1. Julius Caesar
Test Review

2. Test Format Quotes (10) Character identification (10)
Multiple choice, general information (25)
Terms: anachronism, soliloquy v. monologue, aphorism
Essay (16)

3. Quotes “But I am as constant as the northern star.” Julius Caesar
Caesar is in the senate. Metellus Cimber has asked him to reconsider the exile of his brother, but Caesar refuses to change his mind.

4. Quotes
“Caesar hath not the falling-sickness; but you, and I, we have the falling-sickness.”
Cassius

5. Quotes
“What means this shouting? I do fear the people choose Caesar for their king.”
Brutus
Brutus and Cassius are listening to the race and ensuing action (Antony offering the crown). Brutus hears the crowd roar and fears the truth. Cassius seizes upon this statement to continue trying to manipulate Brutus.

6. Quotes
“I shall remember: / When Caesar says, ‘Do this,’ it is performed.”
Mark Antony

7. Quotes
“Caesar now be still; / I killed not thee with half so good a will.”
Brutus
Brutus has thrown himself upon is own sword.

8. Quotes “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.”
Brutus

9. Quotes
“O pardon me, thou bleeding piece of earth, / That I am meek and gentle with these butchers.”
Mark Antony
After the conspirators leave, Antony speaks to the body of Caesar.

10. Quotes
“This was the noblest Roman of them all. / All the conspirators, save only he, / Did that they did in envy of great Caesar.”
Mark Antony
Antony is looking at the dead body of Brutus.

11. Quotes
“And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg / Which hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous / And kill him in the shell.”
Brutus
Brutus is delivering his soliloquy wherein he ponders the question of whether or not to kill Caesar. Here he decides it is better to kill him before he proves a tyrant.

12. Quotes
“Et tu Brute? Then fall, Caesar.”
Julius Caesar

13. Quotes
“Cowards die many times before their deaths; / The valiant never taste of death but once.”
Julius Caesar
Caesar is responding to Calpurnia, who is worried about him going to the senate and trying to talk him out of it.

14. Quotes
“The last of all the Romans, fare thee well. / It is impossible that ever Rome shall breed thy fellow.”
Brutus
Brutus addresses the corpse of Cassius.

15. Quotes
“Caesar thou art revenged, / Even with the sword that killed thee.”
Cassius

16. Quotes
“Yet Brutus says he was ambitious; / And Brutus is an honorable man.”
Mark Antony

17. Quotes
“For he can do no more than Caesar’s arm / When Caesar’s head is off.”
Brutus

18. Quotes
“Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears, / I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.”
Mark Antony

19. Quotes
“This was the most unkindest cut of all.”
Mark Antony

20. Quotes
“Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look, / He thinks too much, such men are dangerous.”
Julius Caesar
Caesar tells Antony that Cassius is not to be trusted.

21. Quotes
“There is a tide in the affairs of men, / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune.”
Brutus
Brutus is arguing with Cassius about whether or not to wait for Antony’s assault or march to meet him. Brutus argues they should seize the opportunity to march.

22. Quotes
“Men at some time are masters of their fates : / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in the stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings.”
Cassius
Cassius and Brutus are talking about Caesar during the footrace. Cassius says that we make our own fate and there is no reason why Caesar should be greater than another man.

23. Character Identification
Brutus’ wife
Portia

24. Character Identification
Caesar’s wife
Calpurnia

25. Character Identification
His jealousy of Caesar is clear in the stories he tells about the man.
Cassius

26. Character Identification
The first to warn Caesar
Soothsayer

27. Character Identification
He writes a letter warning Caesar.
Artemidorus

28. Character Identification
Has portentous dreams and warns Caesar
Calpurnia

29. Character Identification
Convinces Caesar to go to the senate despite ample signs that he should not.
Decius

30. Character Identification
Joins Antony and Lepidus to form the triumverate that rules in the wake of Caesar’s death.
Octavius

31. Character Identification
A sarcastic character who speaks first in prose but later in verse.
Casca

32. Character Identification
The first to stab Caesar
Casca

33. Character Identification
Cassius wanted to kill this man as well as Caesar.
Mark Antony

34. Character Identification
Manipulates Brutus into joining the conspiracy.
Cassius

35. Character Identification
Spooks Cassius when they meet outside the senate on the Ides of March.
Popilius Lena

36. Character Identification
His job is to keep Antony away during the assassination.
Trebonius

37. Character Identification
Brutus believed he was ambitious.
Julius Caesar

38. Character Identification
He remains honorable until the end of the play even though we see some hypocrisy in the idea of accepting “dirty money.”
Brutus

39. Character Identification
Antony equates this man’s value to that of his horse.
Lepidus

40. Character Identification
Antony equates this man’s value to that of his horse.
Lepidus

41. Character Identification
Stabs herself in the thigh to prove her constancy.
Portia

42. Character Identification
Tribunes who are “silenced” for their opposition to Caesar.
Marullus and Flavius

43. Study Tips
Quiz yourself on the quotes at least twice. If you remember best what you hear, ask someone to quiz you reading the quotes aloud. Though the quote portion of the test will not ask for the circumstance, trying to remember this information forces you to remember details about the plot, which may prove to be important in the multiple choice section.
Take out your copy of the play. Go through the list of characters at the beginning. Do you know what part less memorable names play in the action? Can you group the names in some way, such as friends and enemies or those who tried to save Caesar versus those who conspired against him? Categorizing characters enhances your understanding of the part they play.
Skim through your study guides for information you can use in an essay response. Remember that essay prompts are always asking for your opinion supported by facts from the story. There’s no wrong answer for theme, for instance, if you have substantial evidence. Other possibilities are character analysis, tragedy, and plot structure.
Review your quizzes.