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100

 Who is the Roman leader assassinated in Act 3?

Who is Julius Caeser?


100

What warning does the soothsayer give Caesar?

What is "Beware the Ides of March"?

100

'Beware the Ides of March'?

Who is the soothsayer?

100

Why does Brutus join the conspiracy against Caesar?

He fears Caesar will become a tyrant and believes killing him will protect Rome.

100

What date is known as the Ides of March?

March 15

200

Who is Caesar's wife?

Who is Calpurina?


200

 What does Calpurnia beg Caesar not to do on the morning of his assassination?


What is "Go to the Senate"?

200

Who says, 'The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves'?

Who is Cassius?

200

 Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?

Brutus is respected by the Roman people, so his support will make the conspiracy seem honorable.

200

What does the storm in Act 1, Scene 3 help symbolize?

Chaos, unnatural events, and political disorder in Rome.

300

 Who is the leader of the conspiracy who first recruits Brutus?



Who is Cassius?

300

What happens to Caesar in Act 3, Scene 1?

What is he is stabbed to death by the conspirators?

300

Who says, 'Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once'?

Who is Caesar?

300

Why does Brutus refuse to let the conspirators kill Mark Antony?

He believes killing Antony would make them appear too violent and that Antony will be harmless without Caesar.

300

What does Calpurnia dream happens to Caesar's statue?

Blood pours from Caesar's statue, and Romans wash their hands in it.


400

 Who is Caesar's loyal friend who speaks at his funeral?

Who is Mark Antony?

400

What happens to Cinna the poet after the funeral speeches?

What is the angry mob kills him after mistaking him for Cinna the conspirator?

400

Who says, 'Et tu, Brute?—Then fall, Caesar!'?

Who is Caesar?

400

 Why does Caesar change his mind and decide to go to the Senate despite Calpurnia's warning?

Decius reinterprets her dream positively and appeals to Caesar's pride by saying the Senate plans to offer him a crown.

400

What do the forged letters planted for Brutus make him believe?

That ordinary Romans want him to act against Caesar.

500

Who is the conspirator who persuades Caesar to go to the Senate by reinterpreting Calpurnia's dream?

Who is Decius Brutus?

500

What does Artemidorus try to give Caesar before the assassination?

What is a letter warning him about the conspiracy?


500

Who says, 'Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears'?

Who is Mark Antony?

500

Why does Antony repeatedly call Brutus and the conspirators 'honourable men' during his funeral speech?

He uses verbal irony to make the crowd question their honor and turn against them.

500

How do Brutus's and Antony's funeral speeches differ in their appeals to the crowd?

Brutus primarily appeals to reason, patriotism, and honor; Antony uses emotion, irony, Caesar's wounds, and Caesar's will to turn the people against the conspirators.

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