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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the second person to speak to the crowd after Caesar's assassination?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Marc Antony.
(d) Calpernia.

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) Caesar will die.
(c) The Senate will not lead well.
(d) Rome will fall.

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

4. Who did the people used to honor before Caesar?
(a) Cassius.
(b) Flavius.
(c) Pompey.
(d) Marc Antony.

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

6. What does Marc Antony say he is doing when he first addresses the crowd after Caesar's assassination?
(a) Remembering Caesar.
(b) Burying Caesar.
(c) Mourning Caesar.
(d) Praising Caesar.

7. What happens to Caesar as Cassius and Brutus have their private discussion during the celebration in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) He faints.
(b) He is crowned king.
(c) He has an epileptic fit.
(d) He abdicates the throne.

8. How many hills are in Rome?
(a) 3.
(b) 7.
(c) 10.
(d) 5.

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

10. In Act 1, Scene 2, how does Brutus say he feels about honor?
(a) He hopes some honor will make his wife proud of him.
(b) He feels honor is subjective and frail.
(c) He loves honor more than he fears death.
(d) He wants honor, but so much to kill for it.

11. What do the conspirators do after Caesar is dead before leaving the Senate House to explain this deed to the people?
(a) Cleanse Caesar's body.
(b) Bathe in Caesar's blood.
(c) Prepare a speech.
(d) Defile Caesar's body.

12. What is the occupation of the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house on the day of his assassination?
(a) A soldier.
(b) A teacher of Rhetoric.
(c) A soothsayer.
(d) A senator.

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

14. What does the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house give him on the day of his assassination?
(a) A tribute.
(b) A picture.
(c) A talisman.
(d) A letter.

15. What does Brutus think power would do to his friend Caesar?
(a) Put him in danger.
(b) Make him whole.
(c) Drive him insane.
(d) Change him.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does Decius interpret Calpurnia's dream about Caesar's death?

2. What does Antony read to the people as part of his eulogy for Caesar?

3. What does Brutus compare Caesar to as he contemplates Caesar while alone in his garden?

4. Where is the person who is waiting for Caesar on the day of his assassination standing when he leaves his house?

5. What does Portia hope will happen at the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?

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