WorksheetsJulius Caesar Act III Quiz
Total questions: 34
Worksheet time: 17mins
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1.
Why do the conspirators ask Caesar to pardon Publius Cimber in Act III?
a)
They need Publius Cimber's political support
b)
They want to divert Caesar's attention from the assassination
c)
They want to prove Caesar is kind and just
d)
Publius Cimber is a rival for Caesar's crown
2.
In Caesar's last few speeches, when he refuses to pardon Publius Cimber, his tone is...
a)
Proud and arrogant
b)
Excited and irrational
c)
Reasonable and accommodating
d)
Kind and sympathetic
3.
When Antony first shakes hands with the Conspirators, it suggests that he
a)
Knows nothing about the assassination
b)
Plans to join them to kill Caesar
c)
Accepts the murder and supports the Conspirators
d)
Wishes they would kill him as well
4.
Which choice is the best PARAPHRASE of this passage from Scene i?
Antony: O pardon me, though bleeding piece of earth,
that I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Though art the ruin of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
Antony: O pardon me, though bleeding piece of earth,
that I am meek and gentle with these butchers!
Though art the ruin of the noblest man
That ever lived in the tide of times.
Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!
a)
Forgive me, Caesar, for being friendly with your murderers. You are the noblest man that ever lived, and you are ruined. I wish misfortune on the hand that made your wounds.
b)
Antony addresses Caesar's corpse and pledges to get revenge on his killers.
c)
Pardon me, bloody earth, that I did not kill these butchers! You have ruined the noblest man, regardless of times. That hand that shed this blood will pay.
d)
Forgive me for being meek. These butchers have ruined a noble man. This blood has been shed by a woeful hand.
5.
During Antony's oration, he repeatedly says, "But Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man." What rhetorical device is this using?
a)
Dramatic Irony
b)
Verbal Irony
c)
Situational Irony
d)
Rhetorical Question
6.
What are the connotations of Antony's image of Caesar as a hart, or deer?
a)
Untamed, shy, hidden
b)
Gentle, attractive, tender
c)
Timid, weak, quick to flee
d)
Free, noble, proud
7.
How are Antony's true feelings about the Conspirators first revealed?
a)
In his dialogue with the Conspirators
b)
In his soliloquy over Caesar's body
c)
In his funeral oration for Caesar
d)
In a series of asides in conversation
8.
In his oration, how does Antony show that the Conspirators were not honorable?
a)
He contrasts Caesar's deeds with the reasons for the assassination
b)
He attacks their characters directly
c)
He gives examples of their past acts of dishonor
d)
He explains the meaning of honor
9.
Choose the item that most accurately PARAPHRASES the following lines:
When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
When the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.
a)
Poor people and Caesar cried; they are not stern enough to be ambitious
b)
Caesar wept right along with his poor citizens; if he's ambitious, he ought to be tougher than that
c)
Caesar cried with the poor people who cry because Caesar's ambition is stern
d)
When is it that the poor have cried, when Caesar has cried? Ambition should be more stern.
10.
What was Brutus' purpose in speaking first after Caesar's death?
a)
To convince Antony that their actions were valid
b)
Because Brutus loved Caesar most
c)
To sway the plebians in favor of the conspiracy
d)
Because he was tired and wanted to leave first
11.
Why does Antony point to the wounds on Caesar's body and the tears in his cloak and identify whose dagger made each one?
a)
It shows Antony saw the murder and knows who is responsible
b)
It increases Antony's credibility with the crowd
c)
It emphasizes the treachery involved and makes each conspirator personally responsible for Caesar's death
d)
He is so horrified by the crime that he can't help exclaiming over it
12.
What do Antony's speeches in Act III reveal about his character?
a)
He uses the deeds of others to his advantage
b)
He is a loyal and clever supporter of Caesar
c)
He did not truly care for Caesar
d)
He is unaware of his effect on others
13.
What news is reported to Antony at the end of Scene ii?
a)
The conspirators are celebrating in the city streets
b)
Caesar's funeral is over
c)
Octavius has arrived in Rome
d)
The mob is on the way to declare him king
14.
Which statement sums up the purpose of Scene iii, in which a group of plebeians attacks Cinna the Poet
a)
The poet was a murderer
b)
Workers hate the arts
c)
Romans are barbarians
d)
Mob rule now governs
15.
What impression does Shakespeare give of the plebeians in Act III?
a)
They are easily manipulated
b)
They are men of principle
c)
They respect the noblemen
d)
They do not care for politics
16.
The purpose of a paraphrase is to...
a)
restate the passage as briefly as possible
b)
interpret a passage
c)
find hidden meaning in a passage
d)
restate a passage in one's own words
17.
Which of the following passages contains parallel structure?
a)
Is there no voice more worthy than my own, to sound more sweetly in great Caesar's ear for the repealing of my banished brother?
b)
Say I love Brutus and honor him; Say I feared Caesar, honored him, and loved him.
c)
Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful; and pity to the general wrong of Rome --
d)
O, what a fall was there my countrymen? Then I, and you, and all of us fell down. Whilst bloody treason flourished over us.
18.
When Antony and Brutus first speak after the assassination, Brutus speaks of malice, which means _____________.
a)
ill will
b)
regret
c)
suspicion
d)
violence
19.
What rhetorical device does this quote show?
Brutus: ...As Caesar loved me, I weep for him. As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he was valiant, I honor him. But, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
Brutus: ...As Caesar loved me, I weep for him. As he was fortunate, I rejoice at it. As he was valiant, I honor him. But, as he was ambitious, I slew him.
a)
Rhetorical question
b)
Antithesis
c)
Parallelism
d)
Irony
20.
Both Brutus and Antony make an oration at Caesar's funeral. An oration is ________________________.
a)
A funeral speech
b)
A personal way of showing grief
c)
a formal speech
d)
an ancient Roman custom at funerals
21.
Antithesis means
a)
speak formally and at length
b)
complete opposites or totally different things are compared
c)
when the reader/audience knows more than the characters
d)
confused
22.
Confounded means
a)
speak formally and at length
b)
complete opposites or totally different things are compared
c)
when the reader/audience knows more than the characters
d)
confused
23.
Discourse means
a)
speak formally and at length
b)
complete opposites or totally different things are compared
c)
when the reader/audience knows more than the characters
d)
confused
24.
Dramatic irony means
a)
speak formally and at length
b)
complete opposites or totally different things are compared
c)
when the reader/audience knows more than the characters
d)
confused
25.
Mutiny means
a)
when a sentence uses similar words, phrases or clauses
b)
open rebellion against authority
c)
posed to audience to get them thinking in a certain way
d)
involves an event that turns out an unexpected way
26.
Parallelism means
a)
when a sentence uses similar words, phrases or clauses
b)
open rebellion against authority
c)
posed to audience to get them thinking in a certain way
d)
involves an event that turns out an unexpected way
27.
Rhetorical questions are
a)
when a sentence uses similar words, phrases or clauses
b)
open rebellion against authority
c)
posed to audience to get them thinking in a certain way
d)
involves an event that turns out an unexpected way
28.
Situational irony involves
a)
when a sentence uses similar words, phrases or clauses
b)
open rebellion against authority
c)
posed to audience to get them thinking in a certain way
d)
an event that turns out an unexpected way
29.
Spurn means
a)
old word meaning "petition"
b)
depraved; ignoble
c)
old word meaning "to kick disdainfully"
d)
uses words in the opposite way of their meaning
30.
Suit means
a)
old word meaning "petition"
b)
depraved; ignoble
c)
old word meaning "to kick disdainfully"
d)
uses words in the opposite way of their meaning
31.
Verbal irony uses
a)
old word meaning "petition"
b)
depraved; ignoble
c)
old word meaning "to kick disdainfully"
d)
words in the opposite way of their meaning
32.
Vile means
a)
old word meaning "petition"
b)
depraved; ignoble
c)
old word meaning "to kick disdainfully"
d)
uses words in the opposite way of their meaning
33.
Malice means
a)
desire to harm or see harm done to others
b)
open rebellion against authority
c)
old word meaning "petition"
d)
formal speech, especially one given at a state occasion, ceremony, or funeral
34.
Oration means
a)
desire to harm or see harm done to others
b)
open rebellion against authority
c)
old word meaning "petition"
d)
formal speech, especially one given at a state occasion, ceremony, or funeral
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