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Julius Caesar

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the warning of the soothsayer to Caesar?
a)
Beware of the Ides of March
b)
Beware of your friends
c)
Beware of Pompey
d)
Beware of the Feast of Lupercal
2.
What is happening at the opening of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar? 
a)
Caesar is being murdered
b)
some citizens are in support and some are against Caesar 
c)
The Feast of Lupercal
d)
The Ides of March 
3.

Which of the following is an example of persuasion in the play?

a)

Decius convinces Caesar to see his dream in a different way

b)

Cassius convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy

c)

Antony persuades the commoners that Brutus and Cassius were wrong

d)

All of the above

4.

What dream does Calpurnia have?

a)

Brutus stabbed Caesar in the back

b)

A statue ran with Caesar's blood

c)

Caesar didn't accept the crown

d)

Antony betrayed Caesar

5.

Who is the last person to stab Caesar?

a)

Casca

b)

Brutus

c)

Cassius

d)

Calpurnia

6.

How does Antony turn the people against Brutus and Cassius?

a)

He makes a persuasive speech showing how they acted dishonorably

b)

He turns the other members of the conspiracy against Brutus and Cassius

c)

He buys the people of Rome expensive gifts

d)

He bribes the soothsayer

7.

A soothsayer warns Caesar to beware of

a)

September 1

b)

December 1

c)

March 15

d)

February 15

8.

Why does Cassius kill himself at the end of the play?

a)

He thinks he has sent his friend to his death

b)

he has witnessed Brutus' death

c)

He saw the ghost of Caesar

d)

He found out his wife had died

9.

At the end of the play, Antony says what about Brutus?

a)

No one, including Caesar, ever truly like him

b)

He was a liar and a thief

c)

he should have been king

d)

He had honorable intentions

10.
Caesar's two physical defects were 
a)
falling sickness, nausea 
b)
weak eyesight, obesity 
c)
crippled leg;deafness 
d)
deafness, falling sickness 
11.
Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?
a)
Brutus is respected y the people
b)
Brutus knows the Capitol and can plan the ambush
c)
Brutus is wealthy
d)
Bruts has command of an army
12.
Brutus decides to kill Caesar because
a)
Caesar is a tryant
b)
Caesar has learned of the plot
c)
Caesar might turn into a tyrant
d)
Caesar already ahs too much power.
13.
How does Decius get Caesar to the Capitol? 
a)
trickery
b)
pleading
c)
a bribe
d)
flattery
14.
In the quarrel scene between Cassius and Brutus and in their death scenes, we find that a continuing influence on both is 
a)
Cinna the Poet 
b)
the soothsayer 
c)
Calpurnia
d)
Julius Caesar's spirit 
15.
At the end of the play, Brutus and Cassius are both
a)
captives
b)
victorius
c)
dead
d)
ghosts
16.

After Brutus's speech, what do the people think?

a)

That Caesar was an evil tyrant who had to die

b)

That Brutus is a cruel murderer who deserves punishment

c)

That Antonyu is a coward who should be exiled

17.

After Antony's speech, what do the people think?

a)

That Caesar was not really a good leader

b)

That Brutus is a cruel murderer who deserves punishment

c)

That Antony is a coward who should be exiled

18.
Brutus says that he loves Caesar but he loves ______ more.
a)
honor
b)
Portia
c)
Rome
d)
himself
19.

In Antony's speech he repeatedly calls Brutus...

a)

wicked

b)

gracious

c)

brave

d)

honorable

20.
What is the name of Caesar's wife?
a)
Portia
b)
Calpurnia
c)
Maria
d)
Anne