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english final exam 9
Julius Caesar final exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What does Flavius mean by these lines? These growing feathers plucked from Caesar's wing Will make him fly an ordinary pitch, Who else would soar above the view of men, And keep us all in servile fearfulness. | Accolades in honor of Caesar must be diminished; otherwise Caesar will gain absolute power. |
| When Cassius compares Caesar to a Colossus, he means that | Caesar's power is as large as a Colossus that makes worthy men seem small by comparison. |
| To whom does Cassius speak these lines? I, your glass, Will modestly discover to yourself That of yourself which you yet know not of. | Brutus |
| What is the actual date of the Ides of March? | March 15th |
| About whom does Caesar speak these lines? He reads much, He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men. | Cassius |
| How does Casca analyze Caesar's response to Antony's triple offer of the crown? | Casca thinks that Caesar secretly covets the crown but refuses in order to gain the people's favor. |
| Who is the one referred to by "he" in this quotation? O, he sits high in all the people's hears; And that which would appear offence in us, His countenance, like richest alchemy, Will change to virtue and to worthiness. | Brutus |
| Who says this, and who is the "man" spoken of in the quotation? Now could I, Casea, name to thee a man Most like this dreadful night, That thunders, lightens, opens graves, and roars As doth the lion in the Capitol-Aman no mightier than thyself or me | Cassius about Caesar |
| Burtus reasons that Caesar's assassination is necessary because of | his ambition and possible abuse of power |
| Decius manages to convince Caesar to go to the Capitol by saying that | the senators will think Caesar a coward if he does not go, the senators plan to offer Caesar a crown, the senators may change their minds about offering Caesar a crown if he does not go to the Capitol. |
| Popilius Lena's remark, "I wish your enterprise today may thrive," | makes Cassius worry that the conspiracy has been discovered. |
| Right before the conspirators stab Caesar, Metellus Cimber asks | Caesar to pardon Publius Cimber and rescind his banishment |
| When Brutus stabs Caesar, Caesar says, | "Et tu Brute? Then fall Caesar!" |
| After Brutus' explanation of the assassination, when Antony says, "I doubt not of your wisdom," | he shakes the bloody hands of the conspirators. |
| When Antony asks permission to speak at Caesar's funeral in the market-place, | Cassius urges Brutus not to allow Antony to speak. |
| When Brutus finishes speaking, the crowd's mood is | positive toward Brutus. |
| When Antony finishes speaking, the plebeians | are swayed to Antony's side and are incensed against Brutus. |
| Antony waits to divulge the contents of Caesar's will in order to | dramatize and magnify the generosity of Caesar. |
| Antony's soliliquy after his speech, "Mischief, thou are afoot, Take what course thou wilt," reveals that | Antony intended to sway the crowd for his own benefit. |
| The scene in which plebeians maul Cinna the poet shows that | the people, swayed by Antony, have lost all reason and the conspirators will have to confront great opposition. |
| What does Act IV, Scene I reveal about the Triumvirs? | They are not unified. |
| In Act IV, Scene 1, what are Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus doing? | They are deciding which of their political enemies should die. |
| How does Antony view Lepidus? | as an animal to do difficult chores |
| To which FRIEND is Brutus referring when he says to Lucilius, "Thou hast described a hot FRIEND cooling"? | Cassius |
| What causes the altercation between Brutus and Cassius? | Brutus blames Cassius for condoning Lucius Pella's bribery of the Sardians. |
| What other source of contention exists between Brutus and Cassius? | Brutus asked Cassius for sums of gold, but Cassius denied Brutus. |
| Cassius' complaint against Brutus is that | Brutus magnifies the faults of his friend Cassius. |
| How does Portia die? | She swallows fire. |
| Who does Cassius cause Brutus' anger to dissipate? | Cassius asks Brutus to cut out the heart of his friend Cassius. |
| Of what significance is the news that Messala brings about the deaths of many senators? | Antony and Actavius have initiated a reign of terror. |
| Why does Brutus think that their armies must march to Philippi to confront Antony and Octavius' forces? | Brutus is afraid that is they wait, Antony and Octavius will gain new followers as they traverse the distance between the two opposing camps. Brutus says "we must take the current when it serves" before the republican forces lose numbers and strength. |
| What does Caesar's ghost say to Brutus? | "Thou shalt see me at Philippi." |
| Which of the three servants hears the ghost's voice? | Lucius, Varro or Claudius (none of the above) |
| The opening scene of Act V shows Antony and Octavius talking together. What are they preparing to do in the face of Brutus' approach? | meet the enemy to "have parley" |
| According to Titinius, what was Brutus' military mistake? | Brutus did not prevent his soldiers from looting the bodies of the slain. |
| What makes Cassius feel depressed and pessimistic? | He notices ravens, crows, and kites flying overhead. |
| Besides his forebodings about the army's defeat, what causes Cassius to take his own life? | He believes that Titinius has been captured by Antony's forces. |
| "O hateful Error, Melancholy's child, Why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of men The things that are not? O Error, soon conceived, Thou never com'st unto a happy birth, But kill'st the mother that engendered thee. About which event does Messala speak? | Pindarus' mistaken vision about Titinius' fate. |
| What is the true state of the battle, according to Messala? | Brutus's forces defeat Octavius' forces; Antony's forces defeat Cassius' forces |
| "o Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet! Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords In our own proper entrails." Why says this? | Brutus about Cassius's suicide |
| How many times and where does Brutus say that the ghost of Caesar appeared to him? | once in Sardis and once in Philippi |
| Why does Brutus say that he will have more glory on his dying day than Antony and Octavius will ever attain? | Brutus has had true friends who have remained loyal to him, whereas Antony and Octavius have killed friends and even relatives in their quest for power. |
| Who is willing to hold the sword for Brutus to run onto it? | Strato |
| To whom do both Cassius and Brutus address their last words? | Julius Caesar |
| Who says of Brutus, "This was the noblest Roman of them all?" | Mark Antony |
| "...as he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was valiant, I honor him..." | parallelism |
| "Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more." | antithesis |
| "Who is here so base that would be a bondman?" "Who is here so rude that would not be a Roman?" "Who is here so vile that he would not love his country?" | rhetorical question and parallelism |
| "I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him," | verbal irony and antithesis |
| "Yet Brutus says he was ambitious, and Brutus is an honorable man." (Consider Antony's speech as a whole for this answer.) | verbal irony and repetition |
| On which Greek historian's works did Shakespeare base the play Julius Caesar? | Plutarch |
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Lauren Bowers