Julius Caesar

Question 1

An unaccented or unstressed syllable is followed by an accented or stressed one

Answer 1

Iambic

Question 2

There are five iambs per line

Answer 2

Pentameter

Question 3

A metrical foot consisting of two syllables a short one followed by a long one

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Iamb

Question 4

Echo or reverberation

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Replication

Question 5

Basic character

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Mettle

Question 6

Lean or thin

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Spare

Question 7

Bodily weakness

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Infirmity

Question 8

Violent windstorm with rain snow or hail

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Tempest

Question 9

In a proud commanding way

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Surly

Question 10

Foreboding full of unspecified meaning

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Portentous

Question 11

Impressively forceful

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Prodigious

Question 12

Dissembling (disguising) ignorance

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Irony

Question 13

When a character fails to recognize realities that are clear to the audience

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Dramatic irony

Question 14

Made greater

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Augmented

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Begged, pleaded with

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Entreated

Question 16

A group of people plotting an illegal or evil act or such a plot itself

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Conspiracy

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Strong determination

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Resolution

Question 18

Act or deed,especially a heroic acheivement

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Exploit

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About to happen

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Imminent

Question 20

Old word for envy, jealousy

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Emulation

Question 21

A brief comment a character makes that is not heard by anyone else on stage and that reveals the characters thoughts or feelings

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Aside

Question 22

A speech made by a character alone on stage

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Soliloquy

Question 23

A very long speech by one person without interruption from the others on stage

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Monologue

Question 24

Old word for “petition”

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Suit

Question 25

Old word for "to kick disdainfully"

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Spurn

Question 26

Old word for "recalling", especially from exile

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Repealing

Question 27

Confused

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Confounded

Question 28

Open rebellion against authority

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Mutiny

Question 29

A desire to harm or see harm done to others

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Malice

Question 30

A formal speech, especially one given at a state occasion, ceremony, or funeral

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Oration

Question 31

To speak formally and at length

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Discarse

Question 32

Depraved; ignoble (not honorable)

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Vile

Question 33

A struggle between opposing forces

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Conflict

Question 34

Money, property, or position left in a will to someone

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Legacies

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Damaging to a person's reputation

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Slanderous

Question 36

Hidden; secret

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Covert

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Punishment, severe criticism

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Chastisement

Question 38

System of values

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Philosophy

Question 39

A dramatic form in which the main character is involved in a struggle of great significance that ends in disaster

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Tragedy

Question 40

Weakness such as ambition, pride, jealousy, or some other human frailty

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Tragic flaw

Question 41

The process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions

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Catharsis

Question 42

A Greek philosopher who tried to find freedom from physical pain and emotional disturbance

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Epicurus

Question 43

Old word for a standard bearer; one who carries a flag

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Ensign

Question 44

Feeling of desire for another's possessions or qualities and jealousy at not having them

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Envy

Question 45

A poetic form written in the metrical pattern of iambic pentameter

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Blank verse