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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Caesar say would make him a coward after Calpurnia tells him her worries in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) Fearing death.
(b) Not attending the senate.
(c) Believing in superstitions.
(d) Heeding the words of a woman.

2. Who is the one person in this play who interprets a personal dream correctly?
(a) Calpurnia.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Brutus.
(d) Artemidorus.

3. Why are these superstitions in Act 2, Scene 2 so odd to hear from Calpurnia?
(a) She knows Caesar will not listen to her.
(b) She does not love her husband any more.
(c) She rarely speaks to Caeser anymore.
(d) She has never been superstitious before.

4. Why is the cobbler not working at the beginning of the play?
(a) He has given himself a holiday.
(b) He is using that day for religious observance.
(c) He completed all of his work.
(d) He has injured himself and is unable to work.

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

6. What is the soothsayer's response to Portia's question to him on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) He does not know, but it will be bad.
(b) The signs are currently mixed.
(c) He does not know, but it will be good.
(d) Good and bad will be mingled.

7. What do the conspirators shout when Caesar is dead?
(a) "Thus will it be to all tyrants!"
(b) "His service in death is great indeed!"
(c) "Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead!"
(d) "It is done, and we are free."

8. What does Brutus say will result from Caesar's assassination?
(a) Rome will rejuvinate and conquer.
(b) Sick men will be made whole.
(c) Peace will reign in Rome.
(d) He will die a martyr.

9. What will happen to Brutus if his plan regarding the assassination fails?
(a) His rank and riches will be taken away.
(b) He will be put to death.
(c) He will be tortured.
(d) He will be banished.

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

11. What does Portia do in Act 2, Scene 4, on the day of Caesar's assassination?
(a) Sends Lucius to the Senate House.
(b) Sends a message to Calpurnia.
(c) Prepares a feast.
(d) Prays.

12. What time do the conspirators plan to kill Caesar?
(a) 12:00 noon.
(b) 10:00 a.m.
(c) 8:00 a.m.
(d) 8:00 p.m.

13. What does Decius say that immediately changes Caesar's decision about staying home the day of his assassination?
(a) The people are chanting his name in the streets.
(b) The Senate will crown him king.
(c) Marc Antony will be at the Senate House to protect him.
(d) The Senate has a special gift for Caesar that day.

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

15. What does the second person to address the crowd after Caesar's assassination bring with him when he speaks to the crowd?
(a) Caesar's body.
(b) Caesar's sword.
(c) A vial of Caesar's blood.
(d) Caesar's crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. What will happen if Caesar does not pay attention to what the man waiting for Caeser to leave his house gives him?

2. Who was Pompey before the civil war?

3. What is the occupation of the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house on the day of his assassination?

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

5. What does Caesar call the soothsayer in Act 1, Scene 2?

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