response after Antony's funeral speech?
Rage; they chase the conspirators from the city
Which of the following characters is NOT a conspirator?
Soothsayer
Cassius uses the following statement(s) to persuade Brutus to join the conspiracy:
The Romans would rather see Brutus in charge, Caesar is an ordinary man who is no better or worse than they are, Caesar is too ambitious
Identify the literary illustrated in the following quote: "Thou naughty knave..." (Whisper this quietly if you are having trouble figuring it out!)
alliteration
When Antony reads Caesar's will to the people, they learn that Caesar left them all of the following EXCEPT
an engraved sword for each of them
It is ironic that Caesar dies
at the base of Pompey's statue
Brutus has no personal reason to kill Caesar. Why then does he join the conspirators?
because he thinks it will be for the good of Rome, and because he fears Caesar is too ambitious
What does the word "valiant" mean in the following quote from Caesar? "Cowards die many times before their deaths / The valiant never taste of death but once"
brave
Antony sends a message to Octavius to
come to Antony's aide immediately
Which of the following is a strange sight NOT seen during the terrible storm in Act 1, scene 3?
dead babies left in the street
What are Caesar's physical disabilities in the play?
deafness in one ear and seizures
Identify the literary illustrated in the following quote: "Draw them to Tiber banks, and weep your tears / Into the channel, till the lowest stream / Do kiss the most exalted shore of all."
hyperbole
Identify the literary illustrated in the following quote: "You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things!"
metaphor
Identify the literary illustrated in the following quote: "That Tiber trembled underneath her banks"
personification and alliteration
At the beginning of the play, what are Flavius and Marullus doing?
removing decorations and insulting the people who are celebrating Caesar's victory over Pompey
Antony uses verbal irony in his funeral speech when he
says Brutus is an honorable man
Identify the literary illustrated in the following quote: "...he doth bestride the narrow world / Like a Collosus"
simile
Why does Caesar ask Antony to touch his wife Calpurnia during the Lupercal foot race?
so she will be able to have a child
After the conspirators leave, Antony speaks over Caesar's dead body. The long speech revealing his inner emotions is called a(n)________
soliloquy
What do Casca's hands do when he says, "Hands speak for me"?
stabs Caesar first
Caesar is offered the crown ___ times and refuses it ___ times during Act 1, scene 2.
three
