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Julius Caesar Review

Julius Caesar Review. Definitions – Literary Terms to Know. A conversation between two or more characters a. Monologue b. Dialogue c. Soliloquy d. Aside Answer: Dialogue. A division of acts into smaller parts Answer: Scene.

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Julius Caesar Review

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  1. Julius Caesar Review

  2. Definitions – Literary Terms to Know

  3. A conversation between two or more characters a. Monologue b. Dialogue c. Soliloquy d. Aside Answer: Dialogue

  4. A division of acts into smaller parts Answer: Scene

  5. Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone or thinks he/she is alone a. Aside b. Monologue c. Soliloquy d. Dialogue Answer: Soliloquy

  6. A division within a play, much like chapters of a novel. Answer: Act

  7. Lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience • Monologue • Dialogue • Soliloquy • Aside Answer: Aside

  8. Character Identification

  9. A Roman judge from a famous Roman family Answer: Brutus

  10. Brutus’ wife Answer: Portia

  11. Caesar’s adopted son Answer: Octavius

  12. A public official (like a police officer) Answer: Flavius or Murellus

  13. Joins forces with Octavius to battle Brutus and Cassius Answer: Antony

  14. True or False

  15. Caesar’s ambition is referred to as a character flaw throughout the play. Answer: True

  16. After the assassination, Brutus is skeptical about Antony as an ally. Answer: False

  17. After the assassination, Cassius is skeptical about Antony as an ally. Answer: True

  18. Portia knew about the Conspirator’s plan to assassinate Caesar. Answer: True

  19. The soothsayer’s prediction is correct. Answer: True

  20. Brutus accuses Cassius of plotting to steal Caesar’s money. Answer: False

  21. The ghost of Caesar visits Antony. Answer: False

  22. The storm foreshadows the chaotic state of Rome after the assassination. Answer: True

  23. Cassius thinks the ravens on the battlefield are a good omen. Answer: False

  24. Brutus says he would rather be a prisoner of war than die. Answer: False

  25. Brutus’ death was a suicide. Answer: True

  26. Antony and Octavius are allies. Answer: True

  27. Mark Antony is a senator. Answer: True

  28. Caesar receives the letter of warning from Artemidorus. Answer: False

  29. The Feast of Lupercal was a festival for fertility. Answer: True

  30. Who said it?

  31. “Good gentleman, look fresh and merrily. Let not our looks put on our purposes, But bear it, as our Roman actors do, With untired spirits and formal constancy” (Act II, scene 1). Answer: Brutus

  32. “A lioness hath whelped in the streets, And graves have yawned and yielded up their dead. Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the clouds In ranks and squadrons and right form of war, Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol” (Act II, scene 2) Answer: Calphurnia

  33. “But I am constant as the Northern Star, Of whose true fixed and resting quality There is no fellow in the firmament” (Act III, scene 1). Answer: Caesar

  34. “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (Act III, scene 2). Answer: Antony

  35. “Not that I lov’d Caesar less, but that I lov’d Rome more” (Act III, scene 2). Answer: Brutus

  36. Short Answer

  37. What is the warning that the soothsayer gives to Caesar in Act I? Answer: “Beware the ides of March”

  38. What did Caesar do when he was offered the crown? Answer: He refused it.

  39. What does Cassius try to convince Brutus to do? Answer: Join the Conspirators and plot against Caesar.

  40. Why does Calphurnia beg Caesar not to go to Senate? Answer: She had a dream that a statue of Caesar was pouring blood.

  41. What do the visions of fire, the lion, and the bird of night mean? Answer: Something important and significant will occur.

  42. Why does Caesar decide to go to the Senate meeting on March 15? Answer: Decius convinces Caesar that Calphurnia misinterpreted her dream.

  43. Who writes Caesar a letter to warn him about the Conspirators? Answer: Artemidorus

  44. What does the letter of warning say? Answer: It warns Caesar about Brutus and the other Conspirators.

  45. What are Caesar’s famous last words? Answer: “Et tu, Brute?”

  46. By killing Caesar, what did the Conspirators say they accomplished? Answer: They gave Romans freedom and liberty.

  47. How does Antony react to seeing Caesar’s corpse? Answer: He is shocked.

  48. What does Antony swear to do when he is alone with Caesar’s corpse? Answer: Avenge Caesar’s death

  49. What does Antony request to do at Caesar’s funeral? Answer: give a speech

  50. What does Portia do to prove her loyalty and devotion to Brutus? Answer: She gives herself a wound.

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