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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. What does Caesar tell Antony to do to his wife as he passes her in the street during his race at the celebration?
(a) Strike her with a goatskin thong.
(b) Bid her farewell.
(c) Speak kind words to her.
(d) Smile kindly upon her.

2. What are the conspirators going to do in Act 2, Scene 3 once they reach the Senate house after passing Artemidorus?
(a) Pay tribute to Caesar.
(b) Kill Caesar.
(c) Banish Caesar.
(d) Crown Caesar.

3. What was the crowd's response to the last question Brutus asks after Caesar's assassination?
(a) The answers were mixed.
(b) "Yes!"
(c) "No!"
(d) They chant Caesar's name.

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

5. Why does Caesar choose to put off reading his letter from Artemidorus?
(a) He does not pay attention to personal matters before matters of the republic.
(b) He wants to read it later in private.
(c) He thinks Artemidorus is crazy.
(d) He does not want the other Senate leaders to think he is superstitious.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Brutus say Caesar would have done to the people of Rome had he been allowed to live?

2. Who leads Antony away from the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?

3. Why does Caesar want Antony to greet Calpurnia in a certain manner in Act 1, Scene 2?

4. What does Caesar call the soothsayer in Act 1, Scene 2?

5. What does Flavius think the civil unrest will do to Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Lucius find in Brutus' study that convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy?

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

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

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

5. What is Artemidorus's occupation?

6. What does Casca think all the bad omens in Rome are an indication of?

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

8. Why does Brutus refuse to swear an oath with the conspirators?

9. Why does Caesar decide to wait to read the letter from Artemidorus?

10. Why does Brutus say he will not be running in the race during the celebration?

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