Julius Caesar Final Test: Whole-Play Quiz

Julius Caesar Whole Play questions

The answers and an explanation for each question appear as you play, and on the answer-key page of the printout.

1. 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
2. On what day is Caesar assassinated?
   The feast of Lupercal · The ides of March · The kalends of April · The day of his triumph
3. Which conspirator first works on Brutus to join the plot?
   Cassius · Casca · Decius Brutus · Cinna
4. What does Cassius argue when he says the fault is 'not in our stars'?
   The gods have already doomed Caesar · The stars show Brutus will be king · Rome's troubles come from bad omens · Men, not fate, decide their own fortunes
5. How does Brutus's funeral speech differ from Antony's?
   Brutus weeps; Antony speaks without feeling · Brutus reads Caesar's will; Antony does not · Brutus reasons in prose; Antony moves in verse · Brutus speaks last and has the final word
6. What is unusual about when the title character dies?
   He dies in the opening scene of the first act · He is killed in Act III, with two acts to follow · He is never seen alive on the stage at all · He dies in the very last line of the play
7. Who is Calpurnia?
   Caesar's wife · Brutus's wife · Cassius's sister · Antony's mother
8. Why does Brutus agree to let Antony speak at the funeral?
   Antony threatens to raise an army against them · The Senate orders him to allow the oration · Cassius persuades him that it would be wise · He trusts Antony and wants the deed to seem fair
9. 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
10. What does the play suggest about the Roman crowd?
    It is a steady judge of right and wrong · Its loyalty follows whoever speaks to it last · It cares little for politics at all · It always sides with the Senate

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