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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 does Portia ask of a soothsayer after Lucius leaves for the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) What will happen to Brutus?
(b) What will become of Caesar?
(c) How long will Caesar live?
(d) What will happen to Rome?

2. What is Lucius's occupation?
(a) A soldier.
(b) Brutus' servant.
(c) A teacher.
(d) A senator.

3. Why does Brutus send a certain message to his legions during the battle against Marc Antony?
(a) Octavius's wing is weakening.
(b) He is an inexperienced soldier.
(c) Too many soldiers have fallen too quickly.
(d) Their armor is too weak against the triple tipped arrows that Antony has supplied his army with.

4. What does Brutus tell his hidden legions to do during the battle against Marc Antony?
(a) Double arm themselves against the archers.
(b) Attack Octavius's wing.
(c) Replace the fallen members of the wing.
(d) Send reinforcements.

5. How many times did Caesar refuse the crown offered him by Antony?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 0.
(d) 2.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Lucius find in Brutus's study just before Cassius comes to visit with Brutus?

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

3. At the end of Act 1, what does Cassius think the recent strange happenings are a result of?

4. What did the priests find in the sacrificed animal that make them tell Caesar to stay at home?

5. Why does Brutus plan to kill himself if his army begins to falter?

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