Question 1
Who arrives at Caesar's house and interprets Calpurnia's dream?
A. Brutus
B. Cassius
C. Caesar
D. Decius
Question 2
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
Question 3
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
Question 4
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
Question 5
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
Question 6
Antony's comment, "This was the noblest Roman of them all" refers to which character?
A. Julius Caesar
B. Brutus
C. Cassius
D. Calpurnia
Question 7
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
Question 8
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
Question 9
The masses are frequently described as "stones" in Julius Caesar. This occurs in all of the following scenes EXCEPT:
A. when Antony gives his speech to the masses
B. when Flavius and Murellus call the masses "stones"
C. when Calpurnia describes her dream to Caesar
