Characters
Who Said It?
Open-Ended
The Role of Women
The Play
100
Which character convinces Julius Caesar to go to the Senate on the Ides of March?
Decius
100
Who said, “Cry ‘Havoc!’ and let slip the dogs of war”?
Marc Antony
100
What did Brutus fear about Julius Caesar gaining power over Rome?
Corrupt and abusing power
100
Which female character is most similar to modern women?
Portia
100
What does Antony say actually killed Caesar?
Brutus' betrayal of Caesar
200
Which character celebrates a birthday in the play?
Cassius
200
Who said, "- not that I loved Caesar less, but /that I loved Rome more."?
Brutus
200
What did Caesar do when he was originally offered the crown by Marc Antony?
Denied it three times
200
What trait of Portia's is uncommon in today's women?
Loyalty
200
What omens does Cassius observe before his battle with Antony and Octavius?
Birds of Prey circling the army above.
300
Why is Cinna the Poet killed?
He shares the same name as a conspirator.
300
Who said, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears."?
Antony
300
How does Brutus justify the assassination of Caesar in his speech at the funeral?
If JC lived, the Romans would be slaves
300
How was Portia described in relation to Brutus?
She is Brutus' backbone.
300
According to the play, how many times was Caesar stabbed by the conspirators?
Three and thirty (33)
400
What character does Cassius believe dies, causing him to take his own life?
Titinius
400
Who said, "Caesar, thou art revenged,/Even with the sword that killed thee."?
Cassius
400
What character trait of Caesar’s is displayed when he refuses to follow the warnings about going to the capital?
Stubbornness or Pride
400
How would the play have been different if the women of the play had been listened to?
Caesar would not have been killed; Brutus would not have been forsaken and would still be alive.
400
How does the Second Roman Triumvirate gain absolute power over Rome?
Killing their political enemies and the Senators.
500
What character becomes free as the result of another character's death?
Pindarus
500
Who said, "This was the noblest Roman of them all."?
Antony
500
Why does Brutus kill himself?
He doesn't want to be taken back to Rome as a traitor.
500
What belief did Calpurnia represent for Elizabethan women?
Fear of the supernatural
500
How does Antony convince the Plebians that Caesar was not as bad as Brutus originally described?
He contradicts all of Brutus' claims about what Caesar did
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