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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. Why was the wound Brutus gave Caesar the worst of them all?
(a) It was the last blow he would ever have on earth.
(b) He broke his heart.
(c) He plunged the deepest.
(d) He re-opened an old war wound.

2. What does the second person to address the crowd after Caesar's assassination bring with him when he speaks to the crowd?
(a) Caesar's body.
(b) A vial of Caesar's blood.
(c) Caesar's crown.
(d) Caesar's sword.

3. What did the priests find in the sacrificed animal that make them tell Caesar to stay at home?
(a) Crossed eyes in the animal indicating a devious plot.
(b) An unhealthy liver as a sign of impending sickness.
(c) No heart in the sacrificed animal.
(d) An omen of death in the intestines.

4. Who is the first person to address the crowd after Caesar's assassination?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Marc Antony.

5. What do the leaders do during the parley before the battle in Act 5, Scene 1 begins?
(a) Try to find a truce.
(b) Cry and pray for Rome.
(c) Offer up their own offers of peace.
(d) Insult each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marc Antony call Brutus during the parley that cuts most deeply to Brutus?

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

3. What does Brutus say Caesar would have done to the people of Rome had he been allowed to live?

4. What does Antony read to the people as part of his eulogy for Caesar?

5. What does Caesar say about the signs Calpurnia has seen of impending doom?

(see the answer key)

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