Julius Caesar - Character Study

Leader of the conspiracy

Brutus

(1)________ wins the first battle at Philippi against (2) _____ and (3) ______

1. Brutus

2. Antony

3. Octavius

Brutus (1) ______ the second battle at Philippi against (2) _____ and (3) ______

1. Loses

2. Antony

3. Octavius

_________ commits suicide by swallowing hot coals

Portia

(1)______ wounded herself on her (2)______ to prove her discretion to (3) _______.

1. Portia

2. Thigh

3. Brutus - Her husband

Lobbies for Brutus to join and lead the conspiracy

Cassius

(1)________ warns that (2)_______ should be killed alongside (3)_______

1. Cassius

2. Antony

3. Caesar

________ warns to not allow Mark Antony to speak at the funeral

Cassius

(1)________ loses the first battle at Philippi against (2)________

1. Cassius

2. Antony

Who misinterprets a situation at Philippi, which causes them to commit suicide?

Cassius

First to stab Caesar

Casca

Who told the story of Caesar’s fall at the Lupercalia?

Casca

Who had an epileptic fit at the Lupercalia?

Caesar

(1)_______ dreamt that Caesar is a (2)________ with 100 spouts of blood?

1. Calpurnia - Caesar’s wife

2. Fountain

Caesar’s political ally

Antony

(1)_______ led the army against the conspirators with the help of (2)_______ at (3)________

1. Antony

2. Octavius

3. Philippi

(1)________ wins against Cassius in the (2) _____ battle

1. Antony

2. First Battle

Grand-nephew and heir of Caesar

Octavius

(1)_________ loses to Brutus in the (2)________ first battle

1. Octavius

2. First Battle

(1)__________ controls Rome with Antony and (2) _________

1. Octavius

2. Lepidus

_________ took all of Brutus’ followers into his own service

Octavius

Who reinterprets Calpurnia’s dream?

Decius

(1)_________ presents his petition for the return of his exiled brother as a means to get closer to (2)________

1. Metellus

2. Caesar

________ rejects the idea of killing Antony

Trebonius

What two people were executed by the order of Antony and Octavius?

Cicero and Publius

“Beware the Ides of March”

Soothsayer

_________ gives Caesar a letter, but Caesar refuses to read it

Artemidorus

Another poet is mistaken for ________, the conspirator

Cinna

Brother of Portia

Young Cato

Impersonated Brutus when captured by Antony’s troops

Lucilius

Who kills themselves when Cassius is found dead?

Titinius

_________, a longtime friend of Brutus, refuses to assist in Brutus’ suicide

Volumnius

Who assists in Brutus’ suicide?

Strato

Who assists in Cassius’ suicide?

Pindarus

Who was the third of the new triumvirate of Antony and Octavius?

Lepidus

Who killed Cinna the poet without justification?

The people of Rome