Julius Caesar Plot recall Quiz

Julius Caesar Plot recall questions

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1. What warning does the Soothsayer call out to Caesar in the street?
   To beware the senate house · To trust no man named Brutus · To refuse the crown when offered · To beware the ides of March
2. According to Casca, what happened when Antony offered Caesar a crown?
   Caesar accepted it while the whole crowd cheered · Brutus struck it from Antony's hand in anger · He refused it three times, ever more reluctantly · Caesar handed it to Calpurnia to keep for him
3. 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
4. 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
5. Whom does Caesar name in his last words as he is stabbed?
   Cassius · Brutus · Antony · Casca
6. What does Antony read to the crowd that finally turns them against the conspirators?
   Caesar's will, leaving money and parks to the people · A letter in which Brutus plans to be king · The list of senators Caesar meant to spare · A prophecy found in the Capitol temple
7. What appears to Brutus in his tent at night?
   Caesar's ghost, promising to meet him at Philippi · Portia's ghost, warning him to flee · A soothsayer with news of Octavius · Cassius's servant with a secret letter
8. How does Brutus say Portia died?
   She was killed by Antony's soldiers · She fell sick of a fever in Rome · She drowned crossing to join him · She swallowed fire in her despair
9. How does Cassius die?
   He falls in battle to Octavius · Antony's soldiers take him captive · He drinks poison in his tent · Pindarus kills him at his command
10. What mistake leads Cassius to his death?
    He thinks Brutus has fled the field · He hears that Portia has died · He believes Titinius has been captured · He learns his army has deserted him
11. In which city and century is the play set?
    Athens, in the fifth century BC · Rome, in the third century AD · Rome, in the first century BC · Alexandria, in the first century AD
12. On what day is Caesar assassinated?
    The feast of Lupercal · The ides of March · The kalends of April · The day of his triumph
13. How does Brutus die?
    He is killed by Antony in single combat · He is captured and executed by Octavius · He runs on his sword, held by Strato · He drowns fleeing across a river

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