Mrs. Ervin's Julius Caesar Act 2 Review

Identify the context: "It must be by his death; and for my part,/ I know no personal cause to spurn at him, / But for the general. He would be crown'd: / How might that change his nature, there's the question."

• Calpurnia is relaying her dream about Caesar's death

• Portia is asking Brutus to open up to her

• Cassius is trying to convince Brutus to kill Caesar

• Brutus is considering reasons to kill caesar

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Which best summarizes the following: "And therefore think him as a serpent's egg,/ Which hatch'd would, as his kind, grow mischievous,/ And kill him in the shell."

• Caesar isn't dangerous now, but he will be once he has power

• Cassius is a mischievous conspirator, who can't be trusted

• Brutus is becoming more dangerous and disloyal

• Caesar should be allowed to gain power

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the context: "Our course will seem too bloody, Caius Cassius,/ To cut the head off and then hack the limbs, Like wrath in death and envy backwards. For Antony is but a limb of Caesar/ Let's be sacrificers, but not butches, Caius."

• The conspirators are arguing about killing Mark Antony

• The conspirators are arguing about the weather

• Decius want to save Mark Antony

• Calpurnia dreams Mark Antony will die

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the speaker: "A woman well reputed, Cato's daughter./ Think you I am no stronger than my sex, / Being so father'd, and so husbanded?/ Tell me your counsels, I will not disclose them."

• Brutus

• Portia

• Calpurnia

• Lucius

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the context: "O ye gods,/ Render me worthy of this noble wife!/ Hark, hark! one knocks. Portia, go in a while; / And by and by, thy bosom shall partake/ The secrets of my heart."

• Brutus has finally decided to confide in his wife

• Caesar has decided to listen to Calpurnia

• Cassius wishes Portia was his wife

• Brutus has confessed his infidelity to Portia

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the speaker: "Cowards die many times before theirs deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once. / Of all the wonders that I have yet heard, / It seems to me most strange that men should fear, / Seeing that death, a necessary end, / Will come when it will come."

• Caesar

• Cassius

• Casca

• Brutus

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Identify the speaker: "This dream is all amiss interpreted; / It was a vision fair and fortunate:/ Your statue sporting blood in many pipes, / In which so many smiling Romans bath'd,/ Signifies that from you great Rome shall suck/ Reviving blood, and that great men shall press, / For tinctures, stains, relics, and cognizance./ This is by Calpurnia's dream signified."

• Decius

• Brutus

• Calpurnia

• Caesar

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Scene 1: How does Brutus feel about the conspiracy to kill Caesar at the beginning of the scene?

• He is searching for a way to convince the conspirators not to kill Caesar.

• He is full of grief and sadness, but he knows Caesar must die.

• He's trying to justify to himself why Caesar should die.

• He is convinced that a "wait and see" approach is best.

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

Scene 1: Which of the following is NOT one of the conspirators against Caesar?

• Brutus

• Decius

• Flavius

• Casca

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

Scene 1: Who volunteers to bring Caesar to the Capitol, where the conspirators plan to murder him?

• Trebonius

• Decius

• Cassius

• Metellus

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CCSS.RL.9-10.10

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

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10