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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Cicero, what is to blame for all of the recent strange happenings in Rome?
(a) A punishment for cruel dealings.
(b) A civil dispute in the Heavens.
(c) A cursed nation.
(d) An omen of good things to come.

2. What does Caesar say about the signs Calpurnia has seen of impending doom?
(a) They could be meant for any man.
(b) He will risk the chance of death to uphold his honor.
(c) He does not believe in signs.
(d) They are figments of her imagination.

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

4. Why does Caesar tell Decius about Calpurnia's dream about his death?
(a) Decius calls him a coward.
(b) Decius pesters him with questions.
(c) Decius seems concerned, and Caesar wants to calm his fears.
(d) He loves Decius.

5. What does Caesar tell Antony to do to his wife as he passes her in the street during his race at the celebration?
(a) Strike her with a goatskin thong.
(b) Bid her farewell.
(c) Speak kind words to her.
(d) Smile kindly upon her.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Brutus refuse to do when he joins the conspiracy?

4. How did Cassius once save Caesar?

5. What does Flavius think the civil unrest will do to Rome?

(see the answer key)

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