Julius Caesar End of Unit Test Review

Julius Caesar was seen as a ___ by Rome’s lower classes

• priest

• leader

• landowner

• hero

Antony was a conspirator in the murder of Julius Caesar. 

• True

• False

It can be inferred that Antony believes his audience has been

• manipulated by Brutus into attending Caesar’s funeral

• disappointed by Brutus’ handling of Caesar’s death

• swayed by Brutus’ opinion of Caesar

• persuaded to allow Brutus to succeed Caesar

Which of the following quotations from the passage most directly supports this inference? 

• “Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; / I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him” (lines 24-25)

• “You all did see that on the Lupercal / I thrice presented him a kingly crown” (lines 46-47)

• “You all did love him once, not without cause; / What cause withholds you then to mourn for him?” (lines 53-54)

• “My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, / And I must pause till it come back to me” (lines 57-58)

Antony’s questions in lines 41 and 48 are meant to be understood as:

Did this in Caesar seem ambitious?When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept;Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says he was ambitious,(45) And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see that on the LupercalI thrice presented him a kingly crown,Which he did thrice refuse. Was this ambition?

• genuinely curious

• openly rhetorical

• intentionally misleading

Which of the following quotations from the passage most clarifies how those questions are to be understood? 

• “The evil that men do lives after them” (line 26)

• “He was my friend, faithful and just to me” (line 36)

• “Ambition should be made of sterner stuff” (line 43)

• “I speak not to disprove what Brutus spoke” (line 51)

In his speech, Brutus assumes that the

• subtlety of his reasoning will not be persuasive to the majority of the citizens

• force of his reputation will have a positive influence on the reception of his speech 

• absurdity of his argument will be difficult to mask with emotional appeals

• contradictory nature of his statements will go unnoticed by his listeners

Which of the following quotations from the passage most clearly reveals Brutus’ assumption? 

• “Romans, countrymen, and lovers, hear me for my / cause, and be silent, that you may hear” (lines 2-3)

• “Believe me for / mine honour, and have respect to mine honour, that / you may believe” (lines 3-5)

• “As Caesar / loved me, I weep for him; as he was fortunate, I rejoice / at it” (lines 13-15)

• “If any, speak; for him / have I offended. I pause for a reply” (lines 22-23)

Part A

Based on the what Antony says to Caesar's body after the consipirators leave, what are his true feelings about Caesar?

• He feels resentment toward Caesar.

• He feels envious of Caesar.

• He feels loyal to Caesar.

• He feels curious about Caesar.

Which two excerpts from the passage best demonstrate the feeling chosen in Part A?

• “He was my friend, faithful and just to me” (line 13)

• “You all did love him once, not without cause” (line 30)

• I rather choose/ To wrong the dead, to wrong myself and you” (lines 46-47)

• “I fear I wrong the honourable men” (line 71)

• “If you have tears, prepare to shed them now” (line 85)