Julius Caesar Act 1 Quiz

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

• pun
• foreshadowing
• dialogue
• allusion

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

At the beginning of Act I, Scene i how do we know that Caesar is a powerful man?

• He defeated Brutus in a fight
• He defeated Pompey in a civil war
• He beat Mark Antony in a wrestling match
• He beat Cassius across a river in a swimming contest

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is another name for "soothsayer?"

• trouble maker
• fortune teller
• cobbler
• story teller

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Who does Cassius try to convince to overthrow Caesar?

• Brutus
• Casca
• Cinna
• Antony

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

In the text, a "cobbler" is...

• someone who bakes pies
• someone who counsels
• someone who repairs shoes
• someone who lays the rock for roads

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Caesar is thought to have:

• leprosy (the skin sickness)
• pneumonia (the lung sickness)
• cholera (the digestive sickness)
• epilepsy (the falling sickness)

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CCSS.RI.8.1

CCSS.RI.8.8

CCSS.RL.11-12.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.1

Why does Caesar want Antony to touch Calpurnia during the race of Lupercal?

• to cure her illness
• to make sure she's alive
• she's barren
• so he gets the crown

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Caesar reacts to the Soothsayer's warning by:

• assembling the troops
• calling him a dreamer
• hiding in his house
• taking it to the Senate

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What are Brutus’ feelings about Caesar?

• loves him like a father
• hates him with a vengeance
• unsure of his leadership
• loves him but does not want him crowned king

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Caesar doesn't trust men who are ____?

• bald
• thin
• fat
• short

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3