1. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Test Review for Acts I-III

2. Julius Caesar Jeopardy
About the Play
Characters
Plot
Literary Devices
Surprise
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3. 200 Julius Caesar the play was written during this time in this place.
1599, London, England, during the Elizabethan Period
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4. 200
What is the setting of the play?
Ancient Rome, 44 B.C.E.
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5. 200
At the beginning of the play, what two main things are the Romans celebrating?
The Feast of the Lupercal and Caesar’s defeat over Pompey.
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6. 200
The line, “It was Greek to me” from the play is an example of this type of figurative language.
This is an idiom. An idiom is a well-known phrase. “It was Greek to me” means I don’t understand.
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7. 200
The line, “Beware the ides of March,” is spoken by which character and is an example of this literary element.
It is spoken by the Soothsayer and it’s an example of foreshadowing because it hints at en event in the future.
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8. What is the play’s genre?
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What is the play’s genre?
Tragedy
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9. 400 He is deaf in one ear and has the “falling sickness,” epilepsy.
Which physical weaknesses that Caesar has make him more human, and less God-like?
He is deaf in one ear and has the “falling sickness,” epilepsy.
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10. 400
How does Cassius use persuasion to convince Brutus to join the conspiracy?
He tells Brutus that Caesar is not worthy of being king, Caesar is weak, and he uses flattery with Brutus.

11. 400
The clock and the doublet mentioned in the play were not yet invented in 44 B.C.; this is an example of which literary element?
anachronism
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12. 400
When Brutus says, “And therefore think him a serpent’s egg, which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, and kill him in the shell,” to what is he referring and which type of figurative language does he use?
He means that they must kill Julius Caesar before he becomes king and becomes evil. He uses a metaphor—a comparison without using like or as.
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13. 600 Explain three of the play’s themes.
Power, fate vs. free will, betrayal, and public vs. private self
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14. 600
When Cassius says to Brutus, “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves, that we are underlings,” to which theme does this best relate?
Fate
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15. 600
Both Brutus and Marc Antony speak at Julius Caesar’s funeral. What does Antony try to convince the plebeians? What does Brutus try to convince them?
Antony tries to convince the plebeians that Julius Caesar was not ambitious and that his murder was done for the wrong reasons. Brutus tries to convince the plebeians that it had to be done to preserve their freedom
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16. 600
When Ligarius says, “Thou like an exorcist, hast conjured up my mortified spirit,” to Brutus, what does he mean? This is an example of what type of literary device?
He means that Brutus has inspired him to join the conspiracy and he uses a simile (a comparison using like or as)
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17. 600
Calpurnia’s dream of Caesar’s statue spouting blood is an example of which literary device?
Foreshadowing of Caesar’s death.
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18. 800
The three members of the first triumvirate formed in 60 B.C.E. include
Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
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19. 800 Why does Cassius not trust Antony to speak at Caesar’s funeral?
He knows Antony is skilled at persuasion, he knows the plebeians are fickle, and he worries Antony will make the conspirators look bad.
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20. 800 Cassius and the other conspirators worry about Caesar’s?
AMBITION (desires for the future)
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21. 800 What Aristotle’s Three Appeals, and what does each one mean?
Ethos= credible speakers
Pathos= emotion
Logos= reasons/logic
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22. 800
Which characters were involved in the conspiracy against Julius Caesar? (list all eight)
Brutus, Cassius, Decius, Metellus, Trebonius, Ligarius, Cinna, and Casca
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23. 1000 What is a soliloquy? Provide an example of one from the play.
A soliloquy is a speech that a character says while alone. One example is when Brutus discusses his true feelings about Caesar and how he would change.
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24. 1000
Explain three signs that Caesar ignores or misinterprets which lead to his assassination.
Artemidorus’ letter
Calpurnia’s dream
The Soothsayer’s, “Beware the ides of March”
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25. 1000
When Casca says,“I have seen the tempests (storms) when the scolding winds/Have rived the knotty oaks, and I have seen/The ambitious ocean swell, and rage, and foam…” (I.iii) to what is he referring?
He refers to the storm and, being ambitious, it’s a metaphor for Caesar swelling and raging like the ocean.
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26. 1000
Caesar’s response to the Soothsayer’s warning is an example of which literary device?
Misinterpretation of signs motif
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27. 1000 Back The Roman Republic’s three branches of government include
The Senate, the Assembly, and Two Consuls
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