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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Casca feel that Brutus needs to be part of their conspiracy?
(a) He is a wise man and will not act rashly.
(b) He is friends with Caesar.
(c) He is popular with the people.
(d) He is a diplomat and will calm hurt feelings.

2. What day is Caesar assassinated?
(a) The day of Feasting.
(b) Venus's birthday.
(c) The Ides of March.
(d) His birthday.

3. What does Metellus ask of Caesar on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) For his brother's banishment to be revoked.
(b) For a raise in pay for the Senators.
(c) For a day to be set apart to pay homage to Pompey.
(d) For a public knowledge of the future war plans.

4. What does Caesar call the soothsayer in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) A crazy man.
(b) A loyal subject.
(c) A stranger.
(d) A dreamer.

5. What does Portia do to prove she is strong enough to hear Brutus' secret?
(a) Cuts her finger.
(b) Stabs herself in the leg.
(c) Tells Brutus an evil secret of her own.
(d) Swears an oath.

6. Why does Caesar tell Decius about Calpurnia's dream about his death?
(a) Decius seems concerned, and Caesar wants to calm his fears.
(b) He loves Decius.
(c) Decius calls him a coward.
(d) Decius pesters him with questions.

7. What about Cicero does Metellus think would add viability to their assassination plot?
(a) His silver hairs.
(b) His great respect.
(c) His compassionate nature.
(d) His great oratorical skills.

8. 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) Smile kindly upon her.
(c) Speak kind words to her.
(d) Bid her farewell.

9. Why does Antony want to meet with Brutus when he hears of Caesar's assassination?
(a) He wants a duel with Brutus.
(b) He needs someone to help him plan the funeral.
(c) He feels that a lone conversation will be more beneficial.
(d) He knows Brutus must have had a good reason.

10. What does Brutus offer the people if they do not agree with what he did for Rome by assassinating Caesar?
(a) To be put to death.
(b) To be banished.
(c) To be stripped of his title as a senator.
(d) To serve the people as a slave.

11. What does Marullus tell the people in the streets to do at the beginning of the play?
(a) Create an altar for Caesar.
(b) Join him in his march to Rome to honor Caesar.
(c) Pray for thanks.
(d) Go home and pray for forgiveness.

12. What was the crowd's response to the last question Brutus asks after Caesar's assassination?
(a) The answers were mixed.
(b) "No!"
(c) They chant Caesar's name.
(d) "Yes!"

13. Why was the wound Brutus gave Caesar the worst of them all?
(a) He broke his heart.
(b) It was the last blow he would ever have on earth.
(c) He plunged the deepest.
(d) He re-opened an old war wound.

14. Who is waiting for Caesar when he leaves his house the day of his assassination?
(a) Marc Antony.
(b) Artemidorus.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Portia.

15. What does Brutus say Caesar would have done to the people of Rome had he been allowed to live?
(a) Tax them to death.
(b) Take advantage of their trust and loyalty.
(c) Led them to unending war.
(d) Turn them into slaves.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Antony read to the people as part of his eulogy for Caesar?

2. What time do the conspirators plan to kill Caesar?

3. How does Cassius feel about the chaos in the city when he is talking to Casca in Act 1, Scene 3?

4. What does Marc Antony ask the conspirators to let him do when he sees Caesar's dead body?

5. What does Caesar say he is as constant as just before he is stabbed in the Senate House?

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