Julius Caesar Funeral Speech

Why do the conspirators bathe their hands in Caesar's blood?

• To show that they were murderers

• To fulfill what the Soothsayer warned him of

• To make their act seem like a sacrifice

• To make all of them equally guilty

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Why does Antony grieve after Caesar's death and then pledges allegiance (loyalty) to the conspirators?

• Both his grief and pledge are sincere

• His grief is sincere, but his pledge is insincere

• Both are insincere because he doesn't want to be suspected

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What is the tactical (planned) error Shakespeare creates when Brutus allows Antony to do what?

• Give a second funeral oration

• Flee the country

• Create mass chaos in Rome

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How is Antony's speech so effective?

• Antony appeals to the crowd's emotions

• Antony is dishonest and sly.

• Antony adheres only to facts

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What is the main difference between Brutus' and Antony's funeral orations (speeches)?

• Brutus offends the Roman plebians; Antony wins their approval

• Brutus focuses on Caesar; Antony focuses on Rome's greatness

• Brutus argues that Caesar was ambitious; Antony argues that Caesar wasn't ambitious

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Whom is Antony referring to as "the noblest man that ever lived in the tides of time"?

• Antony calls Caesar this while speaking to his corpse.

• Antony calls Brutus this in his funeral oration.

• Antony calls Octavius this because he is Caesar's heir.

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What document does Antony share with the Roman mob?

• Caesar's journal

• Caesar's will

• Brutus' will

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What did Caesar leave the people in his will?

• money for each citizen, private gardens and orchards
• nothing, he really would have become a tyrant
• a park set aside for a statue of him to be honored
• his silver, gold, and precious works of art

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The items Caesar left in his will reveal what about him?

• that he really did care for the people of Rome
•  that he really was nothing but a proud arrogant man
• that he had his wife's best interest in mind
• none of  these are true

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Brutus says he killed Caesar because he loved....

• Rome

• Portia

• Honor

• Democracy

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