The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Part 1: Applying Reading Strategies Pretest 100%

What is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?

A) Summarizing reduces a larger text by focusing on the main ideas, while paraphrasing restates the entire text.

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1. COBBLER. Truly, sir, all that I live by, is with the awl: Imeddle with no tradesman's matters, nor women'smatters, but withal. I am indeed, sir, a surgeonto old shoes; when they are in great danger, Irecover them. As proper men as ever trod upon25neat's leather have gone upon my handiwork. FLAVIUS. But wherefore art not in thy shop today?Why dost thou lead these men about the streets? COBBLER. Truly, sir, to wear out their shoes to get myselfinto more work. But indeed, sir, we make holiday30to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph. Which statements would best fit in a summary of this passage? Select three options.

B) Flavius wants to know why the cobbler is not working. C) The cobbler and others are celebrating Caesar's victory. D) Flavius want to know why commoners are in the streets.

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1. MARULLUS. Wherefore rejoice? What conquest bringshe home?What tributaries follow him to RomeTo grace in captive bonds his chariot wheels?You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless35things!O, you hard hearts, you cruel men of Rome,Knew you not Pompey? Many a time and oftHave you climbed up to walls and battlements,To towers and windows, yea, to chimney-tops,Your infants in your arms, and there have sat40The livelong day, with patient expectation,To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome. Which summary of the passage is the best?

B) Marullus regrets that the people are celebrating Caesar and is insulted that they forgot how they used to praise Pompey.

The character who opposes the protagonist is the

B) antagonist

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2. CASSIUS. Ay, do you fear it?Then must I think you would not have it so. BRUTUS. I would not, Cassius; yet I love him well.But wherefore do you hold me here so long?90What is it that you would impart to me?If it be aught toward the general good,Set honour in one eye and death i'th' other,And I will look on both indifferently;For let the gods so speed me as I love95The name of honour more than I fear death. Which prediction about the plot does this passage most support?

C) Brutus will kill Caesar for the good of Rome.

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2. BRUTUS. Cassius,Be not deceived. If I have veiled my look,I turn the trouble of my countenanceMerely upon myself. Vexèd I amOf late with passions of some difference,45Conceptions only proper to myself,Which give some soil, perhaps, to my behaviours.But let not therefore my good friends be grieved—Among which number, Cassius, be you one—Nor construe any further my neglect50Than that poor Brutus, with himself at war,Forgets the shows of love to other men. Which statement best summarizes the conflict in this passage?

C) While Cassius and others have noticed a difference in Brutus, Brutus explains that his actions are not because of anything they have done. It is only because Brutus is struggling within himself and has let it unfairly impact how he treats others.

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2. SOOTHSAYER. Beware the ides of March. CAESAR. What man is that? BRUTUS. A soothsayer bids you beware the ides of March. CAESAR. Set him before me; let me see his face. CASSIUS. Fellow, come from the throng; look upon Caesar.25 CAESAR. What say'st thou to me now? Speak once again. SOOTHSAYER. Beware the ides of March. This soothsayer's warning in this passage is an example of

C) foreshadowing.

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 2. CAESAR. Calpurnia! CASCA. Peace, ho! Caesar speaks. CAESAR. Calpurnia! CALPURNIA. Here, my lord. CAESAR. Stand you directly in Antonio's way5 When he doth run his course.—Antonio! ANTONY. Caesar, my lord? CAESAR. Forget not, in your speed, Antonio,To touch Calpurnia, for our elders sayThe barren, touchèd in this holy chase,10Shake off their sterile curse. Which ideas would best fit in a summary of this passage? Select two options.

D) Caesar asks Antony to give Calpurnia luck to conceive. E) Caesar and Calpurnia have not yet had children.

Read the excerpt from Julius Caesar, act 1, scene 1. [FLAVIUS.] See whether their basest metal be not moved.60They vanish tongue-tied in their guiltiness.Go you down that way towards the Capitol;This way will I. Disrobe the images,If you do find them decked with ceremonies. MARULLUS. May we do so?65You know it is the feast of Lupercal. FLAVIUS. It is no matter; let no imagesBe hung with Caesar's trophies. I'll about,And drive away the vulgar from the streets:So do you too, where you perceive them thick. Which paraphrase of the passage is the most accurate?

D) Flavius hopes that he has changed the high spirits of the people in the streets and sends them away before Caesar sees them. He instructs Marullus to go toward the capitol, while he himself goes the other way. They should take down any images of Caesar or decorations on his statues. Marullus wants to know if they can really do that, because everyone is celebrating the feast of Lupercal. Flavius does not care, and he tells Marullus to do as he says and break up any crowds that they find along their way.

In acts 1 and 2 of Julius Caesar, with whom is Brutus most in conflict?

D) himself