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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does a soothsayer tell Caesar in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) "Your wife shall bear thee a son."
(b) "Honor to our great warrior."
(c) "Beware the Ides of March."
(d) "Kindness begets power and glory."

2. Why does Caesar choose to put off reading his letter from Artemidorus?
(a) He wants to read it later in private.
(b) He does not pay attention to personal matters before matters of the republic.
(c) He does not want the other Senate leaders to think he is superstitious.
(d) He thinks Artemidorus is crazy.

3. Who did the people used to honor before Caesar?
(a) Flavius.
(b) Pompey.
(c) Marc Antony.
(d) Cassius.

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

5. What does Brutus think power would do to his friend Caesar?
(a) Drive him insane.
(b) Change him.
(c) Make him whole.
(d) Put him in danger.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What does the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house give him on the day of his assassination?

4. What was Calpurnia's dream about Caesar the night before his assassination?

5. What is Casca so concerned about when he first meets Cicero in Act 1, Scene 3

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