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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. How does Cassius feel about the chaos in the city when he is talking to Casca in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) He has not noticed it at all.
(b) It makes him nervous.
(c) He is angry about it.
(d) He loves it.

2. What does Brutus personally promise Rome while alone in his backyard?
(a) To protect Caesar from harm.
(b) To take Caesar out of power.
(c) To follow his heart.
(d) To do what is wanted by the people.

3. Who is waiting for Caesar when he leaves his house the day of his assassination?
(a) Artemidorus.
(b) Marc Antony.
(c) Portia.
(d) Brutus.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen if Caesar does not pay attention to what the man waiting for Caeser to leave his house gives him?

2. What does Caesar say about the signs Calpurnia has seen of impending doom?

3. What day is Caesar assassinated?

4. What about Cassius makes Caesar so uncomfortable during the celebration in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. Who is the second person to speak to the crowd after Caesar's assassination?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Marc Antony read to the crowd in Act 3, Scene 2 that turns them all against Brutus and the conspirators?

2. Why is the cobbler not working at the beginning of the play?

3. What do Cassius and Brutus do as they see the crowd turning against them during Marc Antony's eulogy for Caesar?

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

5. What does Decius do to convince Caesar to come to the Senate House on the day of his assassination?

6. What does Caesar have done first thing on the morning of his assassination day?

7. What do Flavius and Marullus plan to do as they journey to the Capitol at the beginning of the play?

8. In Act 1, Scene 3, why is Cicero so unconcerned with the strange happenings in Rome?

9. What does the crowd chant after Brutus offers himself up for crucifixion for the assassination of Caesar?

10. According to Marullus, who did the people used to honor before Caesar won their hearts?

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