Characters
Act II: Scene I
Act II: Scene II & III
Quotations
Vocabulary
100

Stabs herself in the thigh

Who is Portia?

100

How does Brutus refer to Antony?

Who is Caesar's limb?

100

What does Calpurnia see in her dream?

Who is a statue of Caesar spouting blood?

100

Who said it? "I have made a strong proof of my constancy,/ Giving myself a voluntary wound."

Who is Portia?

100

A plot, a group planning a harmful act

Who is conspiracy?

200

Organized the conspiracy against Caesar

Who is Cassius?

200

What two things does Brutus feel a conflict between?

Who is his love for Caesar and his love for Rome.

200

What does Calpurnia want Caesar to do?

Who is stay at home and wait until the next day?

200

Who said it? "Let us be sacrificers, but not butchers, Caius. /Let's kill him boldly, but not wrathfully. /Let's carve him as a dish fit for the gods."

Who is Brutus?

200

A heroic act or deed

Who is exploit?

300

Offers the crown to Caesar three times

Who is Antony?

300

"And therefore think him as a serpent's egg, /Which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous" is an example of which literary element?

Who is simile?

300

How does Decius manipulate Calpurnia's dream?

Who is he says Caesar's blood will nourish, or bring "new life", to Rome.

300

Who said it? "Alas my lord, your wisdom is consumed in confidence."

Who is Calpurnia?

300

To beg, please, beseech

Who is entreated?

400

Changed Calpurnia's dream around

Who is Decius?

400

List TWO reasons Cassius want to kill Antony

Who is he is a threat to the conspirators, and he will "annoy" them after the assassination.

400

The fact that the audience, but not Caesar, knows that his "friends" plan to kill is an example of which literary device?

Who is dramatic irony?

400

Who said it? "It must be by his death; and for my part, I know no personal cause to spurn at him..."

Who is Brutus?

400

Strong determination

Who is resolution?

500

Writes a warning letter to Caesar

Who is Artemidorous?

500

List THREE reasons Brutus joins the conspiracy

Who is he thinks Rome should be a republic, worries Caesar will change once becoming king, and believes killing Caesar is the best thing for Rome.
500

Name FOUR people mentioned in Artemidorous' warning letter?

Who is Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Cinna, Trebonius, Metellus Cimber, Decius, and Caius Ligarius?

500

Who said it? "If thou read this, O Caesar, thou mayst live;/ If not, the Fates with traitors do contrive."

Who is Artemidorous?

500

Made greater or larger

Who is augmented?