JC act 3 quiz

Which of the following statements by Mark Antony is not an example of irony

"For when the noble Caesar saw him stab,/Ingratiture, more strong than traitors' arms,/ Quite vanquished him."

In addition to supplying evidence that Caesar was not ambitious, what two things does anotny doto work the crowd into a frenzy

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Antony's soliloquy over Caesar's corpse is

An emotional appeal to the citizens of Rome to avenge Caesar's death at the hands of the conspirators

Caesar's dying words express superise at seeing among the assassins

Brutus

(T/F) Brutus invites the people to his home to celebrate the death of caesar

False

(T/F) When Antony comes before the conspirators after caesar's death, he begs them to spare his life

False

(T/F) the conspirators ask caesar to refuse the crown that the senate is offering fim

False

the atangonist who, after caesar's death, moves the atoin of the play forward is

Mark Antony

The chief conflict in act III takes place between

Mark Antony and the conspirators

A complication in act III results from

Mark Antony's oration

Judging from act III, does Shakespeare believe the citizens of rome worth of a republic?

No, because they are an easitly manipulated and bloodthirsty mob

(T/F) Brutus tells the people that he killed Caesar because Caesar was planning to enslave Romans

True

(T/F) Cassius tells brutus that he is hesitant to permit Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral

True

Antony's purpose in delivering the funeral speech is to

cause a roit

through this act, Shakespeare used the cries of the crowd to show the people of Rome to be

fickle (changeable)

What event first reveals Mark Antony's true feeling toward the conspirators

his soliloquy over the slain body of Caesar

Brutus tells Cassius he wants Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral in order to

persuade the people to come over to the conspirator's' cause

Antony's referecne to his speech as that of a 'plain but blunt man' is

subtly ironic

As the title of the play suggests, the climax of Julius Caesar could be

the assassination of Caesar

One of the characters who foreshadow's caesar's downfall is

the soothsayer

Brutus allows Mark Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral because he

trusts mark Antony