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- Q1The setting is Rome. The holiday being celebrated is Lupercal.What is the setting? What holiday is being celebrated?30s
- Q2They are tribunes, people who enforce the law.Who are Marullus and Flavius?30s
- Q3They do not want Caesar to be celebrated, so they drive everyone from the street so there will be no parade.Why do they want to drive the commoners from the street?30s
- Q4They order all of the flowers and decorations to be taken down.What else do Marullus and Flavius do to further hinder the celebration of Caesar's victory?30s
- Q5Caesar tells Antony to hit Calpurnia with the sheepskin in order to insure her fertility.What does Caesar tell Antony to do to Calpurnia?30s
- Q6Caesar may want to show how obedient Antony is, all the while showing how powerful he (Caesar) isWhat might Caesar ask Antony in front of everyone else?30s
- Q7A soothsayer is a fortune teller. He warns Caesar to "Beware the ides of March."What is a soothsayer? Of what does he warn Caesar?30s
- Q8"Ides" means "middle."What does ides mean?30s
- Q9Brutus likes Caesar as a person, but is worried that Caesar's power will go to his head and he will be a tyrant. (Lines 78-9; 80-9)Does Marcus Brutus like Caesar? What does Brutus think of Caesar's rise to power? Use line from play to support your answer.30s
- Q10These lines show that Brutus is an honorable person who values his honor above all else. He wants to do what is best for Rome, even it it means he himself will die.Brutus says, "For let the gods so speed me as I love/The name of honor more that I fear death." What do these lines imply about Brutus's most important value in life?30s
- Q11Cassius tells Brutus about the time he and Caesar were swimming. Caesar started to drown and called for Cassius's help. Cassius saved him from drowning. After he was saved, Caesar became sick and very whiny.What does Cassius tell Brutus?30s
- Q12Cassius told this story to show how weak Caesar actually is. He is not the strong character everyone believes him to be.What is Cassius's point in telling this story?30s
- Q13Caesar believes Cassius is very dangerous because he has a "lean and hungry look." However, he is not afraid of him because Caesar fears nothing.What is Caesar's opinion of Cassius? Why does he feel this way?30s
- Q14Caesar is deaf in his left ear.What handicap does Caesar reveal about himself when speaking to Antony?30s
- Q15Caesar is offered the crown three times.How many times was Caesar offered a coronet, or a small crown?30s