"The Tragedy of Julius Caesar"

When does Cassius die?

• The ides of March
• His own Birthday
• the fourth of July
• during the Feast of the Lupercal

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Where does the plays final battle take place?

• Philipi
• Pompey
• Rome
• Rubicon

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What does Cassius wisely suggest should be done about Antony--a suggestion which Brutus refuses. 

• Antony should be paid off.
• Antony should be exiled.
• Antony should be made part of the triumvirate.
• Antony should also be killed.

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Antony's referring to Caesar's wounds as "poor, poor, dumb mouths crying out" is an example of this.

• personification

• simile

• sarcasm

• hyperbole

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What phrase does Mark Antony repeat sarcastically in his eulogy of Caesar?

• crack-a-lackin'
• valiant men
• virtuous men
• honorable men

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This is Literature written in sentence and paragraph form.

• prose
• poetry
• blank verse
• essay

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An aside is...

• Comments meant to be heard by the audience only while other characters are on stage.
• A speech delivered while a character is alone on stage
• A conversation between two characters.
• A comparison using "like" or "as".

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A soliloquy is....

• Comments meant to be heard only by the audience while other characters are on statge.
• a Speech delivered while a character is alone on stage.
• A dialogue between two characters in a play.
• a word that sounds like another word but has a different meaning, like there, their, and they're.

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At the beginning of act 2, Brutus refers to Caesar as "a serpent's egg, which hatched [would do great harm]".  This comparison is an example of a/an....

• pun.
• idiom.
• simile.
• metaphor.

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Cassius figuratively refers to "the falling sickness" as ....

• a loss of power and rank under Caesar.
• the method Caesar used to poison and defeat Pompey.
• Brutus's sickness.
• Portia's death.

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