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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. What are the conspirators going to do in Act 2, Scene 3 once they reach the Senate house after passing Artemidorus?
(a) Banish Caesar.
(b) Pay tribute to Caesar.
(c) Kill Caesar.
(d) Crown Caesar.

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

3. Why does Caesar want Antony to greet Calpurnia in a certain manner in Act 1, Scene 2?
(a) To let her say goodbye to him.
(b) To lift her low spirits.
(c) To show her she is loved.
(d) To cure her barrenness.

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

5. What does Caesar say he is as constant as just before he is stabbed in the Senate House?
(a) The North Star.
(b) The Gods.
(c) The rivers flowing to the ocean.
(d) A faithful wife.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. At the end of Act 1, what does Cassius think the recent strange happenings are a result of?

3. What does Caesar tell Antony to do to his wife as he passes her in the street during his race at the celebration?

4. How did Cassius once save Caesar?

5. Why does Cassius think Antony should be killed as well?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the people so happy to see Caesar reject the crown as Emperor of Rome?

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

3. In Act 1, Scene 3, why is Caesar so surprised when more senators join Metullus's cause after Brutus has already been denied?

4. What is Artemidorus's occupation?

5. What does Metellus ask of Caesar just before he is assassinated?

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

7. Why does Calpurnia disagree with Caesar's statement that all the bad omens she has seen could be meant for anyone in Rome?

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

9. Who does Portia go to for news about the events at the Senate House in Act 2, Scene 4?

10. Why does Brutus feel that killing Marc Antony is an unneeded part of their assassination plot?

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