ACT 2
In Scene 1, the main reason that Brutus states for killing Caesar is that...
He is worried that Caesar will abuse his power after being crowned.
When Caesar declares himself “constant as the Northern Star,” it is an example of...
Simile.
Brutus does not want to ask Cicero to join the assassination because...
Brutus feels that Cicero will not follow anyone else’s plan.
The excuse the conspirators use to get close enough to Caesar to stab him is this...
they beg him to repeal the banishment of Metellus Cimber’s brother.
To commend people is to do this...
speak well of them
Brutus vetoes Cassius’s proposal that Mark Antony be killed with Caesar because...
Brutus doesn’t consider Mark Antony a threat.
The first thing that the conspirators do after they kill Caesar is to...
Send runners into the streets to announce that tyranny is dead.
Near the end of Scene 1, Portia leaves her bed, and in the cold morning air she does this...
begs Brutus to tell her what secrets he is keeping from her.
When Caesar asks, “Wilt thou lift up Olympus?” it is an example of this...
hyperbole
Something imminent will happen...
immediately
Caesar tells Decius to tell the Senators that he will not come to the Senate because...
He chooses not to come.
When Antony speaks of “dumb mouths” that “do ope their ruby lips,” he is referring to...
Caesar’s mortal wounds.
Decius says this to persuade Caesar to go to the Senate in spite of Calphurnia’s fears...
that the Senate plans to offer Caesar a crown.
Mark Antony compares Caesar’s corpse to this...
a dead deer that once enjoyed the whole world as its forest
If you respond with malice, you are likely to do this...
behave wickedly
When Artemidorous reads his note to Caesar aloud, we realize that Artemidorous...
Has discovered the assassination plot.
If your plants thrive, they...
Grow well.
The interim between the acts of a play is often called this...
an intermission
All of these were given to the citizens of Rome in Caesar's will...
Money (drachmas), orchards, and parks and recreation areas
To vanquish is to do this...
conquer
As Scene 4 ends, Portia seems...
Worried and confused.
If you have a misgiving, you feel...
Certain.
To disperse the seeds in a dandelion, you could do this...
blow on them and let the wind carry them away.
To become an orator you must learn this...
the skill of public speaking
This man wrote the play "The Tragedy of Julius Caesar"
William Shakespeare