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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Brutus say Caesar would have done to the people of Rome had he been allowed to live?
(a) Tax them to death.
(b) Take advantage of their trust and loyalty.
(c) Turn them into slaves.
(d) Led them to unending war.

2. Who is the second person to speak to the crowd after Caesar's assassination?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Marc Antony.
(c) Calpernia.
(d) Brutus.

3. Where does Octavius insist on taking his army when Brutus's army arrives?
(a) Along the southeast border of the battlefield.
(b) Up the right side of the battlefield.
(c) Up the left side of the battlefield.
(d) To the north of the battlefield.

4. Which of these bad omens in Act 2, Scene 2 has Calpurnia NOT seen?
(a) A lion giving birth in the streets.
(b) A naked warrior.
(c) Dead emerging from their graves.
(d) Warriors fighting among the clouds.

5. In Act 3, Scene 2, who/what does Brutus say he loved more than Caesar?
(a) Rome.
(b) Himself.
(c) The Senate.
(d) Portia.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Decius interpret Calpurnia's dream about Caesar's death?

2. What does Caesar do when the conspirators all come to escort him to the Senate House in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. What does Calpurnia say that eventually convinces Caesar to stay at home in Act 2, Scene 2?

4. Why are these superstitions in Act 2, Scene 2 so odd to hear from Calpurnia?

5. What does Brutus offer the people if they do not agree with what he did for Rome by assassinating Caesar?

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