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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How many hills are in Rome?
(a) 3.
(b) 5.
(c) 10.
(d) 7.

2. Who does Marc Antony designate to rule Africa?
(a) Octavius.
(b) Marc Antony.
(c) Lepidus.
(d) Artimidorus.

3. Who enters Act 2, Scene 4 just as Lucius leaves for the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) A soothsayer.
(b) Brutus.
(c) Portia.
(d) Artemediorus.

4. Which of these bad omens in Act 2, Scene 2 has Calpurnia NOT seen?
(a) A lion giving birth in the streets.
(b) Dead emerging from their graves.
(c) A naked warrior.
(d) Warriors fighting among the clouds.

5. What does Caesar first notice when he wakes up on the day of his assassination?
(a) A feeling of gloom.
(b) The stormy weather.
(c) He sees an owl in the daylight.
(d) It is oddly bright.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does a soothsayer tell Caesar in Act 1, Scene 2?

2. What does Portia ask of a soothsayer after Lucius leaves for the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?

3. According to Cicero, what is to blame for all of the recent strange happenings in Rome?

4. What is Lucius's occupation?

5. Why is the cobbler not working at the beginning of the play?

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