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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. Who is the only conspirator who is encouraging the plot to assassinate Caesar out of unselfish goals?
(a) Casca.
(b) Cassius.
(c) Matinus.
(d) Brutus.

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

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

4. What is the occupation of the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house on the day of his assassination?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A soothsayer.
(c) A teacher of Rhetoric.
(d) A senator.

5. What does Caesar do when the conspirators all come to escort him to the Senate House in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Invites them in for wine.
(b) Thanks them for their friendship.
(c) Offers them some dinner.
(d) Prays with them.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Decius say that immediately changes Caesar's decision about staying home the day of his assassination?

2. What does Brutus think power would do to his friend Caesar?

3. Who enters Act 2, Scene 4 just as Lucius leaves for the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?

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

5. What job title does Flavius have at the beginning of the play?

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