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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Brutus send a certain message to his legions during the battle against Marc Antony?
(a) Their armor is too weak against the triple tipped arrows that Antony has supplied his army with.
(b) Too many soldiers have fallen too quickly.
(c) Octavius's wing is weakening.
(d) He is an inexperienced soldier.

2. How long has Brutus suffered with insomnia when Cassius comes to his house?
(a) A month.
(b) 2 months.
(c) A year.
(d) 2 weeks.

3. Who does Brutus send on an important errand during the battle against Marc Antony in Act 5, Scene 2?
(a) Messala.
(b) Lucius.
(c) Casca.
(d) Cassius.

4. What does Marc Antony compare Lepidus to after he leaves the meeting with Antony and Octavius?
(a) His horse.
(b) His wife.
(c) His standard.
(d) Caesar.

5. Where does Octavius insist on taking his army when Brutus's army arrives?
(a) Up the right side of the battlefield.
(b) Up the left side of the battlefield.
(c) To the north of the battlefield.
(d) Along the southeast border of the battlefield.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the other conspirators have suffered loss of sleep over the matter of Caesar's assassination?

2. What does the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house say about virtue?

3. Why was the wound Brutus gave Caesar the worst of them all?

4. Who is the one person in this play who interprets a personal dream correctly?

5. What are the conspirators going to do in Act 2, Scene 3 once they reach the Senate house after passing Artemidorus?

(see the answer key)

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