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Julius Caesar Review
Definitions – Literary Terms to Know
A conversation between two or more characters
a. Monologueb. Dialoguec. Soliloquyd. Aside
Answer: Dialogue
A division of acts into smaller parts
Answer: Scene
Thoughts spoken aloud by a character when he/she is alone or thinks he/she is alone
a. Asideb. Monologuec. Soliloquyd. Dialogue
Answer: Soliloquy
A division within a play, much like chapters of a novel.
Answer: Act
Lines that are spoken by a character directly to the audience
a. Monologueb. Dialoguec. Soliloquyd. Aside
Answer: Aside
Character Identification
A Roman judge from a famous Roman family
Answer: Brutus
Brutus’ wife
Answer: Portia
Caesar’s adopted son
Answer: Octavius
A public official (like a police officer)
Answer: Flavius or Murellus
Joins forces with Octavius to battle Brutus and Cassius
Answer: Antony
True or False
Caesar’s ambition is referred to as a character flaw throughout the play.
Answer: True
After the assassination, Brutus is skeptical about Antony as an ally.
Answer: False
After the assassination, Cassius is skeptical about Antony as an ally.
Answer: True
Portia knew about the Conspirator’s plan to assassinate Caesar.
Answer: True
The soothsayer’s prediction is correct.
Answer: True
Brutus accuses Cassius of plotting to steal Caesar’s money.
Answer: False
The ghost of Caesar visits Antony.
Answer: False
The storm foreshadows the chaotic state of Rome after the assassination.
Answer: True
Cassius thinks the ravens on the battlefield are a good omen.
Answer: False
Brutus says he would rather be a prisoner of war than die.
Answer: False
Brutus’ death was a suicide.
Answer: True
Antony and Octavius are allies.
Answer: True
Mark Antony is a senator.
Answer: True
Caesar receives the letter of warning from Artemidorus.
Answer: False
The Feast of Lupercal was a festival for fertility.
Answer: True
Who said it?
“Good gentleman, look fresh and merrily.
Let not our looks put on our purposes,
But bear it, as our Roman actors do,
With untired spirits and formal constancy” (Act II, scene 1).
Answer: Brutus
“A lioness hath whelped in the streets,And graves have yawned and yielded up
their dead.Fierce fiery warriors fought upon the
cloudsIn ranks and squadrons and right form of
war,Which drizzled blood upon the Capitol”
(Act II, scene 2)Answer: Calphurnia
“But I am constant as the Northern Star,
Of whose true fixed and resting quality
There is no fellow in the firmament” (Act III, scene 1).
Answer: Caesar
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears.
I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (Act III, scene 2).
Answer: Antony
“Not that I lov’d Caesar less, but that I lov’d
Rome more” (Act III, scene 2).
Answer: Brutus
Short Answer
What is the warning that the soothsayer gives to Caesar in Act I?
Answer: “Beware the ides of March”
What did Caesar do when he was offered the crown?
Answer: He refused it.
What does Cassius try to convince Brutus to do?
Answer: Join the Conspirators and plot against Caesar.
Why does Calphurnia beg Caesar not to go to Senate?
Answer: She had a dream that a statue of Caesar was pouring blood.
What do the visions of fire, the lion, and the bird of night mean?
Answer: Something important and significant will occur.
Why does Caesar decide to go to the Senate meeting on March 15?
Answer: Decius convinces Caesar that Calphurnia misinterpreted her dream.
Who writes Caesar a letter to warn him about the Conspirators?
Answer: Artemidorus
What does the letter of warning say?
Answer: It warns Caesar about Brutus and the other Conspirators.
What are Caesar’s famous last words?
Answer: “Et tu, Brute?”
By killing Caesar, what did the Conspirators say they accomplished?
Answer: They gave Romans freedom and liberty.
How does Antony react to seeing Caesar’s corpse?
Answer: He is shocked.
What does Antony swear to do when he is alone with Caesar’s corpse?
Answer: Avenge Caesar’s death
What does Antony request to do at Caesar’s funeral?
Answer: give a speech
What does Portia do to prove her loyalty and devotion to Brutus?
Answer: She gives herself a wound.
According to Caesar’s will, whom did he wish to receive his money?
Answer: Roman citizens
What happens after Caesar’s funeral?
Answer: The townspeople riot in the streets.
Who is harmed by the rioting Romans?
Answer: Cinna the poet
What does Octavius do after returning to Rome?
Answer: He forms an alliance with Antony
How does Brutus die?
Answer: He runs into Strato’s sword.