Julius Caesar Act 1

Scene 1: Why are the 2 tribunes, Flavius and Marullus, upset with the commoners?

• They are rioting in the streets

• The commoners are celebrating Caesar's victory over Pompey

• F and M support Caesar but the commoners do not

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Scene 2: What warning does the Soothsayer give Caesar?

• Beware the ides of March

• Beware Cassius

• Beware Brutus

• Bewares the tides of June

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Scene 2: How does Caesar react to the Soothsayer's warning?

• He accepts and plans to protect himself

• He has Antony ask the Soothsayer more questions

• He ignores and dismisses the Soothsayer

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Scene 2: Which of the following are reasons given by Cassius why Caesar should not be emperor? (2 answers)

• He had a seizing fit while at war in Spain

• He is too short

• He does not understand how the Roman Senate works

• He nearly drowned while swimming across the Tiber River

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Scene 3: Cassius says, "I have moved already some certain of the noblest-minded Romans to undergo with me an enterprise of honorable-dangerous consequence." What dangerous action is he referring to?

• Naming Brutus Emperor

• Assassinating Caesar

• Defeating Pompey in battle

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Scene 3: Who does Cassius persuade to join his plot in this scene?

• Brutus

• Antony

• Casca

• Flavius

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