1. Julius Caesar Acts 1 and 2 Test

2. AMBITIOUS LEADER
Julius Caesar

3. LEADER OF THE CONSPIRACY
Caius Cassius

4. STRUGGLES WITH CAESAR’S POWER
Brutus

5. CAESAR’S LOYAL ALLY
Mark Antony

6. BRUTUS’ WIFE
Portia

7. CAESAR’S WIFE
Calpurnia

8. wise and respected man; excluded from plot
Cicero

9. dull man who relates Caesar’s “crowning”
Casca

10. SCOLDS THE COBBLER AND COMMONER
Flavius

11. WARNS CAESAR “BEWARE THE IDES OF MARCH”
Soothsayer

12. MANIUPULATES CASESAR BY CONVINCING HIM TO ATTEND THE SENATE
Decius Brutus

13. Cassius – Act I, scene ii , 103-105
“I was born free as Caesar, so were you;
We both have fed as well, and we can both
Endure the winter’s cold as well as he.”
Shows Cassius did not see Caesar as “above” him in station
He did not think Caesar deserved to be crowned
He felt they had all done the same work and were equally deserving

14. Cassius – Act I, scene ii, 146-147
“The fault, dear Brutus, is not is our stars,
But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
Fate is not what drives men to their decisions and actions, but rather the human condition

15. Casca – Act I, scene ii,
“but for mine own part , / it was Greek to me.”
Commonly used phrase
Means “I don’t understand”
Still used today

16. Notes are on my teacher page on PHS website
DRAMATIC ELEMENTS – what we use to analyze and evaluate pieces of drama
MONOLOGUE – an extended speech by one person
SOLILOQUY – is a type of monologue in which a character directly addresses an audience or speaks his thoughts aloud while alone on the stage

17. KNOW THE EVENTS OF THE PLAY