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

2. What does Caesar say would make him a coward after Calpurnia tells him her worries in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Not attending the senate.
(b) Fearing death.
(c) Heeding the words of a woman.
(d) Believing in superstitions.

3. What does Caesar say about the signs Calpurnia has seen of impending doom?
(a) He will risk the chance of death to uphold his honor.
(b) He does not believe in signs.
(c) They are figments of her imagination.
(d) They could be meant for any man.

4. What does the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house say about virtue?
(a) There will always be envious people trying to destroy it.
(b) The last shreds of virute in Rome will be destroyed that day.
(c) Caesar is the last man alive who has it.
(d) It is a dead form.

5. Who becomes the leader of the conspirators the day before the assassination?
(a) Brutus.
(b) Casca.
(c) Artemidorus.
(d) Cassius.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many hills are in Rome?

2. What is the occupation of the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house on the day of his assassination?

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

4. Who was Pompey before the civil war?

5. Who else has given Caesar a letter on the day of his assassination?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What will happen to Brutus if his assassination plan fails?

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

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

6. Why does Portia send Lucius to the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?

7. What is Artemidorus's occupation?

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

9. What has Caesar deemed worth of a celebration at the beginning of the play?

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

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