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JULIUS CAESAR FINAL
MRS. SHAW'S
| QUESTION | ANSWER |
|---|---|
| What is the town of Shakespeare's birth and death? | Stratford-Upon-Avon |
| How did Shakespeare participate in drama? | writing plays, acting, and partially financing the plays |
| What types of plays did Shakespeare write? | tragedies, comedies, histories |
| During what age did Shakespeare live? | Elizabethan |
| What are the dates of Shakespeare's life span? | 1564-1616 |
| What is the name of the theater where most of Shakespeare's plays were performed? | Globe |
| What type of people made up Shakespeare's audience? | rich and poor alike |
| How were women's parts portrayed? | young boys |
| What do most historians believe to be true about the stage of the theater used by Shakespeare? | projected out into the audience |
| What was one important limitation of playwrights of Shakespeare's time? | almost the entire setting had to be related through the dialogue of the characters |
| Other than being a famous political figure, the real-life Julius Caesar is also known for his conquest of which country? | Gaul |
| When did Caesar become the most important man in Rome? | a bloody civil war against Pompey |
| In 45 B.C., what did the real Julius Caesar appoint himself? | dictator for life |
| In what year does the action of the play begin? | 44 B.C. |
| Who has a dream about a statue? | Calpurnia |
| Who tries to give Caesar a note about the conspiracy? | Artemidorus |
| Who has Rome's honor and future in mind always? | Brutus |
| Who joins the conspiracy without knowing what it is? | Ligarius |
| Who bears the scar of a self-inflicted wound? | Portia |
| Who is a gossip, and tells of Caesar's refusal of the crown? | Casca |
| Who is the new triumvirate member Antony hopes to get rid of? | Lepidus |
| Who dies on his birthday? | Cassius |
| Who kills himself / herself because Cassius is dead? | Titinius |
| Who gives tribute to Brutus over his dead body? | Mark Antony |
| What are Caesar's two physical defects? | deaf in one ear, "falling sickness" |
| When Brutus says, "Set honor in one eye and death in the other and I will look on both indifferently," what did he mean? | if an act is honorable and for the public benefit, Brutus will do it in spite of personal consequences |
| Brutus goes through extreme mental torment or inner conflict trying to decide whether or not he should kill Caesar. Why? | Brutus is torn between his ideals and his personal liking for Caesar |
| What is Brutus' reason for killing Caesar? | Brutus is afraid of the type of ruler Caesar will become |
| Why does Brutus not insist on an oath among the conspirators? | He believes their motives are sufficient and that they are all honorable. |
| Whom does Brutus think is weak and powerless, but proves to be the opposite? | Antony |
| How does Decius say he will get Caesar to the Capitol? | flattery |
| After the assassination plot has begun, who eventually takes over the leadership of the conspiracy? | Brutus |
| In Calpurnia's interpretation of her dream, what does the bleeding Caesar symbolize? | a dead Caesar |
| What pretense do the conspirators use to get near Caesar to stab him? | a petition by Metellus Cimber about his exiled brother |
| What conspirator gives Caesar the "unkindest cut of all"? | Brutus |
| Why does Caesar stop struggling against the conspirators? | He sees Brutus among them. |
| When does Antony reveal his true feelings after Caesar's death? | When he is left alone with Caesar's body |
| When Antony asked to deliver a funeral oration, who was suspicious? | Cassius |
| Why did Shakespeare use prose rather than poetry for the crowd's speeches? | The crowd is base (common, uneducated) |
| What word in Antony's funeral oration is ironically used over and over? | honorable |
| When the new triumvirate is formed, how does Antony show his ruthlessness and ambition? | condemning to death all who oppose the new triumvirate |
| "This slight, unmeritable man, Meet to be sent on errands," shows that the relationship between Antony and his partners is one of what? | distrust and lack of respect |
| What is one apparent reason for Brutus' and Cassius' quarrel? | Brutus accuses Cassius of being greedy and money-hungry |
| In the quarrel scene between Cassius and Brutus and in their death scenes, the audience finds that what is a continuing influence on both? | Julius Caesar's spirit |
| How does Portia kill herself? | swallows fire |
| One element of the supernatural is apparent in the appearance of Caesar's ghost. Why is the ghost important? | it shows that Caesar's spirit lives on |
| What is the important military decision Brutus makes in Act IV? | march his army to Philippi to meet Antony's army |
| What is the theme(s) of this play? | the downfall of an idealist in a realistic world; an evil action, though nobly motivated, leads to disaster; bloodshed leads to further bloodshed |
| In what scene is found the peak of Brutus' power? | after Caesar's funeral speech |
| Who is the tragic hero in the play? | Brutus |
| Antony's greed over Caesar's will, his treatment of Lepidus, and his tribute to Brutus at the end of the play illustrates Shakespeare's genius in what area? | developing well-rounded characters |
| Is Titinius captured by the enemy army? | No |
| (T/F) The audience never sees Calpurnia's reaction to Caesar's death? | True |
| "There is no terror, Cassius in your threats / For I am armed so strong in honesty / That they pass by me . . . " Said by . . . | Brutus |
| "This was the noblest Roman of them all." Said by . . . | Antony |
| "Beware the Ides of March." Said by . . . | soothsayer |
| "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our starts, / but in ourselves that we are underlines." Said by . . . | Cassius |
| "Cowards die many times before their deaths. The valiant never taste of death but once." Said by . . . | Caesar |
| "When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes." Said by . . . | Calpurnia |
| "Et tu, Brute?" Said by . . . | Caesar |
| "Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world / Like a Colossus . . . " Said by or describes . . . | Caesar |
| "Yond _____ has a lean and hungry look; He thinks too much; such men are dangerous." Said by or describes . . . | Cassius |
| "My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause 'til it come back to me." Said by or describes . . . | Antony |
| "Poor man! I know he would not be a wolf / But that he sees the Romans are but sheep." Said by or describes . . . | Caesar |
| "But I am as constant as the Northern star." Said by or describes . . . | Caesar |
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