Julius Caesar Acts 1-3 Test Review

Jealous and suspicious manipulator; wants to kill Caesar and Antony.

• Brutus
• Cassius
• Casca
• Cinna

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Stabs herself to prove loyalty to her husband.

• Calpurnia
• Portia

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Devoted follower of Caesar.

• Brutus
• Cassius
• Cinna
• Antony

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

First conspirator to stab Caesar.

• Brutus
• Cassius
• Casca
• Cinna

Experiences a moral dilemma over the murder of Caesar, then leads the conspiracy against Caesar.

• Brutus
• Cassius
• Casca
• Cinna

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Emperor of Rome; Disregards omens; distracted by his arrogance and the praise of others.

• Julius Caesar
• Brutus
• Antony
• Cinna

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CCSS.RL.9-10.1

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CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Used in order to create a dramatic effect or to make a point rather than to get an answer.

• Rhetorical Question
• Soliloquy
• Aside
• Mode of Persuasion

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

Tries to warn Caesar with a dream.

• Calpurnia
• Portia
• Antony
• Brutus

What was the purpose of Cassius' speech to Brutus?
Act 1, Scene 2

• To persuade Brutus that Caesar should not be the sole ruler of Rome.
• To entertain Brutus with an anecdote about swimming in the Tiber River.
• To express that he is not in support of Caesar being the sole ruler of Rome.
• To inform Brutus that Caesar has certain medical conditions that may affect his role as ruler.

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CCSS.RI.9-10.1

CCSS.RI.9-10.6

CCSS.RI.9-10.8

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.SL.9-10.3

The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
Act I, Scene 2

• Fate versus Free Will
• Public Self versus Private Self
• Misinterpretations and Misreadings
• Rhetoric and Power

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CCSS.L.9-10.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.4