Julius Caesar Act 1, scene iii

The storm in Act 1, scene iii can serve as what?

• pun
• foreshadowing
• dialogue
• allusion

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Which is not one of the crazy signs from the storm at the beginning of Scene iii?

• A lion in the Capitol 
• Men on fire walking around
• fire falling from the sky
• a Raven at the marketplace

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Why are the conspirators meeting in Scene iii?

• They are worried that Caesar will start a war
• They are worried that Caesar will make them slaves
• They are worried that Brutus will turn them in
• They are worried that Caesar will be crowned the next morning

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Name the literary device:
"A man who thunders, throws lightening, splits open graves, and roars like the lion in the Capitol."

• metaphor
• simile
• personification
• aliteration

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When Cassius interprets the strange events and weather, he says

• they are warnings that Rome is heading to a monstrous state

• that there is a civil strife in heaven

• that the world is being punished by the gods for being too saucy

• that they are just natural events

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(A1S3) But men may construe things after their fashion, Clean from the purpose of the things themselves. What is the best rephrasing of these lines?

• Men will change their fashions even though they have no purpose
• People will interpret things if they are forced to do so, even if it's out of fashion
• If people do a clean break from something, it'll make more sense to them.
• People will interpret things as they want them to be and not as they actually are.

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(A1S3) What does Cassius tell Casca is the reason he thinks that Caesar will be a tyrant?

• Cassius thinks that he is more worthy to be king than Caesar.
• Caesar has been known to have the behavior of a tyrant before.
• Cassius said that he would "Soar above the view of men/And keep them all in servile fearfulness."
• Caesar will be a tyrant because the Roman people are sheep-like and will allow it.

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What is the first thing Cassius does after Casca tells him that the senators intend to make Caesar king?

• Spits on the ground

• rips his clothing

• beats his chest

• pulls out a dagger

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To whom does Cassius give the forged letters from angry Roman citizens?

• Cinna

• Casca

• Cicero

• Brutus

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