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Caesar & Rhetoric

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

How is Antony's speech so effective?

a)

Antony appeals to the crowd's emotions

b)

Antony is dishonest and sly.

c)

Antony adheres only to facts

2.

What is the main difference between Brutus' and Antony's funeral orations (speeches)?

a)

Brutus offends the Roman plebians; Antony wins their approval

b)

Brutus focuses on Caesar; Antony focuses on Rome's greatness

c)

Brutus argues that Caesar was ambitious; Antony argues that Caesar wasn't ambitious

3.

What document does Antony share with the Roman mob?

a)

Caesar's journal

b)

Caesar's will

c)

Brutus' will

d)

Rome's constitution

4.
What did Caesar leave the people in his will?
a)
money for each citizen, private gardens and orchards
b)
nothing, he really would have become a tyrant
c)
a park set aside for a statue of him to be honored
d)
his silver, gold, and precious works of art
5.
The items Caesar left in his will reveal what about him?
a)
that he really did care for the people of Rome
b)
 that he really was nothing but a proud arrogant man
c)
that he had his wife's best interest in mind
d)
none of  these are true
6.

Who says, "Et tu, Brute?" which is Latin for, "You too, Brutus?"

a)

Antony

b)

Cassius

c)

Caesar

7.

"Believe me

for mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that

you may believe:" is an example of Brutus' use of:

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

d)

Kairos

8.

"Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved

Rome more." is an example of:

a)

Allusion

b)

Antithesis

c)

Chiasmus

d)

Irony

9.

"Who is here so

vile that will not love his country?" is an example of:

a)

Allusion

b)

Antithesis

c)

Irony

d)

Rhetorical Question

10.

"I do entreat you, not a man depart,

Save I alone, till Antony have spoke." is an example of:

a)

Situational Irony

b)

Verbal Irony

c)

Dramatic Irony

d)

Not Irony

11.

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears;" is an example of:

a)

Allusion

b)

Metonymy

c)

Antithesis

d)

Irony

12.

"Bear with me;

My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar,

And I must pause till it come back to me." is an example of Antony's use of:

a)

Ethos

b)

Pathos

c)

Logos

d)

Kairos