Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password

Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

English II "Julius Caesar" Act 1-3 Study Questions

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
show He defeated Pompey in a civil war.  
🗑
show Fortune Teller  
🗑
Caesar is warned to beware of what?   show
🗑
Maybe a BONUS: What does "The ides of March" mean.   show
🗑
show ignoring his warning  
🗑
Who does Cassius most desperately want/need on his team against Caesar? This man is harder to persuade than the others.   show
🗑
Caesar is thought to have:   show
🗑
show 3  
🗑
show He doesn't want to appear power-hungry.  
🗑
show He likes him but fears he's not right to lead Rome.  
🗑
Above all else, what is most important to Brutus?   show
🗑
show Brutus is the only one who knows the code to Caesar's safe.  
🗑
Cassius points out all of these about Caesar EXCEPT.   show
🗑
What sneaky plan does Cassius come up with to try to trick Brutus into joining the conspiracy against Caesar?   show
🗑
Where is Caesar headed on the morning of March 15th.   show
🗑
show Stormy  
🗑
show Foreshadowing  
🗑
show He is afraid of how Caesar will rule Rome.  
🗑
What actions does Lucius perform that help the plot unfold?   show
🗑
What is Brutus's internal Conflict?   show
🗑
Why does Brutus disagree about taking an oath?   show
🗑
show He is noble and people lookup to him.  
🗑
Why does Brutus say they should not ask Cicero to join the conspiracy?   show
🗑
What does Brutus say about killing Mark Antony?   show
🗑
show The storm and the weird things that happened that night. Caesar's wife, the priest, and the soothsayer were telling him not to go out.  
🗑
show He reinterprets Caesar's wife's dreams.  
🗑
show He's not sleeping or eating.  
🗑
How does she prove her strength to Brutus?   show
🗑
Why does Calpurnia want Caesar to stay home?   show
🗑
Describe Calpurnia's dream.   show
🗑
show He said Caesar's blood stood for his rule over Rome and that it would heal and cleanse the people.  
🗑
show Someone else could be crowned.  
🗑
show He plans to stop Caesar, who is on his way to the Capitol, and give him the letter about the conspirators.  
🗑
show She nervous because something going on with Brutus.  
🗑
show Tell Brutus that she is marry.  
🗑
show Beware the ides of March.  
🗑
show Artemidorus  
🗑
In Caesar's last speeches, when he refuses to pardon Publius Cimber, his tone is:   show
🗑
"O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / that I am meek and gentle with these butchers! / Thou art the ruin of the noblest man / That ever lived in the tide of times. / Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!" Identify the speaker.   show
🗑
The first to stab Caesar is:   show
🗑
show Antony  
🗑
show Accepts the murder and supports the conspiators.  
🗑
Over Caesar's body, Antony says that someone will "Cry Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war." Who is he talking about?   show
🗑
show In his soliloquy over Caesar's body.  
🗑
What do the conspirators ask Caesar to do.   show
🗑
What does Antony tell Brutus and the conspirators when he first arrives after Caesar's death?   show
🗑
Brutus and Cassius disagreed about Antony in Act 2, and they disagree about him again in Act 3. About what, specifically, do they disagree?   show
🗑
show the northern star  
🗑
show They are going to murder him.  
🗑
show Et tu, Brute? Then fall, Caesar.  
🗑
In his oration, how does Antony show that the conspirators were not honorable?   show
🗑
show Caesar wept right along with his poor citizens; if he's ambitious, he ought to be tougher than that.  
🗑
Why does Brutus speak first after Caesar's death?   show
🗑
show It emphasizes the treachery involved and makes each conspirator personally responsible for Caesar's death.  
🗑
show He is both loyal to Caesar and also very clever.  
🗑
What news is reported to Antony at the end of Scene 2?   show
🗑
show Rome  
🗑
show Antony  
🗑
show 25 silver coins  
🗑
show Honorable men  
🗑
show All of the options: Caesar's will, Caesar's body, Caesar's cloak.  
🗑
show They are easily manipulated.  
🗑
show Cinna  
🗑
Which statement sums up this scene, in which the plebeians attack an innocent man?   show
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: P.V.A.