Julius Caesar Act 3 Quiz

(Scene 1) Who tries to get Caesar to read a letter of warning on Caesar's way to the Capitol?

• Soothsayer
• Portia
• Artemidorus
• Metellus Cimber

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(Scene 1) In Caesar's last speeches, when he refuses to pardon Publius Cimber, his tone is:

• Proud and arrogant
• Excited and irrational
• Reasonable and accommodating
• Kind and sympathetic

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(Scene 1) "O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / that I am meek and gentle with these butchers! / Thou art the ruin of the noblest man / That ever lived in the tide of times. / Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!"  Identify the speaker.

• Antony
• Artemidorus
• Brutus
• Cassius

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(Scene 1) The first to stab Caesar is:

• Casca
• Cassius
• Decius
• Brutus

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(Scene 1) Which character returns to shake the conspirators' hands?

• Octavius
•  Lepidus
• Portia
• Antony

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(Scene 1) When Antony first shakes hands with the conspirators, it suggests that he:

• Knows nothing about the assassination
• Plans to join them to kill Caesar
• Accepts the murder and supports the conspirators
• Wishes they would kill him as well

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(Scene 1) Over Caesar's body, Antony says that someone will "Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war."  Who is he talking about?

• Antony
• Octavius
• Caesar's spirit
• The people of Rome

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(Scene 1) How are Antony's true feelings about the conspirators first revealed?

• In his dialogue with the conspirators
• In his soliloquy over Caesar's body
• In his funeral oration for Caesar
• In a series of asides in conversation

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(Scene 1) What do the conspirators ask Caesar to do?

• Forgive their debt.
• Stop treating them like slaves.
• Allow Publius to attend the Feast of Lupercal.
• Pardon Metellus Cimber's brother.

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(Scene 1) What does Antony tell Brutus and the conspirators when he first arrives after Caesar's death?

• He will avenge Caesar's death.
• Brutus was Caesar's best friend.
• If they are going to kill him, they should go ahead and do it.
• The conspirators gave Caesar a gift by ending his life.

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