Act I
The nobility compare the common people to this animal.
What is a sheep?
True or False:
When Act II scene i opens, Brutus has already joined the conspiracy.
What is false?
"Beware the ___ of March."
What is "Ides?"
This character stabs her thigh to prove her strength.
Who is Portia?
This rhetorical device is used when Metellus says, "His silver hairs will purchase us a good opinion."
What is ethos?
This is the reason that Cassius wants to get Brutus involved in the conspiracy.
What is the people like Brutus, so the plan will be better received?
This type of irony is used when Caesar tells his "friends" to be near him on the way to the Capitol.
What is dramatic irony?
"These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's ____ will make him fly an ordinary pitch."
What is "wing?"
This character bears his breast to the night sky and dares the gods to strike him down.
Who is Cassius?
This rhetorical device is used when Brutus says, "I have not known when his affections swayed more than his reason."
What is logos?
Cassius says that a slave can always free himself from bondage; one option is to kill the master, and the other is to kill . . .
What is oneself?
Brutus receives this at the start of Act II, which reminds him of his noble blood.
What is a forged letter from Cassius?
"For Antony is but a ____ of Caesar . . . For he can do no more that Caesar's arm when Caesar's head is off."
What is "limb?"
This character dreams of seeing Caesar's statue, pouring blood like a fountain with 100 spouts.
Who is Calphurnia?
This rhetorical device is used when Cassius says, "And Cassius is a wretched creature and must bend his body if Caesar carelessly but nod on him."
What is pathos?
These characters urge people to go home instead of cheering for Caesar.
Who are Flavius and Marullus?
The conspirators consider asking this character to join the conspiracy due to his "silver hairs."
Who is Cicero?
"Let's carve him as a dish fit for the _____ Not hew him as a carcass fit for hounds."
What is "gods?"
When Caesar grows suspicious, this character decides to persuade Caesar with flattery.
Who is Decius?
This rhetorical device is used when Brutus says, "Let's be sacrificers, but not butchers . . . We should be called purgers, not murderers."
What is ethos?
Cassius rescues Caesar from drowning in this river, showing that Caesar is not the god he claims to be.
What is the Tiber?
Caesar considers heeding Calphurnia's warning and telling this character to report that he (Caesar) is feeling unwell.
Who is Marc Antony?
"_____ die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once."
What is "Cowards?"
This character reads a letter that names each conspirator.
Who is Artemidorus?
This rhetorical device is used when Decius says, "the Senate have concluded to give this day a crown to mighty Caesar. If you shall send them word you will not come, their minds may change."
What is pathos?