Julius Caesar Act 2 Quiz (Act II)

Julius Caesar Act 2 questions

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1. What did Calpurnia dream on the night before the ides of March?
   Caesar was crowned king in the Capitol · A lion walked the streets of Rome by day · Caesar's statue ran with blood that Romans bathed in · Brutus wept beside Caesar's empty chair
2. How does Decius Brutus persuade Caesar to go to the Senate after all?
   He tells him the Senate will think him a coward · He reads the dream as glory and says a crown awaits · He brings a letter signed by every senator · He swears no harm will come while he lives
3. Why does Brutus refuse to kill Mark Antony along with Caesar?
   He wants them to be sacrificers, not butchers · Antony is his oldest and closest friend · Cassius has sworn to deal with Antony later · He fears Antony's soldiers will rebel
4. In his orchard soliloquy, on what grounds does Brutus decide Caesar must die?
   For crimes he has already committed against Rome · Because the Soothsayer foretold his tyranny · To revenge his ancestor driven from Rome · For what he might become, not for what he has done
5. How does Portia prove to Brutus that she can be trusted with his secret?
   She swears an oath on her father's name · She hides the conspirators' letters · She has given herself a wound in the thigh · She refuses food until he speaks

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