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Characters
Setting
History
Plot
Miscellaneous
100
Character who warns Caesar to "beware the Ides of March"
Who is the Soothsayer?
100
The date the play begins (month, date, year)
What is February 15, 44 BCE?
100
Author of Julius Caesar
Who is William Shakespeare?
100
Caesar's sickness
What is epilepsy (fallingsickness)?
100
Man who struggles to decide whether or not to kill Caesar
Who is Brutus?
200
Caesar's wife
Who is Calphurnia?
200
The festival celebrated at the beginning of the play
What is the Festival of Lupercal?
200
Member of first triumverate that led Rome with Caesar before Caesar betrayed and destroyed his troops
Who is Pompey?
200
Number of times Caesar is offered the crown but reluctantly refuses
What is thrice (three times)?
200
Reason why Marullus and Flavius chastise the cobbler and carpenter at the beginning of the play
What is disrespecting Pompey by celebrating Caesar?
300
Person who tells the story of Caesar's reluctant refusal of the crown and his collapse with a seizure during the festival
Who is Casca?
300
One or more strange events happening in Rome
What is terrible storms, lions in the street, owls in daylight, and people on fire?
300
Two loyalists to Pompey who were defeated and forgiven by Caesar
Who are Cassius and Brutus?
300
Caesar's disability that he reveals to Antony after the ceremony during the festival
What is deafness in his left ear?
300
The way Caesar treats Calphurnia
What is as a poor reflection on him since she hasn't given him children?
400
Conspirator who uses persuasion to convince Brutus to kill Caesar; writes anonymous letters so Brutus thinks many Romans support his cause
Who is Cassius?
400
Time period when the play was written
What is 1500-1600 CE (same as AD)?
400
Shakespeare's wife's name
Who is Anne Hathaway?
400
Marullus and Flavius are put to silence (exiled/fired) for doing this
What is taking decorations off Caesar's statues in protest?
400
Character that Caesar is suspicious of because he looks too "lean and hungry"
Who is Cassius?
500
Offers Caesar a crown; runs in the fertility race; Caesar's trusted confidant; considers Caesar a mentor
Who is Antony (Mark Antony)?
500
Where Caesar almost drowned
What is the Tiber river?
500
The theater where Shakespeare's plays were performed
What is the Globe Theater?
500
The value Brutus holds most dear
What is honor?
500
Character who, at the beginning of the play, is at war with himself over a difficult decision
Who is Brutus?