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This quiz covers information regarding the first three acts of "Julius Caesar" by William Shakespeare.

A multiple-choice quiz by buddy1. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
buddy1

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
293,626

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. On what date does the play begin? Hint

March 15, 44 B.C.

February 15, 44 A.D.

February 15, 44 B.C.

March 15, 44 A.D.

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Question 2 of 10

2. How many conspirators are related to Marcus Brutus? Hint

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which is not one of the conspirators?
Hint

Cinna

Crassus

Casca

Trebonius

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Question 4 of 10

4. Who gives a soliloquy at the beginning of Act II? Hint

Brutus

Caesar

Cassius

Calpurnia

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who wants to assassinate Mark Antony along with Caesar? Hint

Decius

Brutus

Cassius

Metellus

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which of the following is NOT something that happens on the day of the assassination, making the conspirators worried that their plan to kill Caesar will not work out? Hint

Popillius wishes Cassius good luck

The soothsayer tells Caesar the ides of March hasn't gone

Caesar is heard listening to, but not believing, somebody will get killed

Artemidorus tries to give Caesar a letter of warning

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Question 7 of 10

7. Who does not go into the Senate and thus not stab Caesar? Hint

Cinna

Ligarius

Casca

Trebonius

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who distracts Caesar while the other conspirators get ready to kill him? Hint

Metellus

Decius

Trebonius

Cinna

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Question 9 of 10

9. What does Mark Antony do after Caesar is assassinated? Hint

He promises revenge.

He kills Cassius.

He runs away.

He congratulates the conspirators.

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Question 10 of 10

10. At the end of Act III, commoners kill a person who shares his name with which conspirator? Hint

Cassius

Cinna

Casca

Trebonius

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. On what date does the play begin?

Answer: February 15, 44 B.C.

This is one month prior to the assassination of Julius Caesar. The setting is during a celebration. Romans are celebrating Caesar's defeat of Pompey and the feast of Lupercal, the Roman god of fertility.

2. How many conspirators are related to Marcus Brutus?

Answer: 2

Brutus is related to Cassius and Decius. Cassius is his brother-in-law, and Decius is his cousin.

3. Which is not one of the conspirators?

Answer: Crassus

The eight conspirators were Casca, Cassius, Cinna, Brutus, Decius, Trebonius, Metellus, and Ligarius.
Crassus was one of the three members of the first Triumvirate, along with Pompey and Julius Caesar.

4. Who gives a soliloquy at the beginning of Act II?

Answer: Brutus

Brutus is in his home deciding if he should kill Caesar or not.

5. Who wants to assassinate Mark Antony along with Caesar?

Answer: Cassius

Cassius is worried that Mark Antony will seek revenge, so to keep him from getting revenge Cassius wants him assassinated as well. Cassius also wants Cicero to join the conspirators, but Brutus talks him out of that.

6. Which of the following is NOT something that happens on the day of the assassination, making the conspirators worried that their plan to kill Caesar will not work out?

Answer: Caesar is heard listening to, but not believing, somebody will get killed

First, the soothsayer says his line after Caesar tells him that the ides of March are there. Then, Cassius is wished good luck by Popillius, someone who is not one of the conspirators. Finally, Artemidorus tries to give Caesar his letter but is prevented from doing so by Decius who gives Caesar a piece of paper that he says is more important than Artemidorus's letter.

7. Who does not go into the Senate and thus not stab Caesar?

Answer: Trebonius

He stays outside to prevent Mark Antony from going inside the Senate.

8. Who distracts Caesar while the other conspirators get ready to kill him?

Answer: Metellus

Metellus does this by begging Caesar for the return of his brother, Pubilius.

9. What does Mark Antony do after Caesar is assassinated?

Answer: He runs away.

He feared that a bloodbath would occur among his supporters. Eventually, he did return to Rome to talk during Caesar's funeral and to be part of the second Triumvirate.

10. At the end of Act III, commoners kill a person who shares his name with which conspirator?

Answer: Cinna

These commoners were believed to be so paranoid that they would kill for no apparent reason. The fact that Cinna the poet had the same name as a conspirator didn't help him either.

Source: Author buddy1

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