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

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

3. What does Caesar first notice when he wakes up on the day of his assassination?
(a) The stormy weather.
(b) He sees an owl in the daylight.
(c) A feeling of gloom.
(d) It is oddly bright.

4. What does Brutus offer the people if they do not agree with what he did for Rome by assassinating Caesar?
(a) To serve the people as a slave.
(b) To be put to death.
(c) To be banished.
(d) To be stripped of his title as a senator.

5. What does Decius say that immediately changes Caesar's decision about staying home the day of his assassination?
(a) The Senate will crown him king.
(b) The Senate has a special gift for Caesar that day.
(c) Marc Antony will be at the Senate House to protect him.
(d) The people are chanting his name in the streets.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 3, Scene 2, who/what does Brutus say he loved more than Caesar?

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

3. Who is the second person to speak to the crowd after Caesar's assassination?

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

5. What does the second person to address the crowd after Caesar's assassination bring with him when he speaks to the crowd?

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