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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What are Caesar's last words before dying?
(a) "Rome, oh my Rome."
(b) "As the Gods would have it, let it be."
(c) "Even you, Brutus?"
(d) "The Ides of March- oh, the Ides of March."

2. Why does Brutus say he does not want to kill Antony?
(a) Antony is a friend of the Republic.
(b) Antony will understand.
(c) Antony is too well-liked by the people to be murdered.
(d) Antony's power comes purely from his friendship with Caesar.

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

4. What are Marc Antony's plans in Act 4, Scene 1 made to accomplish?
(a) Gaining power.
(b) Keeping peace.
(c) Strengthening Rome.
(d) Avenging Caesar's death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Cassius once save Caesar?

2. What does Calpurnia say that eventually convinces Caesar to stay at home in Act 2, Scene 2?

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

4. What does Marc Antony send Lepidus to fetch after he has told him his new plan in Act 4, Scene 1?

5. Why are these superstitions in Act 2, Scene 2 so odd to hear from Calpurnia?

(see the answer key)

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