Julius Caesar Plot
What is the setting of Julius Caesar?
Rome, 44 BC
In which book is the chapter "The Caucus Race"? Who wrote it?
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carrol
What is satire?
The use of humor, irony, exaggeration, or ridicule to expose and criticize people’s stupidity or vices.
A harsh discordant mixture of sounds.
A cacophony
Who wrote Julius Caesar?
William Shakespeare
What is March 15th also known as?
Why do they run the caucus race?
They were wet and wanted to get dry.
What is the main purpose of satire?
Inform people and make them think.
A large, densely packed crowd of animals or people
A throng
Two important aspects of academic writing
Formal tone, no slang, thesis statement, introduction, conclusion.
What does the conspiracy plan (or conspire) to do?
Kill Julius Caesar
What does the Caucus race consist of?
Running around aimlessly for 30 minutes.
What are two satirical works besides Alice's Adventures in Wonderland?
Fahrenheit 451, Animal Farm, Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, A Modest Proposal, etc.
A violent windy storm.
A tempest
What is a thesis statement?
One sentence that explains the main purpose/idea of your essay or paper.
Who was the last conspirator to stab Caesar?
Brutus
What is "The Caucus Race" a satire of? Evidence?
Politicians/caucuses where everyone is rewarded for doing nothing.
Malapropism, verbal irony, juxtaposition, anachronism, overstatement/hyperbole, understatement, parody.
Really try to achieve.
To strive
the outward appearance or apparent form of something, especially when the reality is different.
Semblance
What finally convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy?
The letters "from the citizens" that were forged by Cassius.
Name a literary device used in this chapter along with its example.
Irony - Alice participates in the race and has to give out prizes, it's called a race but isn't really a race in the traditional sense, there are no clear winners, but everyone gets a prize.
Malapropism - Tale v. tail
Pun - the dry tale
Which type of satire is described as more dark than comedic?
Juvenalian Satire
Full of danger or risks.
Perilous
Ask (someone) urgently and fervently to do something; implore; entreat.
To beseech