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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 2, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Lucius go to the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) To ensure safe passage for Brutus.
(b) To help in the assassination.
(c) To distract Marc Antony.
(d) To check on Brutus and Caesar for Portia.

2. What did the priests find in the sacrificed animal that make them tell Caesar to stay at home?
(a) An unhealthy liver as a sign of impending sickness.
(b) No heart in the sacrificed animal.
(c) Crossed eyes in the animal indicating a devious plot.
(d) An omen of death in the intestines.

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

4. What is the soothsayer's response to Portia's question to him on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) Good and bad will be mingled.
(b) He does not know, but it will be bad.
(c) The signs are currently mixed.
(d) He does not know, but it will be good.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of these bad omens in Act 2, Scene 2 has Calpurnia NOT seen?

2. Which of the other conspirators have suffered loss of sleep over the matter of Caesar's assassination?

3. What does Marullus tell the people in the streets to do at the beginning of the play?

4. What happens to Caesar as Cassius and Brutus have their private discussion during the celebration in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What will happen if Caesar does not pay attention to what the man waiting for Caeser to leave his house gives him?

(see the answer key)

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