Drama / Literature Terms
ACT ONE SCENE ONE
ACT ONE SCENE TWO
ACT ONE SCENE THREE
Characters
100
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using LIKE or AS
100
What is the setting of Act 1 Scene 1 - MONTH and TOWN?
Before the Ides of March - so - February AND Rome
100
What is Caesar's ailment?
Epilepsy / Seizures
100
What literary element is the thunderstorm an example of?
Foreshadowing
100
What does Calpurnia suffer from AND who is told to touch her after the race?
She is sterile AND Antony
200
Definition of External Conflict
Conflict with outside forces (ex. fighting)
200
Over whose defeat is Rome celebrating Caesar's victory?
Pompey
200
What does Brutus love more than Caesar?
Rome
200
What does Casca believe the omens are predictors for?
Bad things to come for Rome under Casaer's power
200
Who is the mastermind of the conspiracy?
Cassius
300
What is a pun?
Play on words
300
What literary device is present in the line, "a mender of bad soles"?
A pun
300
What does Cassius plan to "create" at the end of Scene II?
Forged letters
300
What does Julius Caesar think is going to happen the capitol the next day?
He is going to be crowned King
300
Who offered Caesar the throne 'thrice'?
Antony
400
What is the term used for an actor speaking his true mind on stage with no other actors?
Soliloquy
400
What do Flavius and Marullus remove from the statues?
Decorations
400
Men at some time are masters of their fates: The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, But in ourselves, that we are underlings. WHO SAID IT? WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
Cassius
400
Who is the character that speaks a lot of Greek and Casca said he got confused by what he said?
Cicero
400
Who were in trouble for defacing statues of Caesar and taking down his pictures?
Flav and Mar
500
Define foreshadowing
Hints to what will happen in the future
500
Why were people honoring Caesar?
His defeat over Pompey.
500
Who perceives the approaching storm as an omens, hinting that something terrible is coming.
Casca
500
Name at least two suspicious things Casca mentioned seeing?
Storm Bird Lion
500
Caesar has another ailment besides seizures. What is it?
He is deaf in one ear.
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