Julius Caesar (Act I-III)

Question 1

What is the feast going on that the people are celebrating?

Answer 1

Lupercal

Question 2

Who is the individual who keeps throwing double meanings into his words?

Answer 2

the cobbler

Question 3

True or False: Flavius and Marullus are senators.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

What do Flavius and Marullus decide to do at the end of Scene 1?

Answer 4

take down Caesar’s decorations

Question 5

What are the people celebrating?

Answer 5

Caesar’s return

Question 6

What event is occurring at the Feast of Lupercal?

Answer 6

races

Question 7

Who is the runner for the Feast of Lupercal?

Answer 7

Mark Antony

Question 8

What is Julius Caesar warned of?

Answer 8

the ides of March

Question 9

Who warned Caesar of the ides of March?

Answer 9

a soothsayer

Question 10

When is the ides of March?

Answer 10

March 15

Question 11

Who is Brutus’ brother-in-law?

Answer 11

Cassius

Question 12

What is Cassius’s tactic to pull Brutus into his conspiracy?

Answer 12

flattery

Question 13

What had causes everyone to shout during the races?

Answer 13

Mark Antony offered Caesar the crown

Question 14

How many times was Caesar offered the crown?

Answer 14

three

Question 15

What did Mark Antony offer Caesar?

Answer 15

a crown

Question 16

What happened after Caesar refused the crown the third time?

Answer 16

he fainted

Question 17

What did Caesar do when he was offered the crown?

Answer 17

he refused it

Question 18

Why were Marullus and Flavius killed?

Answer 18

because they were caught taking Caesar’s decorations down

Question 19

Who is the servant that Brutus is talking to at the beginning of Act II?

Answer 19

Lucius

Question 20

How does Brutus justify the fact that he joined Ceasar’s assassination plot?

Answer 20

he doesn’t want a king

Question 21

What does Lucius find in Brutus’ room?

Answer 21

a letter

Question 22

Who wrote the letter to Brutus that was found in his room?

Answer 22

Cassius

Question 23

Why does Brutus say that he hasn’t slept?

Answer 23

because of the guilt that he feels in joining the assassination plot

Question 24

Who is the individual who keeps having nightmares?

Answer 24

Ceasar’s wife

Question 25

Who is Ceasar's wife?

Answer 25

Calpurnia

Question 26

What is the date at the time Calpurnia begs Ceasar not to go to the Capital?

Answer 26

the ides of March

Question 27

What is the primary crisis in Julius Caesar?

Answer 27

various political leaders are concerned about his popularity

Question 28

Who said, "It was Greek to me"?

Answer 28

Casca

Question 29

Who said, "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings"?

Answer 29

Cassius

Question 30

Who said, ""Between the acting of a dreadful thing / And the first motion, all the interim is / Like a phantasma, or a hideous dream"?

Answer 30

Brutus

Question 31

Who said, ""It seems to me most strange that men should fear; / Seeing that death, a necessary end, / Will come when it will come"?

Answer 31

Caesar

Question 32

Who is the first person to warn Caesar on his way to the Capital?

Answer 32

the soothsayer

Question 33

Who is responsible for getting Mark Antony out of the way while the conspirators kill Caesar?

Answer 33

Trebonius

Question 34

Who was the first person to attack Caesar?

Answer 34

Casca

Question 35

What is Casca's request of Caesar?

Answer 35

that Caesar allow his brother to come out of exile

Question 36

Who is the person who surrounds Caesar after Casca?

Answer 36

Brutus

Question 37

Who is the one who goes around Caesar after Brutus?

Answer 37

Cassius

Question 38

Who said, "Et tu, Brute? Then fall Caesar!"?

Answer 38

Caesar

Question 39

What is Mark Antony's initial response to the conspirators after he learns what they have done?

Answer 39

he treats them as friends

Question 40

What does Mark Antony ask of the conspirators once he learns they have killed Caesar?

Answer 40

he wants to speak at Caesar's funeral

Question 41

Who said, "Shall say in these confines with a monarch's voice/ Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war"?

Answer 41

Mark Antony