What does the note thrown in Brutus' window say? What does it mean? Who actually wrote the note?
Speak, Strike, Redress. Cassius
100
I struggled with the decision to assassinate Caesar.
Who is Brutus?
100
The Soothsayer gave Caesar this warning.
What is "Beware the ides of March"?
100
Which literary device does Shakespeare use throughout the play to create suspense?
What is foreshadowing
100
This is a sign that something bad is about to happen. An example of this is Caesar's ghost appearing.
What is an omen?
200
Who is Calpernia? What is wrong with her?
She is Caesar's wife, and she is barren.
200
I was the mastermind behind the conspiracy.
Who is Cassius?
200
This was Caesar's final words.
What is "Et tu Brute. Then fall Caesar"?
200
Who does Lucilius impersonate? Why?
Brutus. This gives the upper hand to Brutus and Cassius.
200
This character called Brutus the "noblest Roman of them all"
Who is Antony?
300
When Caesar says, "Seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come” is an example of this theme.
Fate vs. free will
300
I committed suicide by swallowing fire.
Who is Portia?
300
Marc Antony repeated these lines in his speech to the Romans to discredit Brutus's actions.
What is "Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honourable man"?
300
An example of foreshadowing in Act II, Scene II. This is before Caesar leaves to go to the senate.
What is Calpurnia's dreams?
300
This character was killed by the angry mob immediately following Marc Antony's speech in Act III, Scene III.
Who is Cinna the poet?
400
Who helps Brutus commmit suicide? How?
Who is Strato. He held the sword while Brutus ran on it.
400
We were angry at the people of Rome for celebrating Caesars triumph over Pompey.
Who is Flavius and Marullus?
400
In Act III, Scene II Brutus gives this reason for assassinating Caesar.
What is "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"?
400
In Act II, Scene 1 Brutus uses this literary device to describe Caesar: “And therefore think him as a serpents egg, which hatch’d would as his kind, grow mischievous and kill him in the shell.”
What is simile?
400
The conspirators ask this of Caesar before they kill him in Act III, Scene I.
What is the pardon of Metellus Cimber?
500
When Cassius says, "...the fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are
underlings..." he is illustrating this theme.
What does the quote mean?
What is fate vs. free will? We can change our lives through our actions
500
I was the first to stab Caesar.
Who is Casca?
500
In Act I, Scene II lns 189-192 Julius Caesar becomes suspicious of Cassius and says this.
What is "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous" ?
500
In Act II, Scene I lns 21-27 Shakespeare uses this literary device to compare a man climbing a ladder to a man receive great authority.
What is a metaphor?
500
Caesar responded by saying this after Artemidorus approached him with a letter warning him of the conspiracy.
What is "what concerns Caesar himself shall wait until the last"?