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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Cassius feel about the chaos in the city when he is talking to Casca in Act 1, Scene 3?
(a) It makes him nervous.
(b) He has not noticed it at all.
(c) He is angry about it.
(d) He loves it.

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

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

4. 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 stripped of his title as a senator.
(c) To be banished.
(d) To serve the people as a slave.

5. Why does Brutus say he does not want to kill Antony?
(a) Antony's power comes purely from his friendship with Caesar.
(b) Antony is a friend of the Republic.
(c) Antony will understand.
(d) Antony is too well-liked by the people to be murdered.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does Cassius want Brutus to take part in his plan?

2. What is Caesar celebrating in Act 1, Scene 2?

3. Why is Portia so worried for her husband on the day of Caesar's assassination?

4. Which of these bad omens in Act 2, Scene 2 has Calpurnia NOT seen?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Caesar have done first thing on the morning of his assassination day?

2. What will happen to Brutus if his assassination plan fails?

3. Why does Caesar want Antony to strike his wife with a thong of goatskin?

4. What does Casca think all the bad omens in Rome are an indication of?

5. What does Brutus tell the crowd to look on as he addresses them after Caesar's assassination?

6. In Act 1, Scene 3, why is Casca so frightened and breathless when he meets Cicero on the street?

7. What does Lucius find in Brutus' study that convinces Brutus to join the conspiracy?

8. What does Decius do to convince Caesar to come to the Senate House on the day of his assassination?

9. Who is the first person to stab Caesar?

10. What has Caesar done to every legitimate warning he has heard about his impending death?

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