Character
Plot
Who said it?
Shakespeare data
Vocabulary
100
The name of one of the conspirators and a poet.
What is Cinna?
100
I am convinced that for the good of Rome Caesar must be killed.
Who is Brutus?
100
"And Caesar's spirit, ranging for revenge,... Shall in this country, with a kingly voice, Cry havoc and unleash the dogs of war..." (3.1.270)
Who is Antony?
100
The birth day of Shakespeare.
What is April 23, 1564?
100
Conversation between two people.
What is dialogue?
200
I stabbed myself in the thigh when my husband was injured in battle.
Who is Portia?
200
The 'honorable' men about whom Antony speaks.
Who are Brutus and Cassius?
200
"Cowards die many times before their deaths; brave men die only once." (2.2.32)
Who is Caesar?
200
The number of plays that Shakespeare is thought to have written.
What is thirty-seven?
200
A lengthy speech given by one person
What is a monologue?
300
I held the sword for Brutus to fall on.
Who is Strato?
300
Knowledge of this brings the people's sympathies in line with Anthony's wishes.
What is Caesar's will?
300
"Greatness is misused when there's no pity in the power it wields." (2.1.18)
Who is Brutus?
300
The day of Shakespeare's death.
What is April 23, 1616?
300
Two literary devices that compare dissimilar things.
What are similes and metaphors?
400
The learned man who waited to give Caesar a letter of warning.
Who is Artemidorus?
400
I appear to Brutus and foreshadow that he will die in Philippi.
Who is the ghost of Caesar?
400
"This was the noblest Roman of them all; ]...] 'This was a man!'" (5.5.68)
Who is Antony?
400
Shakespeare's company of actors
What is The Lord Chamberlains' Men later known as The Kings Men?
400
The playwrights suggestions as to how the actors should speak, how they should stand, and how the background should look.
What are stage directions?
500
I pushed away the laurel crown three times; although it was somewhat reluctantly, they thought.
Who is Julius Caesar?
500
The cruel twist of fate that brings about Cassius's suicide.
What is when he thinks that Titinius has been captured?
500
"How many future generations will re-enact this historic scene, in countries not yet born, and in languages not yet spoken." (3.1.111)
Who is Cassius?
500
One reason we still read Shakespeare?
What is the universality of his themes?
500
The list of people in the play
What is the Cast of Characters?
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