Julius Caesar Final Test
1. What job title does Flavius have at the beginning of the play?
a. Tribune
2. What does Marullus ask the people he stops in the street at the beginning of the play?
a. Why they are not working
3. Who does Marullus stop in the street at the beginning of the play?
a. Commoners
4. Who was Pompey before the Civil War?
a. Casear’s co-ruler
5. Why does Casear want Anthony to greet Calpurnia in a certain manner in Act 1, Scene 2?
a. To cure her barreness
6. Why is Brutus not running in the same race that Anthony is at the celebration for?
a. He is not a sportsman
7. Why does Cassius want Brutus to take part in his plan?
a. Casear loves Brutus
8. When did Cicero last see an owl when he is talking to Casca?
a. Noon
9. How long has Brutus suffered with insomnia when Cassius comes to his house?
a. A month
10. Which of the other conspirators have suffered loss of sleep over the matter of Casear’s assassination?
a. None
11. What about Cicero does Metellus think would add viability to their assassination plot?
a. His silver hairs
12. Why does Cassius think Anthony should be killed as well?
a. He is a powerful friend of Casear’s
13. Why does Brutus say he does not want to kill Anthony?
a. Anthony’s power comes purely from his friendship with Caesar
14. Which of these bad omens in Act2, Scene 2, has Calpurnia NOT seen?
a. A naked warrior
15. Why are these superstitions in Act 2, Scene 2 so odd to hear from Calpurnia?
a. She has never been superstitious
16. What does Caesar say would make him a coward after Calpurnia tells him her worries in Act 2, Scene 2?
a. Fearing death
17. What does Caesar say about the signs Calpurnia has seen of impending doom?
a. He will risk the chance of death to uphold his honor
18. What did the priests in the sacrificed animal that make them tell Caesar to stay at home?
a. No heart in the sacrificed animal
19. What is the occupation of the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house on the day of his assassination?
a. A soothsayer
20. What does the man waiting for Caesar to leave his house say about virtues?
a. The last shreds of virtue in Rome will be destroyed that day
21. What is Caesar’s last warning of his impending doom on the day of his assassination?
a. Artemidrous’ letter
22. Who is the one person in this play who interprets a personal dream correctly?
a. Calpurnia
23. Who is Caesar’s closest friend?
a. Marc Anthony
24. What will happen to Brutus if his plan regarding the assassination fails?
a. He will be put to death
25. What does Portia hope will happen at the Senate House on the day of Caesar’s assassination?
a. Brutus will succeed
26. What are Caesar’s last words before dying?
a. “Even you, Brutus?”
27. What does the second person to address the crowd after Caesar’s assassination bring with him when he speaks to the crowd?
a. Caesar’s body
28. What does Marc Anthony say he is doing when he first address the crowd after Caesar’s assassination?
a. Burying Caesar
29. How does Anthony refer to the conspirators while he is giving his eulogy on Caesar to the crowd?
a. Honorable men
30. Where is Cinna walking when the mob finds him in Act 3, Scene 3?
a. To the marketplace
31. What do the people do with Caesar’s body after Marc Anthony’s eulogy?
a. Burn it at the holy place
32. Who enters Rome as Marc Anthony finishes his eulogy of Caesar?
a. Octavius
33. What do Marc Anthony and Octavius do after Marc Anthony’s eulogy for Caesar?
a. Make a list of all the men who will die to avenge Caesar
34. Who does Marc Anthony designate to rule Spain?
a. Lepidus
35. How does Marc Anthony fell about Lepidus as a person?
a. He dislikes him
36. What does Marc Anthony compare Lepidus to after he leaves the meeting with Anthony and Octavius?
a. His horse
37. What are Cassius and Brutus doing while Marc Anthony and Octavius are talking in Act 4, Scene 1?
a. Forming an army
38. What is the name of Brutus’ most trusted servant?
a. Lucius
39. What does Brutus beg Cassius to not do when he arrives at Brutus’s camp?
a. Quarrel in front of the men
40. What did Brutus do to wrong Cassius in Act 4, Scene 3?
a. Ignored a letter of defense for a man accused of taking bribes.
41. What does Brutus accuse Cassius of after Cassius explained in Act4, Scene 3 how Brutus wronged him?
a. Having an itchy palm when it comes to money
42. How did Portis die?
a. She wallowed fire
43. Where does Octavius insist on taking his army when Brutus’ army arrives?
a. Up the left side of the battlefield
44. What does Brutus tell his hidden legions to do during the battle against Marc Anthony?
a. Attack Octavius’s wing
45. Who does Brutus not want to be compared to by committing suicide?
a. Cato
46. What does Lucilius offer a soldier who captures him to kill him?
a. No harm
47. What does Marc Anthony say when Lucilius is brought before him in Act 5, Scene 4?
a. He knows Lucilius is not Brutus
48. What does Marc Anthony order to be done with Lucilius as he leaves to re-enter the battle?
a. To be treated kindly
49. In Act 5, Scene 5, what does Brutus see that tells him it is his time to die?
a. Caesar’s ghost