The bad omens are examples of what literary device?
Foreshadowing
100
Who says the following quote?
"The evil that men do lives after them,
The good is oft interred with their bones;
So let it be with Caesar."
Antony
200
When did the events of Julius Caesar actually happen?
44 B.C.
200
How do the conspirators divert Caesar's attention before stabbing him?
They ask him to pardon the banishment of Publius Cimber.
200
Who provides Cassius with misinformation about Titinius in Act V?
Pindarus
200
What two sound devices are in the following quote?:
"That ever lived in the tide of times"
assonance and alliteration
200
Who says the following quote?:
"...I do observe you now of late:
I have not from your eyes that gentleness
And show of love as I was wont to have"
Cassius
300
Name the two men with whom Julius Caesar formed a political alliance (before the play begins).
Crassus and Pompey
300
Why does Portia commit suicide?
She is distraught about Brutus being gone and the current chaos going on in Rome.
300
Who writes a warning letter to Caesar?
Artemidorus
300
What literary device is in the following quote?
"With Ate by his side come hot from hell."
allusion
300
Who says the following quote?:
“Cowards die many times before their deaths
The valiant never taste of death but once.”
Caesar
400
During what historical time period did Shakespeare write?
The Renaissance
400
How might you best describe the meeting between Cassius, Brutus, Antony, and Octavius at the beginning of Act V?
Angry
400
Which character does Antony dislike because he thinks he's unintelligent and unworthy?
Lepidus
400
Read the quote:
"Domestic fury and fierce civil strife /Shall cumber all the parts of Italy."
What is this quote foreshadowing?
Civil war
400
Who says the following quote?:
"And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg—
Which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous—
And kill him in the shell."
Brutus
500
What important title was given to Caesar shortly before his assassination?
Dictator for life
500
Explain how Cassius dies (specifically).
Pindarus misinforms him that Titinius has been captured, so Cassius kills himself out of grief and guilt.
500
What is the Roman attitude toward suicide expressed by Cassius throughout the play?
It is an honorable alternative to disgrace
500
What theme is most prevalent in the play?
Good consequences cannot result from an evil deed
500
Who says the following quote?:
“Are you not mov’d, when all the sway of earth
Shakes like a thing unfirm?"