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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How did Portia die?
(a) She stabbed herself.
(b) She jumped off the Senate House.
(c) She swallowed fire.
(d) She drank poison.

2. Why is Portia so worried for her husband on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) She knows what he is about to do.
(b) She has seen bad omens in the streets.
(c) She is nervous because of what the soothsayer told her.
(d) She had a dream.

3. What does Portia do to prove she is strong enough to hear Brutus' secret?
(a) Stabs herself in the leg.
(b) Tells Brutus an evil secret of her own.
(c) Cuts her finger.
(d) Swears an oath.

4. What does Caesar first notice when he wakes up on the day of his assassination?
(a) A feeling of gloom.
(b) He sees an owl in the daylight.
(c) It is oddly bright.
(d) The stormy weather.

5. What does Marc Antony want to change in Caesar's will after conversing with Octavius?
(a) The amount of money given to his beneficiaries.
(b) The property inheritances.
(c) The amount of money given to the citizens of Rome.
(d) The placement of his title.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Caesar do when the conspirators all come to escort him to the Senate House in Act 2, Scene 2?

2. Why does Brutus say he does not want to kill Antony?

3. What are Cassius and Brutus doing while Marc Antony and Octavius are talking in Act 4, Scene 1?

4. What are Caesar's last words before dying?

5. What is the name of Brutus' most trusted servant?

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