Julius Caesar Test

What does beseech mean?

to implore urgently

What does replication mean?

the act or process of replicating, especially for experimental purposes, a reply or answer.

What does concave mean?

curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or a hollow sphere; hollow + curved

What does vexed mean?

Irritated or annoyed

What does tyranny mean?

arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority

What does countenance mean?

appearance, especially the look or expression of the face

What does lament mean?

to feel or express sorrow or regret for

What does fawn mean?

to seek notice or favor by flattery or servile behavior

What does infirmity mean?

a physical weakness or ailment

What does rogue mean?

a dishonest or unprincipled person (a man)

What does spurn mean?

to reject with disdain; scorn

What does augment mean?

to make larger, enlarge in size, number, strength, or extent; increase

What does mettle mean?

courage and fortitude

What does harlot mean?

a prostitute or a sexually promiscuous woman

What does suffice mean?

sufficed, sufficing

What does emulate mean?

to try to equal or excel; imitate with effort to equal or surpass

What does fray mean?

a fight, battle, or skirmish

What does portent mean?

an indication or omen of something about to happen, especially something momentous

What does imminent mean?

likely to occur at any moment; impending

What does expound mean?

to set forth or state in detail

What does puissant mean?

powerful; mighty; potent

What does banish mean?

to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile

What does cur mean?

a mongrel dog, especially a worthless or unfriendly one

What does slanderous mean?

relating to or being false, malicious, and defamatory statement or report

What does choler mean?

irascibility; anger; wrath; irritability

What does corruption mean?

the act of corrupting or state of being corrupt

What does cynic mean?

a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view

What does gallant mean?

brave, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous

What does chivalrous mean?

having the qualities of chivalry as courage, courtesy, or loyalty

What does exigent mean?

requiring immediate action or aid; urgent; pressing

What does peevish mean?

cross, querulous or fretful as from vexation or discontent

What is the first part of Freytag’s pyramid?

exposition (act 1)

What happens in the exposition?

in the exposition we get to know the setting, characters, and primary conflict

What is the second part of Freytag’s pyramid?

rising action (act 2)

What happens in the rising action?

develops the main conflict, building through a series of events

What is the third part of Freytag’s pyramid?

climax/crisis (act 3)

What happens in the climax?

the point where the main conflict reaches its highest intensity

What is the fourth part of Freytag’s pyramid?

falling action (act 4)

What happens in the falling action?

the fallout of the central conflict moving towards the resolution

What is the fifth part of Freytag’s pyramid?

resolution (act 5)

What happens in the resolution?

resolves the remaining issues, providing closure

Who was Gustav Freytag?

he was a nineteenth century novelist, critic, and lecturer in Germany

What was Caesar’s hamartia (fatal flaw)

ambition

What is the Iambic Pentameter?

the pattern or rhythm of a line of poetry or verse and has to do with the number of syllables in the line and the emphasis placed on those syllables

What does foreshadowing mean?

an indication of something that will happen in the future

What does symbolism mean?

to take a concrete object and make it represent it with something else

What does alliteration mean?

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words.

What does assonance mean?

(in poetry) a repetition of the sound of a vowel (ex. penitence, reticence)

What does aside mean?

where the actor speaks to the audience

What does monologue mean?

a long speech by one actor, with at least one other actor present

What does soliloquy mean?

a solo actor on stage giving a long speech

When was Shakespeare born?

April 23, 1564

When did Shakespeare die?

April 23, 1616

Who was Shakespeare married to?

Anne Hathaway

Who production group was Shakespeare a part of?

Lord Chamberlain’s Men

What was Shakespeare’s home theater?

The Globe Theater

How many plays did Shakespeare write?

37

What were the categories of plays that Shakespeare wrote?

histories, tragedies, and comedies

When was Julius Caesar written?

(estimated) 1599

What is Julius Caesar considered?

a history and a tragedy

Who said “The ides of March are come”

Julius Caesar

Who said “Ay, Caesar, but not gone”

A Soothsayer

Who said “Look at how he makes to Caesar, mark him”

Brutus

Who said “Casca, be sudden, for we fear prevention”

Cassius

Who said “Cassius be constant. For look, he smiles, and Caesar doth change”

Brutus

Who said “ Are we all ready? What is now amiss, That Caesar and his Senate must redress?”

Caesar

Who said “Most high, most mighty, and most puissant Caesar, Metellus Cimber throws before they seat, An humble heart.”

Metellus

Who said “I kiss thy hand, but not in flattery, Caesar”

Brutus

Who said “But I am constant as the Northern Star”

Caesar

Who said “Hence. Wilt thou lift up Olympus?

Caesar

Who said “Great Caesar'-”

Decius Brutus

Who said “Doth not Brutus bootless kneel?”

Caesar

Who said “Speak, hands, for me!”

CascaWho

Who said “Et tu Brute?”

Caesar

Who said “Ambition’s debt is paid”

Brutus

Who said '“Let each man render me his bloody hand.”

Mark Antony

Who said “My credit now stands on such slippery ground”

Mark Antony

Who said “Upon this hope, that you shall give me reasons, why and wherein Caesar was dangerous,”

Mark Antony

Who said “Antony, the son of Caesar.”

Brutus

Who said “Cry Havoc and let slips the dogs of war!” What is this an Allusion to?

Mark Antony, Julius Caesar

Who said “Not that I loved Caesar less, but I loved Rome more.”

Brutus

Who said “But, as he was ambitious, I slew him.” “And death for his ambition.”

Brutus

Who said “For Brutus is an honorable man, so they are all honorable men.”

Mark Antony (repetition w increasing irony)

Who said “This was the most unkindest of them all” What does it mean?

Mark Antony, backstabbing a friend

Who said “Here is himself, married as you see with traitors.”

Mark Antony

Who said “I am no orator, as Brutus is, But, as you know me all, a plain blunt man.”

Mark Antony

Who said “I dreamt tonight that I did feast with Caesar.”

Cinna the poet

Who said “These many, then, shall die; their names are pricked”

Antony

Who said “Your brother too must die, Consent you, Lepidus.”

Octavius

Who said “You wronged yourself to write in such a case.:

Brutus

Who said “In such a time as this it is not meet, That every nice offense should bear his comment.”

Cassius

Who said “Remember the ides of March remember. Did not great Julius bleed for justice sake?”

Brutus

Who said “I had rather be a dog and bay the moon, than such a Roman.”

Brutus

Who said “For I am armed so strong in honesty that they pass by me as the idle wind.”

Brutus

Who said “as in thy red rays thou dost sink to night, so in his red blood Cassius’ day is set.”

Titinius

Who said “Beware the ides of March”

A Soothsayer

Who said “Who is it in the press that calls on me”

Caesar

Who said “Men at some time are masters of their fates. The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings.”

Cassius

Who said “Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look. He thinks too much, such men are dangerous.”

Caesar