Julius Caesar ACT II

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.

• He looks like Mr. C

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 2: "Cowards die many times before their deaths, the valiant never taste of death but once."  Identify the speaker.

• Brutus
• Caesar
• Antony
• Cinna

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Scene 2: Calpurnia dreamed that:

• a serpent hatched from an egg and bit Caesar as he walked to the capitol.
• a statue of Caesar was pouring out blood and smiling Romans were bathing their hands in it.
• a lioness was walking around the streets of Rome with all of her babies in her mouth.
• an animal that was being sacrificed did not have a heart.

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Scene 2: "Danger knows full well that Caesar is more dangerous than he. We are two lions litter’d in one day, and I the elder and more terrible."  Identify the speaker

• Cassius
• Calpurnia
• Brutus
• Caesar

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Scene 3: Which character plans to give Caesar a letter warning him of the conspiracy?

• Artemidorus
• Calpurnia
• Portia
• Decius

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