1. Why does Cassius think their assassination plan has been discovered?
A. Marc Antony won’t leave Caesar’s side
B. Portia appears at the Senate and demands to speak to Brutus
C. Popilius Lena wishes him good luck in their enterprise and then he goes and talks to Caesar.

2. What does Brutus tell the frightened senators after Caesar’s assassination?
A. He tells them that they will live if they will cooperate with the conspirators.
B. He says no harm is intended toward anyone else and they shouldn’t be afraid.
C. He says that they only plan to harm Marc Antony and his supporters, but the other senators are safe.

3. What does Antony want from the conspirators?
A. He wants to duel with Brutus.
B. He wants to bring Caesar’s body to his wife for burial.
C. First he says he wants to die by Caesar if they intend to kill him. Then when he realizes he will be allowed to live, he wants to know why Caesar was killed and to speak at Caesar’s funeral.

4. What restrictions does Brutus place on Antony when he allows him to speak at the funeral?
A. He must not praise Caesar excessively.
B. Antony may not blame the conspirators for killing Caesar, though he may say good things about Caesar.
C. He must not name the assassins.

5. What information does the messenger bring to Antony?
A. Octavius, summoned by Caesar before his death, has arrived outside of Rome.
B. The names of all the conspirators who murdered Caesar.
C. News that Calpurnia has killed herself after hearing about her husband’s demise.

6. How does Brutus justify the killing of Caesar to the people of Rome?
A. Caesar was corrupt and untrustworthy.
B. Caesar was ambitious and Brutus says he killed him because he loved Rome more than Caesar.
C. Caesar wanted to have himself crowned emperor of Rome.

7. What is the crowd’s reaction to Brutus’ speech?
A. They throw things at him and jeer raucously.
B. They listen in stony silence, unconvinced and uncommitted.
C. They want to erect statues in his honor and make him king. They are easily convinced by his speech.

8. What two reasons does Antony give to prove Caesar wasn’t ambitious?
A. He gave alms to the poor and worked fro the good of the people.
B. He fought for Rome bravely and left a Last Will and Testament.
C. Caesar was too sensitive and cried when he saw the poor crying. “Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.” Also, Caesar refused the crown three times when Antony offered it to him on the feast of Lupercal.

9. When is Julius Caesar set?
A. 44 BC
B. 44 AD
C. 444 BC
D. 444 AD

10. How does Antony use Caesar’s cloak to manipulate the crowd?
A. He waves the bloody thing in the air like a flag.
B. He talks at length about how the bloody cloak proves Caesar was stabbed in the back.
C. He points out the rips in the cloak and describes where each of the conspirators stabbed Caesar, even though he wasn’t there to witness the event.

11. How does Antony say that Caesar died?
A. He says that Caesar died of a broken heart when he was stabbed by Brutus who was Caesar’s angel (best friend).
B. He says that Caesar died of shock at the betrayal.
C. He says that Caesar died righteously and as the gods had intended.

12. What is the news that the messenger brings to Antony at the end of the scene?
A. Civil strife has already broken out in Rome.
B. Octavius is outside of Rome, and Brutus and Cassius have fled the city.
C. The conspirators have killed additional members of the Roman Senate.

13. Why is Cinna out on the streets?
A. He is seeking bloody revenge for Caesar’s murder.
B. He is on his way to Caesar’s funeral.
C. He is innocently returning from the market place and does not know about Caesar’s death at all.

14. Why does the mob kill Cinna?
A. He has the same name as one of the conspirators and they do not like his poetry.
B. He talks back to the leader of the mob.
C. The mob believes that he was involved in Caesar’s assassination.

15. Who says: For let the gods so speed me as I love The name of honor more than I fear death. (I, ii)?
A. Marc Antony
B. Julius Caesar
C. Marcus Brutus
D. Cassius

16. Who says: ...and this man Is now become a god; and Cassius is A wretched creature, and must bend his body, If Caesar carelessly but nod on him (I. ii)?
A. Marc Antony
B. Casca
C. Marcus Brutus
D. Cassius

17. Who says: People and Senators, be not affrighted; Fly not; stand still; ambition's debt is paid. (III, i) immediately after Caesar’s assassination?
A. Marc Antony
B. Casca
C. Cassius
D. Marcus Brutus

18. Who says: O, pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, That I am meek and gentle with these butchers! (III, i)?
A. Marc Antony
B. Casca
C. Marcus Brutus
D. Cassius

19. What is apostrophe?
A. Addressing a person or object that cannot respond.
B. A long speech showing a character’s internal thought process.
C. When a character speaks onstage, but the other characters are not supposed to hear

20. Define: indignation A. Ire B. Serenity C. Ignorance D. Pacifism
E. Silliness

21. Define: bequeath A. Severe suffering B. Merriment C. To plea
D. To leave in a will
E. Conquered

22. Define: clamor A. Loud noise B. Merriment C. Celebration
D. Earnest request
E. Quiet

23. Define: tarry A. To grant B. To leave to someone C. To celebrate
D. To linger
E. To harm others

24. Define: vouchsafe A. To grant in a condescending manner
B. Depression of spirits
C. To celebrate
D. To linger
E. To harm others