Why does Cassius think Caesar will become a tyrant?
The people love Caesar, so they will allow him to become a tyrant.
100
Who opposes the idea of killing Mark Antony?
Brutus
100
Brutus tells the people he killed Caesar because Caesar was planning to what to the Roman people?
He claims Caesar was going to enslave the Roman people with his tyranny.
100
True or False: Brutus accuses Cassius of taking bribes and being greedy.
True
200
He likes Caesar, but is afraid that people will crown him the king; his ancestor also expelled the last king from Rome.
Brutus
200
The conspirators plan to win Brutus to their cause by what?
Leaving notes for him to read that were 'written' by the Roman people.
200
Name one way Decius convinces Caesar that he SHOULD go to the Senate, despite Calphurnia's bad dream.
Lies about the Senate offering crown; reinterprets the dream to sound appealing; claims the Senate will be offended and never offer the crown again.
200
Which of the conspirators is hesitant to let Antony speak at Caesar's funeral?
Cassius
200
When Brutus, Cassius, Octavius and Antony first meet on the battlefield, what do they exchange?
Insults
300
He is told to beware the Ides of March
Caesar
300
When Cassius tells Brutus many Romans wish "the noble Brutus had his eyes," he means Brutus should what?
See things the way Cassius does; see his honorable reputation in the eyes of the people.
300
Why does Brutus agree to kill Caesar?
He is afraid Caesar will become a tyrant and says it's for the good of Rome if he is not crowned.
300
True or False: After Caesar's death, Antony begs the conspirators to spare his life.
False; he begs them to kill him.
300
"For piercing steel and darts envenomed/Shall be as welcome to the ears of Brutus/As tidings of this sight" is an example of
a. simile
b. metaphor
c. personification
Simile
400
He offers Caesar the crown three times
Mark Antony
400
Casca says that the weird happenings in the streets of Rome are really what?
Omens predicting disaster for Rome.
400
Name the scholar who wants to warn Caesar about the conspiracy.
Artemidorus
400
Why does Brutus tells Cassius he wants Antony to speak at Caesar's funeral?
He wants the Roman people to remember Caesar's good points.
400
Cassius accuses Brutus of what?
Cassius says Brutus too easily finds fault with him; he has hurt feel-goods.
500
Cicero's speech is Greek to him.
Casca
500
For "pulling scarfs off Caesar's images," the tribunes Marallus and Flavius are put to what?
Silence
500
Mark Antony, at this point in the play appears to be what for the conspirators?
A manof no particular significance. He is Caesar's "limb" and is therefore useless without his "head" (Caesar)
500
Antony's reference to his speech being that of a "plain blunt man" is an example of
a. irony
b. foreshadowing
c. imagery
d. symbolism
Irony
500
Lucilius, Brutus' servant, has high hopes that what will happen to Brutus?
He will never be taken alive; this is why Lucilius disguises himself as Brutus.