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In Act 2, Shakespeare draws parallels between Brutus and Caesar in all of the following ways except which?
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Both Brutus and Caesar are scheming to commit an evil or immoral act.
Both Brutus and Caesar’s private lives within their homes, not public lives, are seen.
Both Brutus and Caesar have had sleepless nights.
Both Brutus and Caesar are shown to temporarily agree with the advice of their wives.
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The setting in Act 2, Scene 1 is a metaphor for all of the following except which?
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The storm is a metaphor for the disharmony in Rome.
The storm is a metaphor for the danger that awaits Caesar.
The storm is a metaphor for the love wives have for their husbands.
The storm is a metaphor for the internal conflict within Brutus.
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In Act 2, Shakespeare draws parallels between Brutus and Caesar in all of the following ways except which?
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The setting in Act 2, Scene 1 is a metaphor for all of the following except which?
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Why does Portia cut her thigh? What does she attempt to prove or show her husband, Brutus?
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All of the following omens are ones Calpurnia has heard that occurred that night in Rome except which?
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Why does Caesar talk in third person point of view? How does this speech indirectly characterize him?
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How does Decius reinterpret Calpurnia’s dream of a statue of Caesar bleeding with Romans washing in it?
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What does Trebonius imply in his aside when he says, “And so near will I be / That your best friends shall wish that I had been further” (2.2.125-126)?
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How does Brutus see Caesar and Antony respectively through the metaphor of the human body?
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Why does Brutus seek to make their planned act of murder something religious or noble?
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All of the following events or situations in Act 2 are ironic except which?
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In addition to killing Caesar, Cassius would also like to kill ________?
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Why does Caesar command Marc Antony to touch Calphurnia during his race?
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Why does Cassius go to such lengths to convince Brutus to join him against Caesar?
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Why does Caesar ignore Calpurnia’s warnings?
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Which conspirator comes to take Caesar to the senate house?
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Where does Portia send Lucius at the end of Act II?
