Shakspeare's Julius Caesar Test Review
- 3. Background Information What is a tragic hero?
- 4. Background Information What is a tragic hero? A literary character who makes mistakes that lead to his own downfall
- 5. What date is the Ides of March? Background Information March 15
- 6. What is the name of the theatre where many of Shakespeares plays were performed? Background Information THE GLOBE THEATRE
- 7. During what time period or era did Shakespeare write? Background Information Elizabethan Era
- 8. What was Shakespeares wifes name? Background Information ANNE HATHAWAY
- 9. Who played the roles of women in Shakespeares plays? TEENAGE BOYS Background Information
- 10. Where was Shakespeare born? Stratford upon Avon Background Information
- 12. : Julius Caesar was born in 200 BC and died in 144 BC. . JC actually lived from 100BC to 44BC.
- 13. Julius Caesar was given the title Dictator for Life.
- 14. Whom was the named for? Background Information
- 16. What is poetry in lines that dont rhyme called?
- 17. How many syllables are used in ?
- 18. What is it called when a character speaks in length and is the only person on stage OR we ignore the other characters momentarily?
- 19. When Shakespeare and other authors give the audience hints at what is to come, it is called.....
- 21. Which character was... killed on the ides of March? Julius Caesar
- 22. Marcus Brutus Which character was...a friend of Caesar, turned conspirator?
- 23. PORTIA Which character was... wife of Brutus?
- 24. Cinna, the poet Which character was...killed because he had the same name as a conspirator?
- 25. Calpurnia Which character was... wife to Caesar?
- 26. Marc Antony Which character was... Loyal to Caesar?
- 27. PORTIA Which character was... daughter of Cato?
- 28. Cassius Which character was... Leader alongside Brutus?
- 29. Artemidorus Which character was...trying to stop Caesars murder by reading a letter near the capitol on the Ides of March?
- 30. Octavius Which character was... Caesars nephew?
- 31. Lepidus Which character was... used by Antony and Octavius and also a part of the triumvirate?
- 32. According to Antony, which character is the noblest Roman of all? Brutus
- 34. In Act I, Scene i, Rome is celebrating Caesars victory over whom?
- 35. What did the soothsayer say to Julius Caesar?
- 36. Who offered the crown to Julius Caesar? (Character name!)
- 37. How many times did Antony offer Caesar the crown? 3 times
- 38. In Act I, scene iii, Casca sees something as a bad omen. Cassius thinks the same thing is a sign to overthrow Caesar. What is this thing? A storm
- 39. True or False. The non-poet Cinna is a conspirator. TRUE!
- 40. The conspiracy sends Brutus _________ to convince him to join against Caesar.
- 41. Besides Julius Caesar, Cassius wants to kill whom?
- 42. Who talks Cassius out of killing Antony?
- 43. What happened in Calpurnias dream in Act II to make her think that Caesar was going to die? JCs statue was spouting blood.
- 44. Decius reinterprets Calpurnias dream to make it a positive thing. Why? To get Caesar to come to the senate. He was the conspirator who was in charge of getting him there.
- 45. What does Julius Caesar say as he dies?
- 46. How does Antony immediately react to JCs death? HE FLEES
- 47. Who speaks first at Caesars funeral? BRUTUS
- 48. Who speaks after Brutus at JCs funeral? ANTONY
- 49. True or False: In Act IV, Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus agree to kill members of their own families to revenge Caesars Death. TRUE
- 50. Why does Antony ask for Caesars will in Act IV? To change it
- 51. Whose appeared in Act IV?
- 52. To whom did the ghost speak? Brutus
- 53. Who says good-bye in Act V, scene i? (2 characters) Brutus and Cassius
- 54. When Cassius thinks that Titinius has been killed, what does he do? He kills himself
- 55. How does Brutus die? Strato holds his dagger, and Brutus runs into it.
- 57. If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesars , to him I saw that ______s love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend Demand why _______ rose against Caesar, this is my Answer: Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more...
- 58. Who said the quote on the previous slide? Brutus
- 59. When did Brutus say this quote? During Caesars funeral
- 60. I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition? Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; And sure he is an honorable man...
- 61. Who said this quote? Antony
- 62. When did Antony say this quote? During Caesars funeral
- 63. Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear, Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
- 64. Who said this quote? Julius Caesar
- 65. When did Julius Caesar say this quote? When Caesar, Calpurnia, and Decius were discussing Calpurnias dream.
- 66. Think you I am no stronger than my sex, Being so fathered and so husbanded? Tell me your counsels; I will not disclose them.
- 67. Who said this quote? Portia
- 68. When did Portia say this quote? Before Brutus helped kill Caesar. She knew something was bothering him, but he would not admit that to her.