Julius Caesar Acts 1-2 Quiz

In the text, a "cobbler" is...

• someone who bakes pies

• someone who counsels

• someone who repairs shoes

• someone who lays the rock for roads

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CCSS.RI.11-12.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Caesar is warned to beware of what?

• The ides of February

• The ides of March

• The ides of April

• The ides of May

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

"ides" represents which day of the month?

• 1st

• 15th

• 20th

• 30th

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CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Caesar has just defeated whom?

• Cassius

• Brutus

• Pompey

• Henry the 8th

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Why does Caesar ask Mark Antony to touch his wife, Calpurnia, during the race?

• So she will know who Mark Antony is

• So she will become queen

• So she will forgive Caesar

• So she can have a child

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CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

What is another name for "soothsayer?"

• trouble maker

• cobbler

• prophet

• story teller

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CCSS.RI.8.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.11-12.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

How does Brutus feel about the conspiracy to kill Caesar at the beginning of Act 2, Scene 1?

• He's trying to justify to himself why Caesar should die.

• He is searching for a way to convince the conspirators not to kill Caesar.

• He is full of grief and sadness, but he knows Caesar must die.

• He is convinced that a "wait and see" approach is best.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

How does Portia try to convince Brutus to tell her about the conspiracy?

• She reminds him of their marriage vows.

• She shows him a "voluntary wound" she made on her thigh.

• She kneels to him

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10

Which quote best demonstrates (the newest conspirator) Caius Ligarius' opinion of Brutus?

• "But are not some whole that we must make sick?"

• "Vouchsafe good morrow from a feeble tongue."

• "I follow you / To do I know not what; but it [is enough] that / Brutus leads me on."

• "By all the gods that Romans bow before, I here [give up] my sickness!"

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CCSS.RL.2.6

CCSS.RL.8.3

Decius tells Caesar that:

• the senators may think Caesar is weak and afraid if he doesn't go to the Capitol.

• Calphurnia's dream means that Caesar will bring new life to Rome.

• the Senate may change its mind about giving Caesar a crown if he doesn't show up.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10. RL.11-12.10