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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 time do Cassius and Casca plan to go talk with Brutus after the first meeting of the conspirators?
(a) Noon.
(b) Early morning.
(c) After the chiming of the evening bells.
(d) After midnight.

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

3. What does Marullus ask the people he stops in the street at the beginning of the play?
(a) Why they are not working.
(b) How to find Caesar.
(c) What he should take to Ceasar as a tribute.
(d) Where they are all going.

4. What does Flavius think the civil unrest will do to Rome?
(a) Strengthen it.
(b) Rid it of unneeded rulers.
(c) Educate it.
(d) Weaken it.

5. Who does Cassius ask to deliver his false letters to Brutus?
(a) Cinna.
(b) Cicero.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Casca.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where is Caesar returning from in Act 1, Scene 1?

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

3. How did Cassius once save Caesar?

4. What does a soothsayer tell Caesar in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Why does Caesar want Antony to greet Calpurnia in a certain manner in Act 1, Scene 2?

(see the answer key)

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