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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 do the people do with Caesar's body after Marc Antony's eulogy?
(a) Burn it at the holy place.
(b) Place wreathes of flowers on it.
(c) Bring the holy men to cleanse the body.
(d) Bury it in peace.

2. What does Lucilius offer a soldier who captures him to kill him?
(a) Money.
(b) Blessings.
(c) No harm.
(d) Honor.

3. Where does Octavius insist on taking his army when Brutus's army arrives?
(a) To the north of the battlefield.
(b) Up the right side of the battlefield.
(c) Along the southeast border of the battlefield.
(d) Up the left side of the battlefield.

4. Who holds the sword for Brutus to fall on?
(a) Strato.
(b) Dardanius.
(c) Clitus.
(d) Voluminus.

5. Who does Marc Antony designate to rule Spain?
(a) Artimidorus.
(b) Lepidus.
(c) Marc Antony.
(d) Octavius.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Act 5, Scene 5, what does Brutus see that tells him it is his time to die?

2. At the end of the play, what does Octavius claim he will do to all of the men in Brutus's service?

3. Who helps Cassius kill himself?

4. What does Marc Antony compare Lepidus to after he leaves the meeting with Antony and Octavius?

5. Who does Brutus send on an important errand during the battle against Marc Antony in Act 5, Scene 2?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Brutus see when he is unable to sleep the night before the battle at Phillipi?

2. What do Brutus and Cassius do just before the battle begins in Act 5, Scene 1?

3. Who does Brutus send to get the inactive legions into motion?

4. Where is Cinna the poet heading when we first meet him in this play?

5. Why does Marc Antony want to get a hold of Caesar's Will?

6. What does Brutus ask Strato to do when Brutus sees that he cannot win the battle?

7. In Act 4, Scene 2, what does Lucius tell Brutus about his meeting with Cassius?

8. In Act 4, Scene 4, why does Brutus say he was so easily angered by Cassius?

9. What does the mob do to Cinna the poet when they hear his name?

10. What does Lucius tell the men who captured him?

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