Julius Caesar Test Part II

Where was Shakespeare born?

Stratford-Upon Avon, England

WHat year was Julius Caesar first performed?

1599

During what era did Shakespeare live?

Renaissance

Intermit

Pause, suspend, delay, hold back

Hinder

Delay, obstruct, get in the way

Recount

Tell a story

Shrewd

Cunning, calculating

Exploit

Act or deed, usually admirable

Valiant

A brave person

Amiss

In an improper or mistaken way

Redress

Remedy or correct a wrong

Confounded

Confused, puzzled

Compact

Agreement between parties

Mutiny

Rebellion against the leadership

Heirs

People who receive an inheritance

Knave

Lowborn man, servant, often dishonest

Cur

A coward, an inferior person

Peevish

Argumentative, cranky

Misconstrued

Interpreted wrongly

Proclaim

Announce in a public fashion

What is the definition of Exposition

Background info

What is the definition of Exciting (Inciting) Force

An event that begins the movement of the play

What is the definition of Rising Action

Anything between the exciting force and climax

What is the definition of climax

Turning point of the play

What is the definition of falling action

Anything leading from the climax to the moment of final suspense

What is the definition of final suspense

Something impactful goes right for a moment

What is the definition of Resolution (Catastrophe)

The main character passes away.

Name Caesar’s 3 wives in the order that he married them

Cornelia, Calpurnia, Cleopatra

Who was the leader of Rome before Pompey succeeded him?

Sulla

With what other 2 people did Caesar form the first triumvirate?

Pompey and Crassus

Pompey was told to kill Caesar and bring back his heart, what kind of heart did Pompey bring back?

A pig’s heart

What was Caesar’s daughter’s name, and to whom did she get married?

Julia. Pompey.

What important supply did the pirates cut off from Rome that led to shortage of bread?

Grain

In exchange for his daughter’s hand, Caesar asked Pompey for a conquest to where?

Gaul

What does Caesar do in order to defeat Vercingetorix at Alesia?

Built a double wall to starve them and fend against their allies

Of what did Caesar’s daughter, Julia, die?

Child birth

Who was the Queen of Egypt that Caesar had an affair with that Marc Antony was later married to?

Cleopatra