1. Julius Caesar Literary and Rhetorical Devices
1. In the following line from Act I, scene i, which of the following may not be inferred from the passage?
Marullus (to the plebians):
And do you now put on your best attire?
And do you now cull out a holiday?
a. Marullus is utilizing an angry tone through his use of anaphora.
b. Marulus is utilizing rhetorical questions.
c. Marullus is well-dressed.
d. Marullus is referring to the plebians’ desire to celebrate Caesar’s return.

2. 2. What is Brutus’ passage in the excerpt below?
Brutus: That you do love me, I am nothing jealous; What you would work me to, I have some aim: How I have thought of this and of these times, I shall recount hereafter; for this present, I would not, so with love I might entreat you, Be any further moved. What you have said I will consider; what you have to say I will with patience hear, and find a time Both meet to hear and answer such high things. Till then, my noble friend, chew upon this: Brutus had rather be a villager Than to repute himself a son of Rome Under these hard conditions as this time Is like to lay upon us.
Cassius:
I am glad that my weak words Have struck but thus much show of fire from Brutus.
a. soliloquy
b. monologue
c. neither of the above
d. both a. and b.

3. 3. What is Cassius’ passage below?
Cassius (to himself):
And after this, let Caesar seat him sure;
For we will shake him, or worse days endure.
soliloquy
monologue
c. aside
d. none of the above

4. 4. What is the best choice for the tone of the following passage?
Brutus:
Vexed I am Of late with passions of some difference, Conceptions only proper to myself,
a. Turmoil
b. Anger
c. Sadness
d. Avarice

5. 5. Which diction most helped you decide your answer for number 4?
Brutus:
Vexed I am
Of late with passions of some difference, Conceptions only proper to myself,
a. “vexed” and “difference”
b. “passions” and “myself”
c. “of late”
d. All of the above

6. 6. What literary device is best revealed in the following passage?
Hence, home, you idle creatures!
a. internal conflict
b. repetition
c. alliteration
d. simile
7. What literary device is best revealed in the following passage? You blocks, you stones, you worse than senseless things! a. metaphor b. personification c. internal conflict d. simile

7. 9. Which literary device is best revealed in the following passage?
8. What literary device is best revealed in the following passage? Cassius: Ay, and that tongue of his, that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas it cried, ‘Give me some drink, Titinius,’ As a sick girl. a. simile b. external conflict c. internal conflict d. Both a. and b.
9. Which literary device is best revealed in the following passage?
Cinna:
Liberty! Freedom! Tyranny is dead! Run hence, proclaim, cry it about the streets.
a. repetition
b. metaphor
c. personification
d. external conflict

8. b. Brutus betrays Caesar.
10. Which of the following best describes why Julius Caesar is a tragedy?
a. Many people die.
b. Brutus betrays Caesar.
c. Brutus suffers a downfall due to his character.
d. Both a. and c.
11. Which of the following is revealed through the passage below?
Brutus:
If there be any in this assembly, any dear friend of Caesar's, to him I say, that Brutus' love to Caesar was no less than his. If then that friend demand why Brutus rose against Caesar, this is my answer: --Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
a. Brutus’ internal conflict
b. Brutus’ external conflict
c. Both a. and b.
d. Neither a. nor b.

9. 13. Which literary element is revealed in the following passage?
12. Which literary element is best revealed in the following passage?
Brutus:
Good countrymen, let me depart alone, And, for my sake, stay here with Antony: Do grace to Caesar's corpse, and grace his speech Tending to Caesar's glories; which Mark Antony, By our permission, is allow'd to make. I do entreat you, not a man depart, Save I alone, till Antony have spoke.
a. Irony; Antony will persuade the plebians to harm the conspirators after they’re the ones who gave him permission to speak.
b. Personficiation; “grace” is being personified.
c. Irony; Brutus wants to leave to be alone, when he ends up dying later in the play, eternally alone.
d. None of the above.
13. Which literary element is revealed in the following passage?
Danger knows full well
That Caesar is more dangerous than he.
a. Metaphor
b. Personification
c. Both a. and b.
d. Neither a. nor b.

10. 14. Which literary element is revealed in the following passage?
I could be well moved, if I were as you;
If I could pray to move, prayers would move me;
But I am constant as the Northern Star…
a. pun
b. simile
c. personification
d. All of the above
15. In the following passage from Act III, scene ii, which is the best choice for the rhetorical device revealed?
Who is here so base that would be a
bondman? If any, speak; for him have I offended.
Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman? If
any, speak; for him have I offended.
a. Anaphora
b. Aposeopesis
c. Apostrophe
d. Antithesis

11. 16. In the following passage, which is the best choice for the rhetorical device revealed?
Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.
a. Anaphora
b. Aposeopesis
c. Apostrophe
d. Antithesis
17. In the following passage, which is the best choice for the rhetorical device revealed?
O judgment! thou art fled to brutish beasts…
a. anaphora
b. apostrophe
c. alliteration
d. repetition

12. Who is here so vile that will not love his country?
18. In the following passage, which is the best choice for the rhetorical device revealed?
O mighty Caesar! dost thou lie so low? Are all thy conquests, glories, triumphs, spoils, Shrunk to this little measure? Fare thee well. I know not, gentlemen, what you intend,…
a. apostrophe
b. anaphora
c. aposiopesis
d. antithesis
19. In the following passage, which is the best choice for the rhetorical device revealed?
Who is here so vile that will not love his country?
a. apophasis
b. anaphora
c. aposiopesis
d. rhetorical question

13. 20. If you have tears, prepare to shed them now.
a. ethos
b. pathos
c. logos
21. You all did see that on the Lupercal
I thrice presented him a kingly crown,
Which he did thrice refuse: was this ambition?
22. Be patient till the last. Romans, countrymen, and lovers!
a. ethos and pathos
b. pathos only
c. logos only
d. logos and ethos
23. Had you rather Caesar were living and die all slaves, than that Caesar were dead, to live all free men?
a. ethos
b. pathos
c. logos
d. both b. and c.
24. As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honour him:
pathos, then ethos
b. ethos, then pathos
c. logos, then pathos
25. Who is here so/vile that will not love his country?
a. ethos
b. pathos
c. logos
d. none of the above

14. 26. He was my friend, faithful and just to me
a. ethos
b. pathos
c. logos
d. none of the above
27. When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept:
a. ethos and pathos
b. pathos and logos
c. logos and ethos
28. What elements and purpose are utilized in the following passage?
To every Roman citizen he gives, To every several man, seventy-five drachmas.
a. pathos and repetition
b. ethos and repetition
c. logos and anaphora
d. logos and repetition
29. You show'd your teeth like apes, and fawn'd like hounds, And bow'd like bondmen, kissing Caesar's feet;
a. simile and pathos
b. simile, hyperbole, and pathos
c. simile and ethos
d. hyperbole and logos
30. But this same day Must end that work the ides of March begun.
a. antithesis and ethos
b. antithesis and logos
c. anaphora and logos
d. aposiopesis and logos