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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 Portia do in Act 2, Scene 4, on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) Sends a message to Calpurnia.
(b) Sends Lucius to the Senate House.
(c) Prepares a feast.
(d) Prays.

2. 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) He can use her worries as an excuse.
(c) The crown will fit more comfortably on a day not laden with omens.
(d) The Senate will be more convinced that he is not a tyrant if he stays home.

3. Why are these superstitions in Act 2, Scene 2 so odd to hear from Calpurnia?
(a) She does not love her husband any more.
(b) She has never been superstitious before.
(c) She rarely speaks to Caeser anymore.
(d) She knows Caesar will not listen to her.

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

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Cicero, what is to blame for all of the recent strange happenings in Rome?

2. What does Caesar do when the conspirators all come to escort him to the Senate House in Act 2, Scene 2?

3. Who is the first person to address the crowd after Caesar's assassination?

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

5. What does Marc Antony ask the conspirators to let him do when he sees Caesar's dead body?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Metellus ask of Caesar just before he is assassinated?

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

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

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

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

7. In Act 1, Scene 3, why is Caesar so surprised when more senators join Metullus's cause after Brutus has already been denied?

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

9. What does Artemidorus do to try and warn Caesar about his impending assassination?

10. What is Artemidorus's occupation?

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