Julius Caesar
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According to Gustav Freytag’s plot pyramid, what occurs in act one?
Exposition
Which biblical figure is Caesar return to Rome alluded?
Jesus Christ
What are the names of the two tributes in scene one?
Flavius and Marullus
What is a tribune?
Guards/ Sentienls
For whom did they fight for in the civil war?
Pompey
What is a cobbler?
Shoemaker
In what form does a cobbler speak?
Pros
In what form does a tribune speak?
Blank Verse
In what form does the carpenter speak?
Pros
When does act l begin ?
February 15, 44 BC
What specific holiday is being celebrated as act 1 begins?
Lupercal
What does Lupercal mean?
Day of sex
What do JC’s feathers abstractly symbolize?
The people bringing him to power
Which Roman river is mentioned in the first scene?
Tiber
What percentage of the play is written in blank verse/ unrhymed iambic pentameter?
93%
What form is 7% of the play written in?
Pros
How many syllables are in one line of blank verse or unrhymed iambic pentameter?
10
How many iambs are in one line of blank verse
5
How many syllables are in one iambs?
2
Historically when did this act begin?
October 14, 45 BC
Which tribune tells his counterpart to “ disrobe the images”?
Flavius
Who was the god of fertility?
Lupercal
Which of JC’s wives appears in the second scene?
Calpurnia
Which chronological wife is she?
3rd and last
Who runs in the race of Lupercal?
Mark Antony
What is a soothsayer?
A person who sees the future
Who says this “ Stand you directly in Antonius way/ When he doth runs his course.”
Caesar
How many lines are in this quote “ Stand you directly in Antonius way/ When he doth runs his course.”
2
To whom is Aeneas compared?
Cassius
Who is Aeneas?
The Trojen Hero
To whom is Anchises compared?
Caesar
Who is Anchises?
Aeneas’ old sick father
How many lines are in this quote? “ Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world/ like a colossus, and we petty men…”
2
To whom is colossus compared?
Caesar
In which god’s image was colossus?
Helios
Which character is making all the comparisons?
Cassius
What does arena mean?
Sand
Who will Antony “ touch” in the race of Lupercal?
Calpurnia
Who is Julius Caesars right hand man?
Mark Antony
Who says this “ Beware the Ides of March”
Soothsayer
How many lines are in this quote “ Beware the Ides of March”?
1
Who says this “ He is a dreamer, let us leave him. Pass. “
Caesar
How many lines are in this quote “ He is a dreamer, let us leave him. Pass. “
1
Which character is the first to initiate the conspiracy?
Cassius
Who saved Jc’s life as a youth?
Cassius
In which manner did Jc almost die?
Drowning
In which Roman river did Caesar almost drown?
Tiber
What is an anachronism?
Something in the incorrect time period
Who informs Brutus and Cassius about Caesars embarrassing moment?
Casca
Who offers Caesar the crown?
Antony
Does Caesar accept the crown?
no
What sickness does Caesar have?
Syphilis and epilepsy
In which ear is JC deaf?
Left
Which two tribunes were put to silence?
Malvaius and Flavious
Who forged the letters to Brutus?
Cassius
How many letters does Cassius write?
3
3 specific locations of where the letter were placed?
Window, Chair , Father’s statue
which conspirator in scene 3 is worried about all the superstitious almonds occurring in Rome?
Casca
the four specific Omens that casca discusses in scene 3
A slave's hand that burns without harm
A lion that appears in the streets of Rome
3. Men who seem to be on fire
An owl hooting in the daytime
what is the date (month day year) as of scene 3?
March 14, 44 BC
which two conspirators in scene 3 claim that they will kill themselves if caesar is king?
Cassius and Casca
Which character is consistently compared to predators throughout the first act?
Caesar
How many scenes are in the 1st act?
3
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