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Drama: Julius Caesar
1. Caesar returns to Rome during the:
A. Easter holiday
B. Feast of Lupercalia
C. Feast of Diana
D. Ides of March
Answer: B
2. The interaction between the common people and the tribunes in the first scene primarily shows:
A. class conflict
B. happy Roman citizens
C. the celebration of Caesar's victory
D. peaceful Roman society
Answer: C
Who warns Caesar to beware the Ides of March?
A. Brutus
B. Cassius
C. Cinna the Poet
D. The Soothsayer
Answer: A
The three shouts from the crowd that Brutus and Cassius hear in the first Act represent:
A. general jubilation
B. Caesar turning down a crown that Mark Antony is offering him
C. Caesar accepting a crown that Mark Antony is offering him
D. Caesar describing his victory to the crowd
Answer: B
All of the following are conspirators against Caesar except:
A. Cinna the Poet
B. Brutus
C. Cassius
D. Cinna
ANswer: D
Cassius convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy by:
A. paying him
B. forcing him into it
C. sending him unsigned letters
D. having Cinna the Poet write a poem to Brutus
Answer: A
An important symbol or image in Julius Caesar is:
A. the hands
B. the statues
C. the supernatural
D. all of the above
Answer: D
Brutus' wife's name is:
A. Calpurnia
B. Portia
C. Mary
D. Brutus does not have a wife
Answer: D
What is Calpurnia's dream about?
A. she sees a lion in the streets
B. she sees a statue of Caesar bleeding from a hundred wounds
C. she sees Caesar getting stabbed to death in the Senate House
D. she does not have a dream
Answer:C
Who arrives at Caesar's house and interprets Calpurnia's dream?
A. Brutus
B. Cassius
C. Caesar
D. Decius
Answer: D
All of the following are signs of Caesar's pending death except for:
A. Calpurnia's dream
B. the Soothsayer's warning
C. the letter from Artemidorus
D. Mark Antony striking Calpurnia on the Feast of Lupercalia
Answer: C
What does Antony read to the crowd during his speech?
A. the Roman Constitution
B. Caesar's will
C. a letter from Cassius to Brutus
D. a manifesto
Answer: B
Which of the following pairs of men most accurately reflects the political alliances at the end of the play?
A. Brutus and Antony; Caesar and Cassius
B. Octavius and Caesar; Antony and Brutus
C. Octavius and Antony; Brutus and Cassius
D. Octavius and Brutus; Antony and Cassius
Answer: A
How does Portia die?
A. she is stabbed to death
B. she drowns
C. she eats live embers
D. she is bitten by a poisonous snake
Answer: C
Antony's comment, "This was the noblest Roman of them all" refers to which character?
A. Julius Caesar
B. Brutus
C. Cassius
D. Calpurnia
Answer: A
Caesar is thought to have suffered from which of the following illnesses?
A. syphilis
B. delusions of greatness
C. epilepsy
D. he did not have any illness
Answer: C
: Julius Caesar | Question: 17 of 18
Cicero tells Casca that men interpret omens in their own way. Why is this comment significant in Julius Caesar?
A. it represents the fact that Brutus and Caesar will both misinterpret omens
B. is foreshadows the coming events of the play
C. both a and b
D. none of the above
Answer: C
