CAESARBALL

Rules 1) You must raise your hand in order to answer 2) The person who raises his/her hand has 5 seconds to answer 3) If you answer correctly, you earn 1 point 4) The person who answers will be the one to shoot…3,5,10 point line 5) The team that wins will be given 3 extra points on their test

Question Q: Calpurnia didn’t want Ceasar to go to the Senate because…..

A: She had a bad dream and heard of other evil omens Answer A: She had a bad dream and heard of other evil omens

Question Q: The letters that were thrown in at Brutus’ window were intended to…..

A: influence him to join the conspiracy Answer A: influence him to join the conspiracy

Q: How does Decius convince Caesar to attend the Senate meeting? Question Q: How does Decius convince Caesar to attend the Senate meeting?

Answer A: He twists Calpurnia’s dream and says the Senate might change its mind about giving Caesar the crown.

Q: What does Antony offer Caesar three times? Question Q: What does Antony offer Caesar three times?

Answer A: A crown

Question Q: Brutus’s speech in his orchard reveals his true feelings about killing Caesar. What is the speech when a character reveals his/her thoughts while alone?

Answer A: In his soliloquy, Brutus states he has no personal reason to kill Caesar, and he’s never known Caesar to behave in an unfair, dominating way, but he MIGHT become ambitious.

Q: Cassius’s character can best be described as….. Question Q: Cassius’s character can best be described as…..

A: Manipulative and jealous Answer A: Manipulative and jealous

Q: When readers see Brutus in his orchard, he appears to be…. Question Q: When readers see Brutus in his orchard, he appears to be….

A: At war with himself, internal conflict Answer A: At war with himself, internal conflict

Question Q: In the very first scene of the play (Act 1, scene 1), the conflict is between….

A: The tribunes, Marullus and Flavius, and the commoners Answer A: The tribunes, Marullus and Flavius, and the commoners

Q: Who was the first to stab Caesar? Question Q: Who was the first to stab Caesar?

A: Casca. “Speak, hands, for me.” Answer A: Casca. “Speak, hands, for me.”

“Beware the Ides of March” Question Q: Who said this? “Beware the Ides of March”

A: The soothsayer (truth sayer) Answer A: The soothsayer (truth sayer)

Q: Brutus decides that Caesar must die because of…. Question Q: Brutus decides that Caesar must die because of….

Answer A: the harm Caesar may do and to protect the common good of Rome (ambition)

Q: Brutus’ motive in joining the conspiracy against Caesar was his…. Question Q: Brutus’ motive in joining the conspiracy against Caesar was his….

A: desire to protect Rome against a tyrant; his love of his country Answer A: desire to protect Rome against a tyrant; his love of his country

Question Q: Why did Caesar not read the letter warning him of Brutus, Cassius, Casca, etc…..

A: Caesar says since the letter is about him, he’ll read it last A: Caesar says since the letter is about him, he’ll read it last. Others come first. Does this seem ambitious? Answer

Q: What does Portia do to prove she can keep a secret? Question Q: What does Portia do to prove she can keep a secret?

A: Stabs herself in the thigh Answer A: Stabs herself in the thigh

Q: Why was Antony not in the Senate when Caesar was murdered? Question Q: Why was Antony not in the Senate when Caesar was murdered?

A: He had been escorted away by a conspirator. Answer A: He had been escorted away by a conspirator.

Q: Who does Caesar say, “has a lean and hungry look”? Question Q: Who does Caesar say, “has a lean and hungry look”?

Answer A: Cassius, he thinks too much and doesn’t like it when people have more power than he does.

Q: In Act V, why does Cassius kill himself? Question Q: In Act V, why does Cassius kill himself?

Answer A: He thinks that he and Brutus are going to be defeated by Antony and Octavius

Q: Julius Caesar was loved by…. Question Q: Julius Caesar was loved by….

Answer A: the common people and Antony, of course. Even Brutus loved him, but he loved Rome more.

Q: Who were considered the leaders of the conspiracy…. Question Q: Who were considered the leaders of the conspiracy….

A: Brutus and/or Cassius. Cassius started it. Answer A: Brutus and/or Cassius. Cassius started it.

Question Q: Name two of the four conditions set by the conspirators that Antony had to abide by in order to speak at Caesar’s funeral.

Answer 1) He could not speak badly of the conspirators 2) He had to say that he was given permission by the conspirators to speak 3) He had to speak highly of Caesar 4) He had to wait until after Brutus was done giving his speech

Q: What rhetorical device is present in these lines from Antony’s funeral speech? “If thou consider rightly of the matter/…/If thou find it so.

A: anaphora (repetition at the beginning of successive phrases and/or clauses