Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts 1 & 2

Why does Brutus reject Cicero as a co-conspirator?

• His silver hairs will purchase a good opinion.

• He was too loyal to Caesar.

• He was unpredictable and couldn't be trusted.

• He wouldn't follow what other people began.

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Who suggested that they kill Marc Antony as well?

• Brutus

• Cassius

• Decius

• Trebonius

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

What were the reasons they rejected killing Marc Antony?

• They didn't want to look like butchers and Antony was Cassius' brother in law.

• They wanted to look like purgers or healers, and Antony would continue to enjoy the good life after Caesar's death.

• Antony was Caesar's arm, and the arm would attack them even without a head.

• Antony was a member of the Senate and it was illegal to even touch a member of the Senate.

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Who is Brutus' wife?

• Cleopatra

• Calpurnia

• Portia

• Lucious

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What is the best definition of a "Plebeian"?

• A citizen who is born into the nobility.

• The class of fortune tellers, soothsayers and augurers.

• General term for members of the Senate or Assembly.

• A Roman citizen of the lower class.

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Wheat did Cicero say about the meaning of strange omens the night of the 14th?

• We can't understand the messages from God.

• It doesn't matter, people will give it whatever meaning they want.

• The disturbances reflect the natural order being upset.

• The omens from the heavens mean that Caesar will be killed.

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What was missing from the animal the augurers killed?

• heart

• spleen

• liver

• kidneys

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Which noble Roman spaketh th' following quote?

"Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once."

• Julius Caesar

• Calpurnia

• Cassius

• Brutus

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CCSS.RL.8.3

Matcheth th' quote with th' noble Roman who didst spake it:

"Am I your self but, as it were, in sort of limitation, to keep with you at meals, comfort your bed and talk to you sometimes?"

• Caplpurnia

• Portia

• Cassius

• Caesar

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Whicheth noble Roman didst speak thus?

"When beggars die, there are no comets seen; the heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes."

• Calpurnia

• Portia

• Caesar

• Antony

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