Julius Caesar

Question 1

what 3 men rule rome after caesars death?

Answer 1

lepidus, antony, octavious

Question 2

What are the steps in tragic action?

Answer 2

• in rome
• conspiracy against caesar
• brutus: stoic, concerned w people of rome, honorable
• cassius introduces plan to brutus
• brutus sililoquy
• brutus joins conspiracy
• conspitators kill caesar and allow antony to speak at funeral
• antony’s funeral speech
• war, cassius and trebonius die, brutus kills himself
• antony and octavious say how good of a guy brutus was

Question 3

what is brutus’s inner stugle?

Answer 3

true to rome or caesar

Question 4

who did caesar defeat?

Answer 4

pompey

Question 5

who offered to crown caesar 3 times?

Answer 5

antony

Question 6

what are caesars handicaps?

Answer 6

epilepsy and deaf in one ear

Question 7

what two characters were fired at the beginning of the book?

Answer 7

marilus and flavious for taking down decorations b/c loyal to pompey

Question 8

festival of lupercal?

Answer 8

goat skin whips women to make them pregnant

Question 9

other name for the globe theater?

Answer 9

the wooden-o

Question 10

where were plays performed?

Answer 10

in a courtyard or outside inns

Question 11

roof over rear part of the stage

Answer 11

the heavens

Question 12

where were shakespear’s 1st works recorded?

Answer 12

first folio

Question 13

who does cassius compare himself to?

Answer 13

aneus when he saves caesar from drowning (romulus and remus’s dad)

Question 14

belief in an idea that has nothing to do with reason

Answer 14

superstition

Question 15

how would commandors of the military predict if they’d do well?

Answer 15

if a chicken ate

Question 16

how does caesar respond to soothsayer’s warnings?

Answer 16

ignores them and tells him to leave

Question 17

what is the literary significance of the weather in act I scene III?

Answer 17

forshadowing of what was to come b/c some big events were going to happen; aka caesar dies

Question 18

Who wants to kill antony? what do they actually do with him?

Answer 18

cassius - brutus talks them out of it b/c says he’s harmless

Question 19

how does decius plan to cinvince caesar to leave his house?

Answer 19

flattering him

Question 20

why doesn’t calphurnia want caesar to go to the senate?

Answer 20

bad omens and dreams

Question 21

“cowards die many times before their deaths. the valiant never taste of death but once”

Answer 21

everytime you chicken out you die a little but brave people only die once

Question 22

how is caesar characterized through his discussion with decius?

Answer 22

decius tells him not to be whimpy and challenges his honor

Question 23

artemidorius?

Answer 23

trys to save caesar

Question 24

what happens in act II scene IV?

Answer 24

brutus agrees to conspiracy, portia notices brutus is acting weird, shows conspiracy isn’t a secret, soothsayer and artemedorius are trying to save caesar, builds suspense

Question 25

who gets antony out of the room when they're about to kill casesar?

Answer 25

trebonius

Question 26

who starts the distraction to get close to casesar at the senate?

Answer 26

metellus cimber asking pardon for his brother publius cimber

Question 27

who stabs caesar first?

Answer 27

casca

Question 28

how does brutus justify killing caesar?

Answer 28

he had to much ambitiion and that he was saving caesar from living in the fear of dying

Question 29

what is the immediate cause of the quarrell between brutus and cassius in act IV?

Answer 29

brutus is mad that he's taking bribes and cassius says that it's just a misunderstanding and that he didn't

Question 30

what happens to portia?

Answer 30

kills herself by eating coals - cassius is more upset that brutus

Question 31

what is going on militarily between the triumverate and the conspirators?

Answer 31

triumverate was in rome and brutus and cassius were in sardis

Question 32

slave who assisted in brutus's suicide

Answer 32

strata

Question 33

slave who helped in cassius's suicide

Answer 33

pindarus

Question 34

who was poet that was killed?

Answer 34

cinna

Question 35

who is the protagonist in act I? II? III?

Answer 35

- cassius - brutus - antony

Question 36

pros vs. verse?

Answer 36

pros: common person verse: elite

Question 37

chronologically out of place for that time period

Answer 37

anachronism

Question 38

who said "it was greek to me"

Answer 38

casca

Question 39

who was the really smart guy?

Answer 39

Cicero

Question 40

weird things that happened?

Answer 40

lion, someone on fire but not burning, owl during the day, storm

Question 41

who said "men construe things after thei fashion, clean from the purpose of the things themselves"?

Answer 41

Cicero

Question 42

who are the conspirators?

Answer 42

cassius, casca, decius, cinna, metellus, trebonius

Question 43

how portia a stoic?

Answer 43

stabs herself in the thigh and doesn't tell anyone

Question 44

what does caesar compare himself to?

Answer 44

two brother lions, the other is danger and is the bigger and badder one

Question 45

how does decius change caesars mind and make him come to the senate?

Answer 45

they were going to give you the crown and positive spin on calphurnias dream

Question 46

act VI is how long?

Answer 46

1 day - its cassius's birthday

Question 47

which scene is the climax?

Answer 47

act 3 scene 2

Question 48

what does antony's speech show about the people?

Answer 48

can be easily swayed

Question 49

what was in caesars will?

Answer 49

public parks and money for people

Question 50

what was the real reason that brutus was upset at cassius?

Answer 50

because he had asked him for money and cassius said no

Question 51

who does cassius blame his temper on?

Answer 51

his mom

Question 52

what is brutus's military plan?

Answer 52

wants to seize the moment and attack while cassius just wants to sit back and wait

Question 53

where did the battle occur?

Answer 53

phillipi

Question 54

why did cassius have a bad feeling about the war?

Answer 54

he saw crows and ravens above their soldiers

Question 55

who faught who?

Answer 55

cassius vs. antony | brutus vs. octavius

Question 56

why does cassius kill himself?

Answer 56

b/c he thinks he sent titinius to his death

Question 57

why does titinius kill himself?

Answer 57

blames himself for cassius's death

Question 58

"alas though has misconstrued everything"

Answer 58

messala

Question 59

who is implied is working behind the scenes?

Answer 59

caesar's ghost

Question 60

who pretends to be brutus?

Answer 60

lucillius

Question 61

how many people during the play?

Answer 61

7