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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Act 5, Scene 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caesar tell Antony to do to his wife as he passes her in the street during his race at the celebration?
(a) Strike her with a goatskin thong.
(b) Bid her farewell.
(c) Speak kind words to her.
(d) Smile kindly upon her.

2. What does the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house say about virtue?
(a) The last shreds of virute in Rome will be destroyed that day.
(b) It is a dead form.
(c) Caesar is the last man alive who has it.
(d) There will always be envious people trying to destroy it.

3. What does Portia hope will happen at the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) Peace will prevail.
(b) Her husband will escape the mob unharmed.
(c) Brutus will succeed.
(d) Caesar will be crowned.

4. What does Brutus compare Caesar to as he contemplates Caesar while alone in his garden?
(a) A serpent in an egg.
(b) A mad dog on a chain.
(c) A rooster in the hen house.
(d) A young eagle hatchling.

5. What does Marc Antony order two of his servants to do after Lucilius is brought before him in Act 5, Scene 4?
(a) Sound the horns of victory loud and clear.
(b) Find out if Brutus is alive.
(c) Take an account of the progress of battle.
(d) Deliver a letter to Octavius.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the wound Brutus gave Caesar the worst of them all?

2. What portion of Caesar's property did he leave the people of Rome in his Will?

3. Which of these is NOT a bad omen that Cassius sees the morning before his battle with Marc Antony?

4. Where does Octavius insist on taking his army when Brutus's army arrives?

5. Where does Cicero talk to Casca when they first appear in the play?

(see the answer key)

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