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Julius Caesar
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What actions do the tribunes Flavius and Marullus take to restrain popular support of Caesar? | tale down the decorations honoring Caesar; send the people home |
| How are Flavius and Marullus punished? | banished |
| Why have Caesar and his attendants gathered in a public square near the Forum? | run the race/feast of Lupercal |
| What warning does Caesar receive from a soothsayer? | Beware the Ides of March |
| What reason does Brutus give for not attending the games? | He is not gamesome (does not like sports) |
| How did Cassius once save Caesar's life? | saved him from drowning |
| What is Antony's opinion of Cassius? | tried and valiant soldier |
| Brutus and Cassius hear the crowd shout 3 times. What does the shouting mean? | Anthony has offered Caesar and he has refused |
| On the night of the storm, what unnatural events does Casca report? | slave hand is burning, lion walking in the street |
| Whom does Cassius win over to the conspiracy at the end of the first act? | Casca |
| When the play opens, it is February 15, the Feast of Lupercal. How much time has passed when the second act begins? | a month |
| Who is responsible for the anonymous letters that Brutus has been receiving? | Cassius |
| Why is Lucius unable to recognize the men who accompany Cassius? | hoods around their faces |
| Why do the conspirators wish to have Cicero join them? | He is a good speaker and well liked. |
| Why one of the conspirators is confident that he can get Caesar to the Capitol? | Decius |
| What do the augurers find when they examine the animal they have killed as a sacrifice? | does not have a heart |
| What has Calpurnia dreamed? | a statue of Caesar full of holes spouting blood |
| According to Decius, what is the Senate planning to present to Caesar? | crown |
| Who knows of the conspiracy and plans to warn Caesar? | Aretimedorous |
| What message does Portia send to Brutus at the Senate House? | |
| Why does Caesar push aside the paper Artemidorus asks him to read? | He wants to take care of the Senate business first. |
| Who is the first conspirator to strike Caesar? | Casca |
| Why does Antony send word to Octavius? | It is unsafe for him to come to Rome; he is Caesar's nephew and heir to the throne |
| What does Brutus give the citizens as his reason for killing Caesar? | He was ambitious |
| According to Antony, what are the terms of Caesar's will? | Each citizen gets 75 drachmas and the public parks. |
| What news does Antony receive of Brutus and Cassius? | why they killed Caesar |
| What does the mob do in revenge for Caesar's death? | He revolt and kill Cinna the poet. |
| Why does Antony send Lepidus to Caesar's house? | to get Caesar's will |
| What is Antony's opinion of Lepidus? | He is only a messenger. |
| What does Octavius say in defense of Lepidus? | |
| Why has Brutus asked Cassius for money? | to pay his legions (soldiers) |
| Why does the poet ask to see Brutus and Cassius? | to find out why they are quarreling |
| Why has Portia taken her own life? | she thought she would never see Brutus again and she thought that they were going to lose the war |
| What has happened to Cicero? | He has been put to death. All the people accused of being conspirators (postscript ion) were killed. This left money over int he will. |
| Where will Brutus and Cassius face the legions of Antony and Octavius? | Philippi |
| How does the ghost identify itself? | |
| What is the ghost's reason for visiting Brutus? | to tell him that he will be at Philippi |
| During the parley before the battle, Cassius refers to "a peevish schoolboy" and "a masker and a reveler." Identify both persons. | peevish schoolboy -Octavius masker and a reveler- |
| What has changed Cassius' belief in the philosophy of Epicurus? | |
| What mistake leads Cassius to take his own life? | He believes that Titinius has been capture and they are losing the war so he kills himself. |
| How is Lucilius treated by Antony? | with respect |
| What convinces Brutus that his hour has come? | |
| irony | defined as the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning |
| What are the 3 types of irony? | verbal, dramatic, and irony of situation |
| Verbal irony | when a writer or speaker says one thing and means something entirely different |
| dramatic irony | when a reader or an audience knows something that a character in the story or play does not know |
| Irony of Situation | when the writer shows a discrepancy between the expected result of some action or situation and its actual results |
| great man | tthe hero is neither a villain but is basically good and descent |
| hamartia | mmistake(as flaw or as error |
| tragic hero | a man of noble stature |
| What are the 3 mistakes Brutus made? | letting him speak at the funeral leaving before the speech meeting Antony at Philippi |
| Who was part of the Triumvirate? | Octavius, Antony, and Lepidus |
| Who brought Caesar to court? | Decius |
| Why does Caesar fear Cassius? | He has a hungry look in his eye(dramatic irony) |
| What is William Shakespeare's company? | Lord Chamberlain's Men |
| What is the theater called? | Globe Theater |
| Describe the Shakespearean Theater. | no roof, no female actresses-boys played the parts, no props, no scenery, no make-up, area-pit, trapdoor used for natural sound effects, actors to come out, echo chamber |
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