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