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Who said it?
Act I
The Conspirators
Act III-IV
Drama
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What is the soothsayer's advice to Caesar?

“Beware the Ides of March”

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In Act 1 scene i, what do Flavius and Marullus want the commoners to do?

Go home/go back to work/stop celebrating Caesar's return

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Explain who the Conspirators are. Name one.

Those that are plotting to kill Caesar.

Cassius, Casca, Decius, Cinna, Metellus Cimber, Ligarius and Trebonius, and Brutus

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What does Calpurnia see in her dream? What is it about?

Blood spurting from Caesar's statue and men bathing from his blood. She was getting a vision of the conspiracy and the murder of Caesar.

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What is it called when a character speaks directly to the audience?

An aside

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Do this," it is performed. Who said this?

Antony

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Who does Caesar defeat and at the beginning of the play?
Pompey
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Brutus does not want the conspirators to make an oath. Why?
Because Romans don't need to make pacts to one another. Their word is enough.
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Who is the first to stab Caesar? Who is the last to stab him?
Casca and then Brutus
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What is it called when the audience understands or knows something that the characters do not?

Dramatic irony

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Who says, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ear"?

Antony

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Who does Caesar describe as having a "lean and hungry look" and basically doesn't trust?
Cassius
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How does Cassius plan to convince Brutus to join the cause?

He will write letters to Brutus in different types of handwriting pretending to be people of Rome that want Brutus to go against Caesar.

Forged letters

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The ghost of whom shows up at the end of Act IV?
Caesar's
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What is it called when a character is speaking his or her thoughts out loud?

Soliloquy

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Who said, "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more"?

Brutus

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What is Brutus' inner conflict?
He loves Caesar but fears he will be a tyrant.
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Explain the difference between the views of Caesar held by Cassius and Brutus.

Cassius openly wants Caesar out of power. Brutus loves Caesar, but sees his flaws and worries his ambition puts Rome at risk.

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What are the names of the men that make up the new triumvirate?
-Octavius -Antony -Lepidus
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What is verse without rhyme called?

Blank verse

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Who says "Et tu, Brute"?

Caesar. These are his finals words.

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What are the two stories Cassius brings up about Caesar? What two physical weaknesses do we learn about Caesar?

-Caesar challenged Cassius to swim race and began to drown. -Caesar got sick and cried out; Cassius called him a sick girl. -Caesar is deaf in one ear. -Caesar has epilepsy (the falling sickness).

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Why does Cassius want Brutus to join the conspiracy?

Brutus has a good reputation with the citizens of Rome.

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What figurative speech does Antony use in his speech at Caesar's funeral to cast doubt on Brutus' sincerity?

Irony. "But Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man."

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What are the three rhetorical appeals that are used to persuade?

Ethos Pathos Logos