Julius Caesar

Act 1, Scene 1

Who does Flavius talk with in the first scene of the play?

• The common tradespeople in the streets

• Brutus and Cassius

• Calpurnia, Caesar's wife

• Marc Antony

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Act 1, Scene 2

What does a soothsayer warn Caesar about?

• Brutus

• Conspirators

• An owl that appears in the marketplace during the day

• The ides of March(March 15th)

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Act 1, Scene 2

How does Caesar immediately react to the soothsayer's warning?

• He asks his helpers to find out if there is any danger.

• He does not take it seriously; he says the man is crazy.

• He immediately takes it seriously and decides to stay home.

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Act 1, Scene 2

What is Marc Antony's preparing to do when the reader first meets him?

• He is preparing to give a speech to the people of Rome.

• He is preparing to run a race.

• He is preparing to have a difficult conversation with Brutus.

• He is preparing to travel to northern Italy.

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Act 1, Scene 2

Why did Cassius tell Brutus tell the story of swimming in the Tibur with Caesar?

• He wanted to show that Caesar knows how to be a carefree, fun person.

• He wanted to show that Caesar is human and not a god.

• He was just passing the time until the race started.

• He wanted to show that he was stronger than Caesar.

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Act 1, Scene 2

Why did Cassius plan to throw letters into Brutus' room at night?

• He wanted Brutus to read the letters and resign from his position in the Roman government.

• He wanted to trick him into coming outside so that he could kill him.

• He wanted to convince him that Caesar was dangerously ambitious.

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Act 1, Scene 3

What is happening in Rome when Cicero and Casca meet at the start of the scene?

• Caesar has called an emergency meeting of the Senate.

• The other conspirators are leaving the city.

• Marc Antony is having a secret meeting with Caesar to tell him about the conspirators.

• There is a terrible storm and very strange things are happening.

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Act 1, Scene 3

Some odd things are happening in Rome, foreshadowing the death of Caesar. Which of these things did NOT happen?

• An owl appeared hooting at the marketplace at noon.

• A slave's hand was on fire but the slave did not get burned.

• A lion was walking around in the center of town.

• All of the prisoners in the jail escaped after a fire burned the jail.

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Who was Pompey?

• He was the lead/ main conspirator against Caesar.

• He was a former leader of Rome and a military hero.

• He was the person who was the most loyal to Caesar and was married to Portia.

• He was the person who founded the Roman empire. He had been dead for hundreds of years.

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Act Two, Scene One

How was Brutus finally convinced that Caesar must be killed?

• He feared the consequences of Caesar being crowned as king.

• He recognized that Caesar was planning to kill him so he wanted to kill Caesar first.

• He wanted the 75 drachma that Caesar was going to leave him in his will.

• He found out that Caesar was in love with his own wife, Portia.

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