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Act I
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100
A man who is jealous of Caesar and convinces Brutus to join with the conspirators and kill Caesar.
Who is Cassius.
100
The city were this play takes place.
What is Rome.
100
The type of weather the night before the Ides of March.
What is stormy and unsettling.
100
Shakespeare's Birth Place
What is Stratford, England
100
To be annoyed or irritated
What is vexed
200
He kills Caesar for the general good of Rome.
Who is Marcus Brutus.
200
This dramatic event cases the crowd to yell and Brutus to become worried.
What is Caesar's refusal of the crown.
200
Decius Brutus is sent to fulfill this specific mission.
What is bring Caesar to the senate house.
200
The number of children Shakespeare had.
What is three
200
A group plotting a harmful act
What is a conspiracy
300
Sends anonymous letters to Brutus convincing him to kill Caesar
Who is Cinna
300
This man is asked to touch Calpurnia as he runs by her in the races.
Who is Mark Antony.
300
One of only two female characters in the play, who proves her strength by stabbing herself in the thigh with a dagger.
Who is Portia.
300
The theater in which many of Shakespeare's plays were first performed.
What is The Globe Theater
300
Violent windstorms often with rain, snow, or hail
What is a tempest
400
Quoted as saying "Beware the Ides of March"
Who is the soothsayer.
400
At the beginning of act 1, Caesar is celebrating his defeat of this man.
Who is Pompey.
400
Is described by Brutus as an unhatched serpent, needing to be crushed before it is born.
Who is Julius Caesar.
400
A conversation between two characters.
What is dialogue.
400
Brutus has made a firm decision to kill Caesar.
What is a resolution
500
Tribunes punished for tearing decorations off of Caesar's statues.
Who are Flavius and Murellus.
500
Man who tells Brutus and Cassius about the events that took place before Caesar fainted.
Who is Casca.
500
The number of conspirators who decide to kill Caesar.
What is eight.
500
The act of speaking to the audience, as seen in Bugs Bunny and Mary Poppins.
What is an aside.
500
After Caesar is killed, he comes back in the play as an illusion or apparition.
What is a phantasma