Julius Caesar
Act I
Act II
Act III
Language
100
What does the Soothsayer say to Caesar?
“Beware the Ides of March”
100
What do Brutus and Cassius do during the Lupercal celebration?
Cassius tries to convince Brutus to join the consipracy
100
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.
100
Who says, "Et tu, Brute?" and what happens after it is said?
Caesar says it and he dies.
100

Who says these lines?

"Truly, sir to wear out their shoes to get myself into more work. But indeed, sir, we make holiday to see Caesar and to rejoice in his triumph."

Cobbler

200
What does Antony offer Caesar three times in the marketplace?
A crown
200
Who does Caesar describe as having a "lean and hungry look" and basically doesn't trust?
Cassius
200
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.
200

What is the appeal to emotion? 


Pathos

200

Interpret these lines AND tell me who says these lines.


"Get you to bed again. It is not day. 

Is not tomorrow, boy the Ides of March?"

Go back to bed. It isn't daybreak yet. Is tomorrow the 15th of March, boy?


Brutus

300
Who does Caesar defeat and at the beginning of the play?
Pompey
300
What does Cassius reveal in his soliloquy in Act 1? (What will he do to get Brutus apart of the conspiracy?)
He will write letters to Brutus in different types of handwriting pretending to be people of Rome that want Brutus to go against Caesar.
300
Who said to Caesar: "And he shall say you are not well today. Let me upon my knee prevail in this."
Calpurnia
300
Who is the first to stab Caesar? Who is the last to stab him?
Casca and then Brutus
300

Interpret the lines AND tell me who says them.


"Good gentlemen, look fresh and merrily. 

Let not our looks put on our purposes, 

But bear it as our Roman actors do, 

With untried spirits and formal constancy"

Good gentleman, look like you're rested and happy. 

Don't let our faces betray our plans. Instead, carry

yourselves like Roman actors, with cheerful spirits

 and well-composed faces. And so, good morning to all of you. 

-Brutus

400
Why does Caesar ignore Calpurnia’s warnings and still go tot the capitol?
Decius convinces him that Calpurnia has interpreted the dream and the omens incorrectly
400
What is Brutus' inner conflict?
He loves Caesar but fears he will be a tyrant.
400

What is the appeal to logic?

Logos

400

What is the appeal to credibility?

He is killed by the rioting citizens because they initially thought he was Cinna the conspirator and even after they realize who he is, they still kill him out of anger.

400

Interpret the lines AND tell me who said them.


"I could be well moved if I were as you.

If I could pray to move, prayers would move me.

But I am constant as the northern star,

Of those who true-fixed and resting quality

There is not fellow in the firmament" 


I could be convinced if I were like you. If I could beg others to change their minds, begging would convince me, too. But I'm as immovable as the northern star,

whose stable and stationary quality has no equal in the sky.


Caesar

500
What does Antony do when he meets with the conspirators and sees Caesar’s body?
-He swears allegiance to Brutus and shakes hands with the conspirators
500
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).
500
What is the anachronism in this Act? (anachronism is when an author unknowingly or purposefully inserts something from a different period of time into his/her writing)
The clock striking in the play. Considering the time period, there were no grandfather clocks during Caesar's time.
500
What did Antony claim that Caesar left his citizens in his will?
75 drachmas and public parks
500

Interpret these lines AND tell me who says them (2 people)


___________ "Where is Antony?"

___________"Fled to his house amazed.

Men, wives, and children stare, cry out, and run

As if it were doomsday."


Cassius: Where's Antony?

Trebonius: He ran to his house, stunned. Men, wives, and children stare, cry out, and run in the streets as though it were doomsday.