Julius Caesar notes(questions and
answers)
Act I Scene I takes place on ______. - answer February 15 (Feast of the Lupercal)
Play begins with __________ treated in a comedic but respectful way. - answer lower class
characters
Caesar has defeated ______ _____. - answer Pompey's sons
________ is the sole survivor of the First Triumvirate. - answer Caesar
Caesar wants Calpurnia to bear a son because a king needs an ________. - answer heir
The most manipulative character in literature - answer Cassius
Caesar has two physical problems. What are they? - answer hearing loss and epilepsy
____ gives the appearance of stupidity when he talks to Cassius and Brutus. - answer Casca
Act I Scene III takes place on _______. - answer March 14
Respected Roman senator, lawyer, philosopher, politician - answer Cicero
_____ is unmoved by the storm - answer Cicero
_____ is frightened by the storm - answer Casca
, Cassius sees the storm as an _____. - answer omen
Who places the letters where Brutus will find them? - answer Cinna
Act II Scene I takes place on _______. - answer March 15
Who deposed of the last king of Rome? - answer an ancestor of Brutus
Portia's father ______ killed himself after Caesar defeated Pompey's forces b/c he would not
live under a ______'s rule - answer Cato; tyrant
Who talks to Brutus about the "sickness in Rome?" - answer Ligarius
How many conspirators are there? - answer 8
Caesar listens to _______ rather than _______ and goes to the Senate. - answer Decius Brutus;
Calpurnia
_______ reads the petition naming the conspirators. - answer Artemidorus
______ and _______ follow the philosophy of stoicism. - answer Brutus; Portia
Shakespeare portrays Caesar as both ______ and _______ before he dies - answer admirable;
boastful
Caesar says he is as constant as..... - answer the Northern Star
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