Saddleback Julius Caesar Vocab

Brutus observes that when close friendship lessens, men begin to show off their _____ through posturing and deceit.

• chide
• contaminant
• mettle
• mirth

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus make a list of names, _____ and condemning to death the enemies of Caesar.

• contaminating
• nimbling
• yoking
• proscribing

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Brutus _____ Cassius for speaking loudly in front of their armies, insisting that they take their quarrel inside for privacy.

• chastens
• chides
• nimbles
• yokes

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Brutus is sharply critical and openly _____ about Cassius's claim to be older and wiser than he is.

• cynical
• presumptuous
• proscribing
• contaminating

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Brutus grows angry and _____ Cassius for having an "itching palm," but Cassius does not accept this verbal rebuke.

• proscribes
• chides
• chastens
• proscribes

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4

Brutus callously taunts Cassius, saying he will laugh _____ when he observes Cassius's uncontrolled anger in the future.

• chidingly
• cynically
• mirthfully
• nimbly

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Cassius tells Brutus that they are friends always, _____ together, each bearing "his friend's infirmities."

• yoked
• cynical
• proscribed
• mirthful

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

_____, the Poet oversteps himself and tells Cassius and Brutus they both should be ashamed of themselves for their unwarranted quarrel.

• proscribing
• cynically
• chastening
• presumptuously

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Brutus ends the discussion because they have talked too late into the night and must have rest so they can be refreshed and _____ in the morning.

• cynical
• mirth
• nimble
• yoked

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

The ghost of Caesar appears late at night and _____ Brutus's thoughts, making his "blood cold" and his "hair to taste."

• chastens
• chides
• contaminates
• proscribes

Tags

CCSS.L.1.6

CCSS.L.3.6

CCSS.L.4.6

CCSS.RL.1.4