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Caesar
Caesar test
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English
10th Grade
05/12/2014

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Term
Portia
Definition

Wife of Brutus

a. Calphurnia

b. Portia

c. Cinna

Term
Calphurnia
Definition

wife of Caesar

a. Calphurnia

b. Portia

c. Cinna

Term
soothsayer
Definition

Warns Caesar "beware the ides of March"

a. Calphurnia

b. Antony

c. soothsayer

Term
Brutus
Definition

Honorable reputation, joins conspiracy, is last to stab Caesar

a. Cinna

b. Cassius

c. Brutus

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Antony
Definition

Loyal friend to Caesar

a. Octavius

b. Antony

c. Brutus

 

Term
March 15
Definition

What day of the month is "the ides of March"?

a. 12

b. 14

c. 15

Term
Decius
Definition

Conspirator who flattered Caesar to get him to go to the Capitol

a. Casca

b. Decius

c. Brutus

Term
April 23
Definition

When is Shakespeare's birth and death date?

a. April 18

b. April 23

c. April 30

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Anne Hathaway
Definition

Who was Shakespeare married to?

a. Anna Hathaway

b. Annie Hathaway

c. Anne Hathaway

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came from poor background
Definition

Why do people doubt that Shakespeare wrote his plays?

a. the names used

b. his handwriting was different

c. came from poor background

Term
1599
Definition

When was Julius Caesar play first performed?

a. 1550

b. 1575

c. 1599

Term
Artemidorus
Definition

Who wrote the letter to warn Caesar about the conspirators?

a. Artemidorus

b. Casca

c. Decius

Term
Cassius
Definition

Who is the brains behind the Caesar murder?

a. Casca

b. Brutus

c. Cassius

Term
Caesar
Definition

Ruler of Rome--caused fear in citizens that he would gain too much power

a. Caesar

b. Casca

c. Cassius

Term
Octavius
Definition

Caesar's nephew--joins Antony in bringing down Brutus and Cassius

a. Decius

b. Artemidorus

c. Octavius

Term
disrobing the statues
Definition

What do Flavius and Murellus do that results in them being "silenced"?

a. mock Caesar in the crowd

b. beat Cinna the poet

c. disrobe the statues

Term
Cassius
Definition

Who is Caesar concerned about when talking to Antony?

a. Casca

b. soothsayer

c. Cassius

Term
Three
Definition

How many times does Caesar reject the crown in front of the crowd?

a. 1

b. 2

c. 3

Term
Letters
Definition

What does Cassius use to trick Brutus?

a. dreams

b. letters

c. prophecy

Term
Thunderstorm
Definition

What freaks Casca out?

a. dream Calphurnia had

b. thunderstorm/sightings

c. soothsayer's warning

Term
Priest
Definition

Who does Caesar want to interpret Calphurnia's dream?

a. gods

b. priests

c. senators

Term
statute of Caesar with holes
Definition

What is Calphurnia's dream about?

a. Statue of Caesar with holes

b. Hanging body of Caesar

c. Caesar with 30 knives in his body

Term
Antony
Definition

Who is Cassius constantly suspicious about throughout the play?

a. Caesar

b. Decius

c. Antony

Term
his friend being captured
Definition

What is Cassius misinformed about?

a. his best friend being captured

b. Brutus dying

c. the army coming to attack him

Term
Groundlings
Definition

What the "poor" people called at the Globe Theater?

a. Grounders

b. Groundlings

c. Grublings

Term
to escape the black death
Definition

Why did people go to theater in Shakespeare's day?

a. to see the latest talent

b. to escape the poverty/disease

c. to throw food at the actors

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