Julius Caesar | Short Question Answer Key

Short Answer Key

Act 1, Scene 1

1. What job title does Flavius have at the beginning of the play?

Tribune.

2. Who does Marullus stop in the street at the beginning of the play?

Commoners.

3. What does Marullus ask the people he stops in the street at the beginning of the play?

Why they are not working.

4. Why is the cobbler not working at the beginning of the play?

He has given himself a holiday.

5. Where is Caesar returning from in Act 1, Scene 1?

War with Pompey.

6. Who did the people used to honor before Caesar?

Pompey.

7. Who is most upset about the people's celebration of Caesar in Act 1, Scene 1?

Flavius.

8. What does Marullus tell the people in the streets to do at the beginning of the play?

Go home and pray for forgiveness.

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