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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 Caesar do when the conspirators all come to escort him to the Senate House in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Offers them some dinner.
(b) Thanks them for their friendship.
(c) Prays with them.
(d) Invites them in for wine.

2. What does Marc Antony call Brutus during the parley that cuts most deeply to Brutus?
(a) A coward.
(b) A traitor.
(c) A fool.
(d) A liar.

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

4. What does Caesar say would make him a coward after Calpurnia tells him her worries in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Heeding the words of a woman.
(b) Believing in superstitions.
(c) Not attending the senate.
(d) Fearing death.

5. 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) No heart in the sacrificed animal.
(c) An omen of death in the intestines.
(d) An unhealthy liver as a sign of impending sickness.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does Caesar first notice when he wakes up on the day of his assassination?

4. Which of these bad omens in Act 2, Scene 2 has Calpurnia NOT seen?

5. Where does Octavius insist on taking his army when Brutus's army arrives?

(see the answer key)

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