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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 3, Scene 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What job title does Flavius have at the beginning of the play?
(a) Guard.
(b) Senator.
(c) Tribune.
(d) Soldier.

2. Who else has given Caesar a letter on the day of his assassination?
(a) Marc Antony.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Portia.
(d) Trebonius.

3. What does Lucius find in Brutus's study just before Cassius comes to visit with Brutus?
(a) An edict from Caesar.
(b) A threat.
(c) A knife.
(d) An anonymous letter.

4. What do the conspirators do after Caesar is dead before leaving the Senate House to explain this deed to the people?
(a) Cleanse Caesar's body.
(b) Defile Caesar's body.
(c) Bathe in Caesar's blood.
(d) Prepare a speech.

5. What does Caesar call the soothsayer in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A loyal subject.
(b) A crazy man.
(c) A dreamer.
(d) A stranger.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the only conspirator who is encouraging the plot to assassinate Caesar out of unselfish goals?

2. Why does Caesar want Antony to greet Calpurnia in a certain manner in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Brutus refuse to do when he joins the conspiracy?

4. Who does Cassius ask to deliver his false letters to Brutus?

5. Why is Cassius so surprised by what Popilus says to him as they enter the Senate House just before Caesar's assassination?

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