Quotes
Who said: "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.”
What is Cassius?
Who is this play written about historically?
Who is Julius Caesar?
What is the setting? What holiday is being celebrated?
What is a street in Rome. The Feast of Lupercal is being celebrated.
What does Caesar tell Antony to do to Calpurnia and why?
What is he tells Antony to touch her during the Feast of Lupercal celebration because it was thought that this made a woman fertile?
According to Casca, what are the senators planning to do to Caesar tomorrow?
What is crown him as king?
Who said "Beware the Ides of March" and in what scene?
What is the soothsayer. Scene 2
Where and when was Shakespeare born/died?
What is Stratford-upon-Avon. April 26,1564-April 26, 1616
Who are Marullus and Flavius?
What is they are public officials who are against celebrating Caesar’s victory.
What is a soothsayer? Of what does he warn Caesar?
What is a soothsayer is one that predicts the future. He warns Caesar to “beware the ides of March”.
Name 3 characters that are definitely in on the conspiracy up to this point.
What is Cassius, Casca, Cinna
Who said: "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much: such men are dangerous".
What is Caesar?
Why do they want to drive the commoners from the street?
What is they do not support Caesar’s victory so don’t want the commoners celebrating.
Does Marcus Brutus like Caesar? What does Brutus think of Caesar’s rise to power?
What is Brutus likes Caesar but would not like him to rise to power?
What 4 unusual events occur during the storm?
What is there is a slave with his hand on fire but he is unharmed. There is a lion that does not bother anyone. There is a group of women who claim to have seen men running up and down the street on fire. There is a “night bird” (screech owl=bad luck) during the day in the marketplace?
"...I, your glass
Will modestly discover to yourself
That of yourself which you yet know not of."
What is Cassius?
What historian did Shakespeare use as a source for writing Julius Caesar?
What is Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans?
What else do Marullus and Flavius do to further hinder the celebration of Caesar’s victory?
They disrobe all the images that have decorations in his honor.
What is the point of the story that Cassius tells Brutus?
What is; the point is that Caesar is not physically capable of being king. Also, that Cassius saved Caesar so why is Caesar considered a “god” when he is so weak?
What was Caesar’s reaction to the offering, according to Casca?
What is he denied the offering 3 times and then fell to the ground speechless (he was having a seizure).
"When Caesar says, "do this," it is performed."
What is Antony?
Who is Pompey?
What is Pompey was part of the triumvirate that ruled Rome before Caesar. (Pompey, Crassus, and Caesar)
What happens to Flavius and Marullus in scene 2 and why?
They are “silenced” for disrobing Caesar’s images in scene 1.
What is Caesar's opinion of Cassius? Why does he feel that way?
What is Caesar is suspicious of Cassius?
What does Cassius plan to do to convince Brutus to conspire against Caesar?
What is he is going to deliver letters to him at night pretending to be citizens saying how much they admire Brutus but that they are worried about Caesar?