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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 many times did Caesar refuse the crown offered him by Antony?
(a) 0.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 2.

2. Who becomes the leader of the conspirators the day before the assassination?
(a) Casca.
(b) Artemidorus.
(c) Cassius.
(d) Brutus.

3. What do the conspirators do after Caesar is dead before leaving the Senate House to explain this deed to the people?
(a) Prepare a speech.
(b) Bathe in Caesar's blood.
(c) Cleanse Caesar's body.
(d) Defile Caesar's body.

4. What does Calpurnia say that eventually convinces Caesar to stay at home in Act 2, Scene 2?
(a) The crown will fit more comfortably on a day not laden with omens.
(b) He can use her worries as an excuse.
(c) Antony can tell the Senate that Caesar is ill.
(d) The Senate will be more convinced that he is not a tyrant if he stays home.

5. What will happen if Caesar does not pay attention to what the man waiting for Caeser to leave his house gives him?
(a) Caesar will shed much blood before the day is out.
(b) Caesar will die.
(c) The Senate will not lead well.
(d) Rome will fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Caesar's closest friend?

2. What does Brutus personally promise Rome while alone in his backyard?

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

4. Where does Cicero talk to Casca when they first appear in the play?

5. How many hills are in Rome?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Artemidorus's occupation?

2. Why does Portia send Lucius to the Senate House on the day of Caesar's assassination?

3. What has Caesar deemed worth of a celebration at the beginning of the play?

4. Why does Caesar decide to wait to read the letter from Artemidorus?

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

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

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

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

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

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