Julius Caesar Act 2 Quiz

Scene 1: The men who show up at Brutus's door...

• are wearing cloaks and have their faces covered.

• want to discuss the details of the assassination plot.

• want to include Cicero in the plan.

• All of the above.

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Scene 1: Why does Brutus reject the idea of Cicero joining the conspiracy?

• Cicero can't be trusted.
• Cicero is too fond of Caesar.
• Cicero would only join the plan if it were his idea.
• All of the above.

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Scene 1: "But when I tell him [Caesar] he hates flatterers, he says he does, being then most flattered." Identify the speaker.

• Decius
• Caesar
• Brutus
• Portia

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Scene 1: Who rejects the idea of killing Antony, as well as Caesar?

• Brutus

• Cassius

• Casca

• Portia

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Scene 1: "Let's be sacrificers, not butchers... We shall be called purgers, not murderers."  Identify the speaker.

• Decius
• Cassius
• Brutus
• Antony

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Scene 1: What do the conspirators worry may happen that could prevent Caesar's death?

• Caesar may decide to stay home.
• Brutus may decide not to join.
• Caius might warn Caesar of the plot.
• The conspirators might be too far away from Caesar to carry it out.

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Scene 1: How does Portia try to convince Brutus to tell her about the conspiracy?

• She reminds him of their marriage vows.
• She says she's nothing more than his harlot if he won't share his secrets with her.
• She shows him a "voluntary wound" she made on her thigh.
• All of the above.

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Scene 1: Who volunteers to convince Caesar to go to the capitol that day?

• Decius
• Brutus
• Caius Ligarius
• Lucius

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Scene 1: Which quote best demonstrates (the newest conspirator) Caius Ligarius' opinion of Brutus?

• "But are not some whole that we must make sick?"
• "I follow you, to do I know not what, but it [is enough] that Brutus leads me on."
• "Vouchsafe good morrow from a feeble tongue."
• "By all the gods that Romans bow before, I here [give up] my sickness!"

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Scene 2: Which of the following best describes Caesar's attitude about death?

• Caesar is stronger than death--he can't be killed.
• One should always listen to warnings about death.
• Death is inevitable.  It will come when it comes.
• The death of someone else is necessary for a man to become king.

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