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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is Casca so concerned about when he first meets Cicero in Act 1, Scene 3
(a) The storm that rages about them.
(b) The lions in the forest.
(c) A curse.
(d) The battle brewing in Rome.

2. Which one of these does Cassius NOT call Caesar behind his back?
(a) A womanly personage.
(b) Trash and rubbish.
(c) A tyrant.
(d) A small girl.

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

4. 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.

5. Where is Marc Antony's army stationed in Act 5, Scene 1?
(a) Phillipi.
(b) Gaul.
(c) Stallipi.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Marc Antony compare Lepidus to after he leaves the meeting with Antony and Octavius?

2. What does the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house say about virtue?

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

4. How does Octavius feel about Lepidus as a person?

5. What does Marc Antony do during his speech to make himself seem more approachable?

(see the answer key)

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