Julius Caesar ACT II Quiz 2023

What is Brutus' reason for refusing to swear an oath with the conspirators?

• a priest should take part in their conspiracy

• the conspirators' goal should unite them

• Cassius always breaks promises

• Brutus feels unworthy of honor

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What does Brutus say that the conspirators must do so that their plan will succeed?

• chop Caesar's body into many pieces so that it cannot be identified
• make the public believe that Caesar’s death is an accident
• find someone honorable to blame for Caesar’s death
• kill Caesar boldly but not wrathfully so that they will appear as sacrificers

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How does Portia know something is wrong with Brutus?

• Brutus yelled at her
• Portia had a dream about Brutus
• Brutus has been acting strangely
• Brutus asks her advice about the plan

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What does the Soothsayer mean when he says, “If it pleases Caesar to be so good to Caesar as to hear me, I shall beg him to be careful.” (Modernized)

• He has heard from Caesar’s friends that Caesar wants to talk to him.
• He knows that Portia has heard of the plan and will tell Caesar.
• He has important news for Caesar’s friends at the Senate House.
• He has news for Caesar if Caesar is wise enough to listen.

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Identify the literary device used in the following lines: "Caesar: Good friends go in and taste some wine with me, / And we will straightaway go together"

• allegory
• pun
• dramatic irony
• hyperbole

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Portia's anxiousness and the Soothsayer's warning create a mood of __ at the end of Act II.

• suspense
• tragedy
• joy
• nostalgia

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Which character promised the other conspirators that he could persuade Caesar to get to the capital on the Ides of March?

• Cassius
• Decius
• Trebonius
• Brutus

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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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Which character stabs himself or herself in the thigh to prove that they can be trusted?

• Calphurnia
• Portia
• Decius
• Cassius

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Calphurnia dreamed that:

• a serpent hatched from an egg and bit Caesar.
• a statue of Caesar was filled with holes that was pouring out blood.
• a lioness was walking around the streets of Rome.
• an animal that was being sacrificed did not have a heart.

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