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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does Brutus send a certain message to his legions during the battle against Marc Antony?
(a) Too many soldiers have fallen too quickly.
(b) Their armor is too weak against the triple tipped arrows that Antony has supplied his army with.
(c) He is an inexperienced soldier.
(d) Octavius's wing is weakening.

2. What are Marc Antony's plans in Act 4, Scene 1 made to accomplish?
(a) Keeping peace.
(b) Avenging Caesar's death.
(c) Gaining power.
(d) Strengthening Rome.

3. What is Brutus most worried about after leaving Rome?
(a) He is afraid Marc Antony will try and kill him.
(b) He cannot find enough men to fight with him.
(c) He has not heard from his wife since he left Rome.
(d) He thinks Cassius's feelings towards him have changed.

4. What does Marc Antony want to change in Caesar's will after conversing with Octavius?
(a) The property inheritances.
(b) The amount of money given to the citizens of Rome.
(c) The amount of money given to his beneficiaries.
(d) The placement of his title.

5. What happens to Cinna before the mob leaves him in Act 3, Scene 3?
(a) He joins the mob.
(b) He pledges his loyalty to Caesar.
(c) He pretends to die.
(d) He dies.

6. What does Octavius order be done with Brutus's body?
(a) It is to be left on the battlefield.
(b) It is to be buried with respect.
(c) It is to be cremated.
(d) It is to be cast into the sea.

7. At the end of the play, what does Octavius claim he will do to all of the men in Brutus's service?
(a) Take them into his own regiment.
(b) Kill them.
(c) Brand them all as traitors.
(d) Allow them a time of respite to bury their dead.

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

9. What did Brutus do to wrong Cassius in Act 4, Scene 3?
(a) Ignored a letter of defense for a man accused of taking bribes.
(b) Never praised him in public for his part in the assassination.
(c) Took over the assassination plot.
(d) Didn't give Cassius as much power as he wanted.

10. What news does Lucius bring Brutus from Cassius in Act 4, Scene 2?
(a) Casisus is making plans to join Brutus in his camp.
(b) Cassius was warm and welcoming.
(c) Cassius was polite, but cold.
(d) Cassius was a nervous wreck.

11. How did Portia die?
(a) She jumped off the Senate House.
(b) She drank poison.
(c) She stabbed herself.
(d) She swallowed fire.

12. What does Brutus tell his hidden legions to do during the battle against Marc Antony?
(a) Send reinforcements.
(b) Double arm themselves against the archers.
(c) Replace the fallen members of the wing.
(d) Attack Octavius's wing.

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

14. What happens when Titinius goes to check on Cassius's tent in Act 5, Scene 3?
(a) He is successful in putting out the fire.
(b) He is surrounded by horesemen.
(c) He is killed instantly.
(d) He begins hand-to-hand combat with enemy forces outside the tent.

15. Which of these is NOT a bad omen that Cassius sees the morning before his battle with Marc Antony?
(a) Kites flying overhead.
(b) Crows in formation.
(c) Ravens flying.
(d) Snakes in the water.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the mob first do when they find Cinna?

2. What did Caesar leave to all the people of Rome in his Will?

3. Who enters Rome as Marc Antony finishes his eulogy of Caesar?

4. What are Cassius and Brutus doing while Marc Antony and Octavius are talking in Act 4, Scene 1?

5. How does Marc Antony feel about the chaos and confusion his speech causes?

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