Act I
What is the warning that the soothsayer/fortune teller gives Caesar?
Beware the Ides of March.
What animal does Brutus compare Caesar to in his soliloquy in scene i?
A snake/serpent/viper.
Ambition.
What happens to those who were on the list of conspirators?
They are killed/assassinated.
When Titinius sees Cassius is dead, what does he do once he is alone?
He kills himself next to Cassius with the same sword.
Why are Flavius and Marullus upset with the commoners (carpenter and the cobbler) in Act I Scene i?
Because they are celebrating Caesar.
What does Portia do to prove she can keep a secret?
Stabs herself in the leg.
Who is the first person to stab Caesar?
Casca.
What did Antony do with the money that was left for the Roman people in Caesar's will?
He manipulates it and uses it to pay for his armies.
When Antony's men capture Lucilius, who do they think they've actually captured?
Brutus.
Why does Caesar not like Cassius?
Because he is not "fat enough" - he has a "lean and hungry" look about him (AKA he thinks too much and is always scheming.)
Why does Brutus not want to swear an oath with the conspirators?
As Romans, their word should be enough; only cowards swear oaths.
Name at least two of the rules placed on Antony to be able to speak at Caesar's funeral.
He must speak after Brutus; he must speak from the same place as Brutus; he cannot speak any bad about the conspirators; he can only speak good about Caesar; he must say he speaks with the conspirator's permission
Who are the three new leaders (triumvirate) in Rome after Caesar's death?
Octavius, Antony and Lepidus.
How is Cassius's death cowardly?
He covered his face and made Pindarus, his slave, stab him.
Both "Beware the Ides of March" and the omens seen are an example of what literary device?
Foreshadowing
What is Artemidorus's role in the play?
To remind the audience of the conspirator's names.
Metellus Cimber asks for the reversal on banishment of what person (as a ploy to get physically closer to Caesar)?
His brother, Publius Cimber.
How did Portia die?
She swallowed hot coals when her attendants were not present.
At the end of the play, what does Antony say about Brutus?
He was the noblest Roman of them all; he did what he did truly for the good of Rome; he is a true "man".
Name three omens that Casca and Cassius see in scene iii.
Men on fire in the streets; a slave's hand on fire but not burning; fireballs in the sky; an owl hooting at noon; a lion roaming the streets and not attacking
Explain Calpurnia's dream in detail.
She dreamed that Caesar's statue had a lot of holes that were all pouring blood, and the Romans were bathing their hands in it.
After killing Caesar, Brutus tells the rest of the conspirators to do what?
Bathe their hands in Caesar's blood up to the elbows OR cry "Peace, Freedom, and Liberty!"
Name one reason Brutus was upset with Cassius, and one reason that Cassius was upset with Brutus.
Brutus: Cassius had been taking bribes; He asked Cassius for money to help pay his armies and Cassius refused.
Cassius: Brutus had been throwing Cassius's faults in his face; Cassius wrote Brutus asking to pardon the man taking bribes, and Brutus ignored him.
How is Brutus's death different from Cassius's?
Brutus had a friend hold his sword, made his friend cover their eyes, and ran on to the sword himself without covering his face.