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Julius Caesar Act 2 Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

How did Decius convince Caesar to go to the Capitol?

a)

He says all omens have been cancelled

b)

Calpurnia finally agrees with him

c)

He found the heart of the sacrificed animal

d)

He says the senate will believe Caesar is weak if he doesn't go

2.

Brutus wants the conspirators to swear an oath to make sure no one backs out of the enterprise

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Why does Cassius want to kill Antony?

a)

He is jealous of him

b)

He wants his job

c)

He stole Cassius's wife

d)

He is afraid he will want revenge for killing Caesar

4.

What is the dream Calpurnia had about Caesar?

a)

A statue bleeding out of a thousand holes

b)

The priests cannot sacrifice an animal

c)

Antony kills Caesar

d)

He leaves her

5.

Decius convinces Caesar to go to the capitol because he interprets Calpurnia's dream to mean...

a)

Caesar will bring strength to Rome

b)

He needs to die for Rome

c)

the blood from the statue is Pompey's

d)

Calpurnia was crazy

6.

How does Caesar respond to the priests advice to stay home?

a)

orders them to be killed

b)

he agrees to stay home for them

c)

if he doesn't go out, it will show he has no heart

d)

tells them to leave his home and speak of it no more

7.

Who writes a letter to warn Caesar?

a)

Brutus

b)

Calpurnia

c)

Portia

d)

Artemidorus

8.

Why doesn't Brutus want Cicero to join in on the conspiracy?

a)

He is too close to Caesar

b)

He won't take orders from anyone

c)

He wants Caesar to live

d)

He hates Brutus

9.

In Brutus' decision to join the conspiracy he compares Caesar to a...

a)

tyrant

b)

snake

c)

bee

10.

Portia knows Brutus is not being honest with her because...

a)

she doesn't feel loved by him

b)

she is a soothsayer and had a strange dream

c)

he is not eating or sleeping and will not answer her questions

d)

she has found out about the conspirators plot to kill Caesar

11.

Why do the conspirators claim they must kill Caesar?

a)

They think his ambition will take over

b)

He lied to get where is now

c)

He killed the king

12.

What decision does Brutus make about Caesar?

a)

Because he is Caesar's friend, he will stand by him.

b)

He won't stop the conspiracy.

c)

Caesar must die for the good of Rome.

13.

Brutus' many monologues in the orchard in the middle of the night are an example of...

a)

an aside

b)

a soliloquy

c)

a speech

d)

his delusions

14.

Caesar's tragic flaw may be...

a)

his wife

b)

his friends

c)

his ego

15.

What are the results of the sacrifice that the priests make?

a)

the animal had no lungs

b)

the animal had no heart

c)

the animal had no stomach

d)

the animal had no eyes