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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Who did the people used to honor before Caesar?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Marc Antony.
(c) Flavius.
(d) Pompey.
2. What will happen if Caesar does not pay attention to what the man waiting for Caeser to leave his house gives him?
(a) Caesar will shed much blood before the day is out.
(b) Rome will fall.
(c) Caesar will die.
(d) The Senate will not lead well.
3. When did Cicero last see an owl when he is talking to Casca?
(a) Early Morning.
(b) Twilight.
(c) Noon.
(d) Midnight.
4. What happens to Caesar as Cassius and Brutus have their private discussion during the celebration in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He is crowned king.
(b) He abdicates the throne.
(c) He has an epileptic fit.
(d) He faints.
5. What does Marullus ask the people he stops in the street at the beginning of the play?
(a) Where they are all going.
(b) How to find Caesar.
(c) Why they are not working.
(d) What he should take to Ceasar as a tribute.
6. What day is Caesar assassinated?
(a) The Ides of March.
(b) The day of Feasting.
(c) His birthday.
(d) Venus's birthday.
7. What does Calpurnia say that eventually convinces Caesar to stay at home in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Antony can tell the Senate that Caesar is ill.
(b) The Senate will be more convinced that he is not a tyrant if he stays home.
(c) The crown will fit more comfortably on a day not laden with omens.
(d) He can use her worries as an excuse.
8. What is Casca so concerned about when he first meets Cicero in Act 1, Scene 3
(a) A curse.
(b) The storm that rages about them.
(c) The lions in the forest.
(d) The battle brewing in Rome.
9. Why does Antony want to meet with Brutus when he hears of Caesar's assassination?
(a) He needs someone to help him plan the funeral.
(b) He wants a duel with Brutus.
(c) He feels that a lone conversation will be more beneficial.
(d) He knows Brutus must have had a good reason.
10. Why was the wound Brutus gave Caesar the worst of them all?
(a) He re-opened an old war wound.
(b) It was the last blow he would ever have on earth.
(c) He broke his heart.
(d) He plunged the deepest.
11. In Act 1, Scene 2, how does Brutus say he feels about honor?
(a) He loves honor more than he fears death.
(b) He hopes some honor will make his wife proud of him.
(c) He wants honor, but so much to kill for it.
(d) He feels honor is subjective and frail.
12. Who is the one person in this play who interprets a personal dream correctly?
(a) Artemidorus.
(b) Calpurnia.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Caesar.
13. Why is Brutus not running in the same race that Antony is at the celebration for?
(a) His wife asked him not to.
(b) He is not a sportsman.
(c) He is not well.
(d) He is wary of Ceasar.
14. What does Caesar do when the conspirators all come to escort him to the Senate House in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Invites them in for wine.
(b) Thanks them for their friendship.
(c) Prays with them.
(d) Offers them some dinner.
15. Which of these bad omens in Act 2, Scene 2 has Calpurnia NOT seen?
(a) A naked warrior.
(b) Warriors fighting among the clouds.
(c) A lion giving birth in the streets.
(d) Dead emerging from their graves.
Short Answer Questions
1. What are Caesar's last words before dying?
2. Why does Brutus say he does not want to kill Antony?
3. Who is the only conspirator who is encouraging the plot to assassinate Caesar out of unselfish goals?
4. Who becomes the leader of the conspirators the day before the assassination?
5. What does Popilus say to Cassius as he enters the Senate House just before Caesar's assassination?
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