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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 1, Scene 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Marullus tell the people in the streets to do at the beginning of the play?
(a) Pray for thanks.
(b) Go home and pray for forgiveness.
(c) Create an altar for Caesar.
(d) Join him in his march to Rome to honor Caesar.

2. In Act 1, Scene 2, how does Brutus say he feels about honor?
(a) He wants honor, but so much to kill for it.
(b) He feels honor is subjective and frail.
(c) He loves honor more than he fears death.
(d) He hopes some honor will make his wife proud of him.

3. Why is the cobbler not working at the beginning of the play?
(a) He completed all of his work.
(b) He has given himself a holiday.
(c) He is using that day for religious observance.
(d) He has injured himself and is unable to work.

4. How many hills are in Rome?
(a) 5.
(b) 10.
(c) 3.
(d) 7.

5. How does Cassius feel about the chaos in the city when he is talking to Casca in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He loves it.
(b) It makes him nervous.
(c) He has not noticed it at all.
(d) He is angry about it.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Cassius once save Caesar?

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

3. What does Marullus ask the people he stops in the street at the beginning of the play?

4. Where does Cicero talk to Casca when they first appear in the play?

5. How did Cassius tempt the Gods to strike him with lightening?

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