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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the one person in this play who interprets a personal dream correctly?
(a) Calpurnia.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Artemidorus.

2. How did Cassius tempt the Gods to strike him with lightening?
(a) Neglected his morning prayers.
(b) Disrespected his authoritative leaders.
(c) Bared his chest and roared at the heavens.
(d) Defiled an altar to Venus.

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

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

5. In Act 2, Scene 1, what does Brutus refuse to do when he joins the conspiracy?
(a) Be a part of the murder.
(b) Plan the attack.
(c) Swear an oath.
(d) Hold a knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Portia ask of a soothsayer after Lucius leaves for the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?

2. What does Lucius find in Brutus's study just before Cassius comes to visit with Brutus?

3. At the end of Act 1, what does Cassius think the recent strange happenings are a result of?

4. What is Caesar celebrating in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who is Caesar's closest friend?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Artemidorus say will happen if Caesar does not read his letter?

2. What has Caesar done to every legitimate warning he has heard about his impending death?

3. What does Portia do to prove that she is strong enough to hear the cares and worries of her husband?

4. What does Caesar do when the conspirators come to his house to escort him to the Senate House on the day of his assassination?

5. In Act 1, Scene 3, why is Casca so frightened and breathless when he meets Cicero on the street?

6. Why does Caesar want Antony to strike his wife with a thong of goatskin?

7. What does Cassius do in Act 1, Scene 3 to get Brutus to join him in the conspiracy?

8. Who does Portia go to for news about the events at the Senate House in Act 2, Scene 4?

9. What does Brutus tell the crowd to look on as he addresses them after Caesar's assassination?

10. Why does Brutus feel that killing Marc Antony is an unneeded part of their assassination plot?

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