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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Antony refer to the conspirators while he is giving his eulogy on Caesar to the crowd?
(a) Honorable men.
(b) Servants and friends of Rome.
(c) Murderers.
(d) Misguided fools.

2. What does Marullus tell the people in the streets to do at the beginning of the play?
(a) Join him in his march to Rome to honor Caesar.
(b) Go home and pray for forgiveness.
(c) Create an altar for Caesar.
(d) Pray for thanks.

3. What does the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house say about virtue?
(a) There will always be envious people trying to destroy it.
(b) Caesar is the last man alive who has it.
(c) It is a dead form.
(d) The last shreds of virute in Rome will be destroyed that day.

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

5. Who enters Act 2, Scene 4 just as Lucius leaves for the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) Artemediorus.
(b) A soothsayer.
(c) Portia.
(d) Brutus.

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

7. Where is the person who is waiting for Caesar on the day of his assassination standing when he leaves his house?
(a) At the gate.
(b) In the street.
(c) In the public town square.
(d) On a stack of wood.

8. What does Brutus compare Caesar to as he contemplates Caesar while alone in his garden?
(a) A mad dog on a chain.
(b) A serpent in an egg.
(c) A young eagle hatchling.
(d) A rooster in the hen house.

9. Why is Cassius so surprised by what Popilus says to him as they enter the Senate House just before Caesar's assassination?
(a) He thought Popilus would be more open.
(b) Cassius did not think Popilus knew about the conspiracy.
(c) Cassius thought Popilus was on Pompey's side.
(d) Cassius thought Popilus was a supporter of Caesar.

10. What does Portia hope will happen at the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) Peace will prevail.
(b) Caesar will be crowned.
(c) Brutus will succeed.
(d) Her husband will escape the mob unharmed.

11. Who becomes the leader of the conspirators the day before the assassination?
(a) Artemidorus.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Casca.

12. Who is Caesar's closest friend?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Marc Antony.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Calpurnia.

13. Who is the first person to address the crowd after Caesar's assassination?
(a) Calpurnia.
(b) Marc Antony.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Brutus.

14. What is Casca so concerned about when he first meets Cicero in Act 1, Scene 3
(a) A curse.
(b) The lions in the forest.
(c) The storm that rages about them.
(d) The battle brewing in Rome.

15. Why does Antony want to meet with Brutus when he hears of Caesar's assassination?
(a) He wants a duel with Brutus.
(b) He knows Brutus must have had a good reason.
(c) He needs someone to help him plan the funeral.
(d) He feels that a lone conversation will be more beneficial.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the last thing Brutus asks the crowd after Caesar's assassination?

2. What is the soothsayer's response to Portia's question to him on the day of Caesar's assassination?

3. Who is the only conspirator who is encouraging the plot to assassinate Caesar out of unselfish goals?

4. Which of these bad omens in Act 2, Scene 2 has Calpurnia NOT seen?

5. What does a soothsayer tell Caesar in Act 1, Scene 2?

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