Sonnets
Roman and Elizabethan Government
Act 1
Act 2
Act 3
100

The meter of English and Italian sonnets

What is iambic pentameter?

100
A representative of the common people in the Roman Republic

What is a tribune?

100

Someone who can predict the future

What/Who is a soothsayer?

100

The name of Brutus's wife

Who is Portia?

100

In Antony's speech, he repeatedly calls Brutus...

What is honorable?

200

The kind of sonnet that has an octet and sestet

What is an Italian sonnet?

200

The chief of state who lead the Roman army

What is a consul?

200

The day Caesar is told to beware of

What are the Ides of March?
200

Calpurnia's nightmare

What is that the Romans would bathe in a fountain of Caesar's blood?

200

The purpose of Antony's speech

What is to persuade the Romans that Brutus and the conspirators unjustly killed Caesar?

OR

What is to persuade the Romans to resent or turn against Brutus? 

300

The rhyme scheme of an English sonnet

What is ABABCDCDEFEFGG?

300

A system of government where citizens vote for elected representatives.

What is the Roman Republic?

300

The man who approaches Brutus about joining the conspiracy

Who is Cassius?

300

The results of the sacrifice performed by the priests

What is they did not find a heart in the animal?

300

Caesar's famous last words

What is, "Et tu, Brute?"

400

A turn in a sonnet when there is a shift in thought, argument, or emotion

What is a volta?

400

An extensive group of states or countries under a single authority

What is empire?

400

The purpose of the letters given to Brutus from "the Roman people"

What is Cassius trying to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy? 

OR 

What is a manipulation strategy from Cassius? 

400

The man who tried to give Caesar another warning letter

Who is Artemidorous?

400

The name of the poet killed by the Roman mob.

Who is Cinna?

500

The foundational rhythmic structure of a line in a poem 

What is meter?

500

A form of government in which a king or queen is the head of state

What is a monarchy?
500

Two omens that foretell of Ceasar's death

What is a slave's hand burning without pain, a lion ignoring him, men on fire, an owl hooting at noon, a bird without a heart, Calphurnia's dream, etc.?

500

The man who flatters Caesar into going to the Capitol

Who is Decius?

500

The amount of money Caesar left to each Roman in his will.

What is 75 drachmas?