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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are Cassius and Brutus doing while Marc Antony and Octavius are talking in Act 4, Scene 1?

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

3. Where does Brutus take Cassius when he arrives at Brutus's camp?

4. How does Octavius feel about Lepidus as a person?

5. What does Marc Antony order two of his servants to do after Lucilius is brought before him in Act 5, Scene 4?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Brutus want the inactive legions to do?

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

4. What does Marc Antony tell Octavius he will most likely do with Lepidus once their countries are in good order?

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

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

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

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

9. What happens to Cato and Lucius after Brutus urges his men to hold up their heads in Act 5, Scene 4?

10. What does the mob want to do to punish the conspirators who killed Caesar?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The characters in this play all had their own goals and motivations. Select four characters and describe their main motivation throughout the play and how this affected the characters around them.

Essay Topic 2

Friendship is a strong theme throughout the play. Where are some places that this theme appears, and how do the characters touched by it react? How do certain friendships change over the course of the play, and what causes these changes?

Essay Topic 3

What role does symbolism play in the play and where does it appear? How is the plot altered by the presence of these symbols?

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