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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. What does Decius say that immediately changes Caesar's decision about staying home the day of his assassination?
(a) The Senate has a special gift for Caesar that day.
(b) The Senate will crown him king.
(c) The people are chanting his name in the streets.
(d) Marc Antony will be at the Senate House to protect him.

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

3. How does Marc Antony feel about the chaos and confusion his speech causes?
(a) He is angry and indignant.
(b) He is indifferent.
(c) He is surprised and scared.
(d) It is exactly what he intended.

4. How did Cassius once save Caesar?
(a) He saved him from drowning.
(b) He kept him from consuming poison.
(c) He uncovered a conspiracy for his assassination.
(d) He fought off a horde of angry men.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did the people used to honor before Caesar?

2. How did Cassius tempt the Gods to strike him with lightening?

3. What do Marc Antony and Octavius do after Marc Antony's eulogy for Caesar?

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

5. Who comes with Lucius to deliver his news from Cassius to Brutus?

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