Final Review

Question 1

What does Caesar leave the citizens of Rome?

Answer 1

75 drachmas each

Question 2

What are Antony’s intentions when he gives his speech?

Answer 2

To cause a mutiny

Question 3

What do the augurer’s find is missing from a lion’s body?

Answer 3

It’s heart

Question 4

What proof does Antony use to show Caesar is not ambitious?

Answer 4

Caesar refused the crown three times

Question 5

Antony’s speech is a great example of what type of irony?

Answer 5

Verbal

Question 6

Who are Marullus and Flavius?

Answer 6

A pair of tribunes in favor of Pompey

Question 7

Why is Cicero left out of the conspiracy?

Answer 7

He would want to be leader and control the situation

Question 8

Cassius gossips to Brutus about Caesar’s fever in Spain and how he suffers from what ailment?

Answer 8

“Falling sickness” or epilepsy

Question 9

Who does Antony refer to as the “noblest Roman of them all”?

Answer 9

Brutus

Question 10

How many months elapsed between Acts III and IV?

Answer 10

19

Question 11

How does Portia die in Julius Caesar?

Answer 11

By swallowing burning coals

Question 12

After Brutus makes his speech what does the crowd want to do?

Answer 12

Crown him as King

Question 13

Caesar doesn’t read the warning of who?

Answer 13

Artemidorus

Question 14

What does Calpurnia dream about?

Answer 14

Caesar’s death

Question 15

Antony runs on what feast day?

Answer 15

Lupercal

Question 16

How does Antony refer to the conspirators?

Answer 16

As honorable men

Question 17

What philosophy does Caesar believe in?

Answer 17

Fatalism

Question 18

Who convinces Caesar to go to the Capitol?

Answer 18

Decius

Question 19

Who says that if Caesar is crowned, he will kill himself?

Answer 19

Cassius

Question 20

What does Cassius use to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy?

Answer 20

Anonymous letters

Question 21

Brutus does what after hearing about the death of Cassius?

Answer 21

Engages in a second battle

Question 22

Who helps Brutus end his life?

Answer 22

Strato

Question 23

Who is the first senator to stab Caesar?

Answer 23

Casca

Question 24

What does Antony do with Caesar’s will at first at the funeral?

Answer 24

Refuses to read it

Question 25

What were the three estates during the Middle Ages?

Answer 25

Clergy, nobles, and commoners

Question 26

What was the economic system of much of the Middle Ages?

Answer 26

Feudalism

Question 27

How did Feudalism work?

Answer 27

Commoners worked on a manor, and the lord of the manor gave peasants land to work

Question 28

What are the seven deadly sins?

Answer 28

Pride, greed, wrath, envy, gluttony, sloth, lust

Question 29

What did the first crusade do?

Answer 29

Reclaimed Jerusalem from infidels

Question 30

How did the first crusade benefit people?

Answer 30

It opened trade routes, liberated peasants, killed off feudalism, gave rise to cities along crusade rights, and helped jump start the Renaissance

Question 31

What church dominated Europe and what was its language?

Answer 31

The Roman Catholic Church; Latin

Question 32

What was the only source of education during medieval times?

Answer 32

The church

Question 33

What was the common language for medieval writings?

Answer 33

Latin

Question 34

What is the kenning?

Answer 34

A compound expression used in place of a name or noun

Question 35

What ideas did medieval romances embody?

Answer 35

Unprovoked and violent fighting, a mystical place and time, supernatural elements, paganistic magical powers, a hero on a noble quest, and chivalry

Question 36

What is chivalry?

Answer 36

A system of manners for knights to follow

Question 37

What are the parts of the chivalric code?

Answer 37

Temperance, fortitude, prudence, justice, faith, hope, charity, valor and strength in battle, loyalty to God and King, courtesy towards enemies, generosity towards the sick, women, widowed, and oppressed, and courtly love

Question 38

What was courtly love?

Answer 38

An idealized relationship between a knight and his courtly lady

Question 39

Courtly love provided a model of behavior for whom?

Answer 39

Unmarried young men who might've otherwise threatened social stability

Question 40

What was the quest?

Answer 40

A hero's journey towards a goal

Question 41

What is Arthurian legend?

Answer 41

Celtic mythology; the history of Arthur with romantic themes and fairylike elements

Question 42

Who is Uther Pendragon?

Answer 42

Arthur's biological father

Question 43

Who is Igraine?

Answer 43

Arthur's biological mother

Question 44

Who is Merlin?

Answer 44

A wizard; Arthur's mentor

Question 45

Who is Morgan le Fay?

Answer 45

Arthur's half sister, a healer, and the one who takes Arthur to Avalon to be healed

Question 46

Who is Guinevere?

Answer 46

Arthur's wife and Lancelot's lover

Question 47

What is Camelot?

Answer 47

Arthur's kingdom

Question 48

What is Tintagel castle?

Answer 48

The place where Arthur was conceived

Question 49

What is the Isle of Avalon?

Answer 49

The island where Arthur was sent to recover

Question 50

What is Glastonbury?

Answer 50

The actual Isle of Avalon

Question 51

What is Excalibur?

Answer 51

Arthur's magical sword, given to him by the Lady of the Lake

Question 52

What is the Holy Grail?

Answer 52

Cup used by Jesus at the last supper

Question 53

What is the Round Table?

Answer 53

A table given as part of Guinevere's dowry used by King Arthur and his knights to show that everyone is equal