<p> Julius Caesar Test Review</p><p>A. Short answer/ Yes or No- Either answer with a phrase or one word. Otherwise, circle yes (Y) or no (N).</p><p>1. Who is the main character of Julius Caesar? Brutus</p><p>2. How would you describe the common people of the play? Comical, uneducated; they don’t take things seriously </p><p>3. How do Flavius and Marullus feel about the celebration for Caesar at the beginning of the act one? They dislike it</p><p>4. Does Brutus attend the races at the Feast of Lupercal? Y/ No</p><p>5. Is Caesar frightened by the soothsayer’s warning at the beginning of the play? Y/ No</p><p>6. What arguments does Cassius make to explain that Caesar is human?</p><p>1. He is weak</p><p>2. He gets sick</p><p>3. He has epilepsy</p><p>7. How many times does Caesar refuse the crown? 3 </p><p>8. Who is Caesar talking about when he says: “Let me have men about me who are fat”? He is talking about Cassius</p><p>9. Why does Cassius want Brutus in the faction of conspirators? </p><p>He is honorable, noble and respected.</p><p>10. Who does Cassius compare to a serpent’s egg “which, like its kind, will grow mischievous”? Caesar</p><p>11. Does Portia know that something amiss is going on? Yes/ N</p><p>12. Who writes a letter warning Caesar not to go to the Capitol? Artemidorus</p><p>13. Do the augerers think it is safe for Caesar to go the Capitol? Y/ No</p><p>14. What does Metellus Cimber ask Caesar before he is assassinated? </p><p>To repeal the banishment of his brother</p><p>15. What kind of imagery does Mark Antony compare Caesar to after his death?</p><p>Hunting imagery- Caesar was compared to a slain deer.</p><p>16. Who asks Antony to deliver Caesar’s funeral speech? Brutus</p><p>17. Brutus tells the plebeians that Caesar was killed because he was ambitious. Yes/ N</p><p>18. What rhetorical device is being used when Brutus repeats “Speak, for him hath I offended”? </p><p>Parallel structure 19. How does Antony follow Brutus’ conditions during his speech but still sway the crowd? He uses verbal irony.</p><p>20. What happens after Antony says his speech to the crowd?</p><p>People begin to riot and rebel against the conspirators.</p><p>21. What does the scene with Cinna the poet exemplify?</p><p>A mob mentality</p><p>22. What do Antony and Octavius argue about Lepidus in Act Four?</p><p>Whether or not Lepidus is fit to be a general.</p><p>23. What does Brutus mean when he says “Did not great Julius bleed for justice’ sake? What villain touched his body that did stab and not for justice?”</p><p>He questions whether or not the other conspirators had good intentions like he did.</p><p>24. Cassius and Brutus are arguing about taking bribes in Act Four. Who took the bribes? Why?</p><p>Lucius Pella takes bribes for the Sardians and Cassius was going to let the bribery slide</p><p>25. Cassius says he is an older and “abler” (better) soldier. Yes/ N</p><p>26. Brutus tells Cassius that he is “sick of many griefs;” Portia is dead. Yes/ N</p><p>27. What does Portia die from? Swallowing hot coals</p><p>28. How many senators does Messala say have been put to death? 100</p><p>29. Who argues that the army should march to Phillipi? Who disagrees? Why?</p><p>Cassius wishes to hang back and let the enemy come to them, while Brutus wants to go on the offensive.</p><p>30. To whom does Caesar’s ghost appear? Brutus</p><p>31. The generals of the two armies exchange taunts before the battle. Yes/ N</p><p>32. Who was the noblest Roman of them all? Brutus</p><p>B. Figures of Speech/Literary Devices: Define each to the best of your ability</p><p>33. simile- comparing two unlike things using “like” or “as” 34. metaphor- comparing two unlike things without using “like” or “as”</p><p>35. onomatopoeia- a word that represents a sound</p><p>36. contrast- identifying differences between two subjects</p><p>37. comparison- Identifying commonalities between two subjects</p><p>38. pun- a joke with words that sound alike but have different meanings</p><p>39. foreshadow- an advance hint of what is to come later</p><p>40. personification- something not human which is given human characteristics</p><p>41. alliteration- two or more words in a line which share the same beginning sound</p><p>42. parallelism- sentence structure that is grammatically the same and shows related ideas</p><p>C. Character Identification: Match the speaker to the quotation.</p><p>43. “A trade sir which is indeed a mender of bad soles.” Soothsayer</p><p>Cobbler </p><p>44. “Disrobe the images bedecked with ceremonies.” Flavius Brutus </p><p>45. “Beware the ides of March.” Soothsayer Cassius </p><p>46. “I love the name of honor more than I fear death.” Brutus Cobbler</p><p>47. “Why man he doth bestride the narrow world like a Colossus” Flavius</p><p>Cassius 48. “Let me have men about me who are fat.” Caesar Portia</p><p>49. “I will hie and bestow these papers as you bade me.” Cinna Decius</p><p>50. “Unicorns may be betrayed with trees, Lucius </p><p>Lions with foils, and men with flatterers” Brutus </p><p>51. “The taper burneth in your closet,sir, Cinna</p><p>Searching the window for flint, I found this paper.” Cassius</p><p>52. “Dwell I but in the suburbs of your good pleasure? Caesar</p><p>If it be no more, I am your harlot, not your wife.” Soothsayer</p><p>______</p><p>53. “You shall not stir out of your house today.” Calpurnia Antony</p><p>54. “Caesar, Beware of Brutus, take heed of Cassius...” Artemidorus Calpurnia</p><p>55. “Is there no voice to sound for my banished brother?” Metellus Caesar </p><p>56. “Et tu, Brute?” Caesar Metellus</p><p>57. “That is all I seek; that I may speak in his funeral.” Antony Artemidorus</p><p>______</p><p>D. SAT Vocabulary from Julius Caesar-</p><p>58. spurn- to reject of refuse with hostility</p><p>59. countenance- to condone or to give approval or </p><p>60. affable- friendly, courteous, amiable</p><p>61. whets- To stimulate; to sharpen by grinding</p><p>62. unassailable- courage or spirit 63. confound- To cause one to become confused</p><p>64. entreaty- a plea, an earnest request</p><p>65. mutinous- Rebellious, unruly</p><p>66. prodigious- extraordinary in bulk, quantity, or </p><p> degree; great in size, enormous</p><p>67. portent- A sign or forewarning</p>