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Julius Caesar Acts 1-2 Quiz

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 7mins

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Class
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1.

In the text, a "cobbler" is...

a)

someone who bakes pies

b)

someone who counsels

c)

someone who repairs shoes

d)

someone who lays the rock for roads

2.

Caesar is warned to beware of what?

a)

The ides of February

b)

The ides of March

c)

The ides of April

d)

The ides of May

3.

"ides" represents which day of the month?

a)

1st

b)

15th

c)

20th

d)

30th

4.

Caesar has just defeated whom?

a)

Cassius

b)

Brutus

c)

Pompey

d)

Henry the 8th

5.

Why does Caesar ask Mark Antony to touch his wife, Calpurnia, during the race?

a)

So she will know who Mark Antony is

b)

So she will become queen

c)

So she will forgive Caesar

d)

So she can have a child

6.

What is another name for "soothsayer?"

a)

trouble maker

b)

cobbler

c)

prophet

d)

story teller

7.

How does Brutus feel about the conspiracy to kill Caesar at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

a)

He's trying to justify to himself why Caesar should die.

b)

He is searching for a way to convince the conspirators not to kill Caesar.

c)

He is full of grief and sadness, but he knows Caesar must die.

d)

He is convinced that a "wait and see" approach is best.

8.

How does Portia try to convince Brutus to tell her about the conspiracy?

a)

She reminds him of their marriage vows.

b)

She shows him a "voluntary wound" she made on her thigh.

c)

She kneels to him

d)

All of the above.

9.

Which quote best demonstrates (the newest conspirator) Caius Ligarius' opinion of Brutus?

a)

"But are not some whole that we must make sick?"

b)

"Vouchsafe good morrow from a feeble tongue."

c)

"I follow you / To do I know not what; but it [is enough] that / Brutus leads me on."

d)

"By all the gods that Romans bow before, I here [give up] my sickness!"

10.

Decius tells Caesar that:

a)

the senators may think Caesar is weak and afraid if he doesn't go to the Capitol.

b)

Calphurnia's dream means that Caesar will bring new life to Rome.

c)

the Senate may change its mind about giving Caesar a crown if he doesn't show up.

d)

All of the above.

11.

Identify the literary device used in the following lines: "CAESAR: Good friends, go in and taste some wine with me, / And we, like friends, will straightaway go together." (lines 134-135)

a)

allegory

b)

pun

c)

dramatic irony

d)

hyperbole

12.

Which character plans to give Caesar a letter warning him of the conspiracy?

a)

Artemidorus

b)

Portia

c)

Calpurnia

d)

Decius

13.

What does Portia indicate from the following statement: "I have a man's mind but a woman's might. How hard it is for women to keep counsel!" (lines 9-10)

a)

She is dissatisfied with their young servant, Lucius.

b)

Brutus told her about the plot to kill Caesar.

c)

She is upset with Brutus because he continues to be distant with her.

d)

She wants to talk to Calphurnia.

14.

Who tries to save Caesar?

a)

Artemidorus

b)

Calphurnia

c)

Soothsayer

d)

All of the above