| The planned military conflict in Act IV is between- | Brutus and Cassius on one side and Antony and Octavius on the other |
| In his attitude toward Lepidus, Antony is characterized as- | arrogant |
| Brutus is motivated mainly by thoughts of- | honor |
| An issue that stands between Cassius and Brutus is- | Cassius’s taking of bribes |
| In his treatment of Cassius, Brutus is characterized as- | righteous but forgiving |
| What is the dramatic purpose of the poet who appears in Act 4 scene 3? | He interrupts the conflict between Brutus and Cassius, helping them keep the peace. |
| What does Caesar’s ghost tell Brutus? | “Thou shalt see me at Philippi” |
| What happens to Portia? | She takes her own life, upset over Brutus’s absence. |
| Cassius and Brutus argue over where they should do battle with the triumvirate’s troops. How is this conflict resolved? | Not wanting further disagreement, Cassius agrees to Brutus’s plan. |
| Why is Brutus so angry with Cassius about rumors that he is taking bribes? | They killed Caesar for the sake of justice, and they now appear hypocritical. |
| All of the action in Act V takes place during the span of- | a single day |
| Shakespeare’s use of minor characters to report on the battle’s progress helps to create- | suspense |
| In Scene 1, lines 46-47, Cassius says to Octavius, “This tongue had not offended so today,/ If Cassius might have ruled.” Cassius means that they would not be having their present conversation if- | Brutus had agreed with Cassius to murder Antony |
| What incorrect conclusion does Pindarus come to about what is happening on the battlefield? (Act 5, scene 3) | He thinks that Titinius is captured. |
| The consequence of Pindarus’s misreading of the battlefield in Act 5 scene 3 is- | the death of Cassius |
| What really happens on the battlefield? | Brutus’s army overpowers Octavius’s army, but then they are defeated. |
| What do Brutus and Cassius believe will happen to them if they are taken alive? | They will be paraded as prisoners through the streets of Rome. |
| At the end, why does Antony believe that Brutus was different from the other conspirators? | Brutus alone acted for the general good of Rome. |
| What is ironic, or surprising, about Brutus’s suicide? | In Scene 2, he claimed that suicide was cowardly and vile. |
| The arguments, battles, and deaths in the final act serve to- | make clear the tragic irony in Brutus’s motives |
| At the beginning of Act IV, what are Antony, Octavius, and Lepidus discussing? | Which Romans they will kill in order to secure their power. |
| Which of the following best summarizes Brutus’s argument in Act IV, scene iii? | They killed Caesar to end corruption; now they do not have the right to be corrupt themselves. |
| What best describes Brutus’s biggest flaw? | He is idealistic, but naïve. |
| Cassius’s words “Urge me no more, I shall forget myself” reveal his flaw of- | rash anger |
| Based on Antony’s speech when he finds Brutus’s body, we can infer that- | Antony held a certain respect for Brutus |
| When most of Brutus’s servants refuse to hold the sword so he can commit suicide, we can infer that the servants- | love Brutus and do not want him to die |
| When Octavius offers to take into service all those who followed Brutus, we can infer that he- | is interested in reconciliation between the two groups |
| We can infer that the stress of war has gotten to Cassius and Brutus when- | the two men quarrel in the tent and Cassius threatens Brutus |
| What line best reflects Antony’s feelings toward Lepidus? | “Do not talk of him but as a property.” |
| Before the battle of Philippi, Brutus tells Cassius, “There is a tide in the affairs of men / Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune; / Omitted, all the voyage of their life / Is bound in shallows and in miseries.” Brutus means that- | success depends on seizing opportunity |
| The character who most closely fits the definition of a tragic hero is- | Brutus, because he is noble but flawed and causes his own downfall |
| The climax of the play occurs when- | Brutus dies |
| What happens in the resolution of the play? | Brutus is given a respectful burial. |
| What is Cassius’s fatal mistake in Act 5, scene 3? | He mistakenly believes Titinius has been captured and kills himself out of guilt. |
| What statement by Brutus on the death of Cassius is most reflective of his stoicism? | “Friends, I owe moe tears / to this dead man than you will see me pay. / I shall find time Cassius; I shall find time.” |
| In Act V, scene iv, to what does Brutus attribute the suicides of Cassius and Titinius? | the power of Casear’s ghost |
| What is a good argument against Cassius’s being described as a noble hero who is brought low through his own fault? | He is greedy and dishonest rather than noble and heroic. |
| What phrase best expresses the theme of “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar”? | Good consequences cannot result from an evil deed. |
| Why is “The Tragedy of Julius Caesar” considered a tragedy? | A main character is involved in a struggle that ends in disaster. |
| What is the attitude of Antony and Octavius toward Brutus’s followers when they have been captured? | They are merciful. |
| What is the significance of the ghost’s promise to see Brutus at Philippi? | Philippi is where Brutus is to meet Antony’s troops, and the ghost’s promise to be there is probably a bad omen. |
| What does Caesar’s ghost symbolize? | Brutus’s guilty conscience |
| What words describe the relationship among the triumvirate? | manipulation and suspicion |
| What is the initial source of conflict between Cassius and Brutus in Act IV? | Brutus believes that Cassius has taken bribes. |
| Why does Brutus and Cassius’s friendship change in Act IV? | Brutus and Cassius argue and disagree with each other. |
| How are Brutus and Cassius characterized in Act IV, scene iii? | ambitious, petty, quarrelsome |
| When Brutus receives confirmation of Portia’s death, he is not very emotional because- | he practiced the philosophy of Stoicism |
| How do the temperaments of Brutus and Cassius differ? | Brutus is stoical, while Cassius is emotional. |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Et tu, Brute?– Then fall Caesar.” | Caesar |
| Identify who said the following quote:”This was the noblest Roman of them all… / His life was gentle, and the elements / So mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘This was a man!'” | Antony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Let’s kill him boldly, but not wrathfully; / Let’s carve him as a dish fit for the gods, / Not hew him as a carcass for hounds.” | Brutus |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Caesar, now be still; / I killed not thee with half so good a will.” | Brutus |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Men at some times are masters of their fates. / The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / but in ourselves, that we are underlings.” | Cassius |
| Identify who said the following quote:”As Caesar loved me, I weep for him; as / he was fortunate, I rejoice at it; as he was / valiant, I honor him; but as he was / ambitious, I slew him.” | Brutus |
| Identify who said the following quote:”The evil that men do lives after them, / the good is oft interred with their bones.” | Antony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Cowards die many times before their deaths; / the valiant never taste of death but once.” | Caesar |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”Live a thousand years, I shall not find myself so apt to die…” | hyperbole |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”But I am constant as the Northern Star…” | simile |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”…and some that smile have in their hearts, I fear, millions of mischiefs.” | hyperbole |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”O hateful Error, Melancholy’s child, why dost thou show to the apt thoughts of me the things that are not?” | personification |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”You are not wood, you are not stones, but men…” | metaphor |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”His life was gentle, and the elements so mixed in him that Nature might stand up and say to all the world, ‘This was a man!'” | personification |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats; for I am armed so strong in honesty that they pass by me as the idle wind, which I respect not.” | simile |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”…for when noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitor’s arms, quite vanquished him.” | personification |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”I had rather have such men my friends than enemies.” | assonance |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”You wrong me every way; you wrong me, Brutus; I said an elder solder, not a better.” | consonance |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”Art thou some god, some angel, or some devil, that mak’st my blood cold, and my hair to stare?” | rhyme |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”But it sufficeth that the day will *end*, and then the endendit sufficeth that the day will *end*, and then the *end* is known.” | repetition |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”There are no tricks in plain and simple faith; but hollow men, like horses hot at hand, make gallant show and promise of their mettle.” | alliteration |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”A peevish schoolboy, worthless of such honor, joined with a masker and a reveler.” | consonance |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”Even so *great* men greatgreato *great* men *great* losses should endure.” | repetition |
| Identify the figurative language used in the following quote:”Come poor remains of friends, rest on this rock.” | alliteration |
| Identify who said the following quote:”…I do fear the people choose Caesar for their King.” | Brutus |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Beware the ides of March.” | Soothsayer |
| Identify who said the following quote:”But when I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered.” | Decius |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Cassius, Be not deceived. If I have veiled my look, I turn the trouble of my countenance Merely upon myself.” | Brutus |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of war.” | Antony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Even for that our love old, I prithee Hold thou my sword-hilt whilst I run on it.” | Brutus |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears! I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.” | Anthony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”He was my friend, faithful and just to me. But Brutus says he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honorable man.” | Antony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”I am not gamesome. I do lack some spirit Of that quick spirit that is Antony. Let me not hinder, Cassius, your desires. I’ll leave you.” | Brutus |
| Identify who said the following quote:”I know where I will wear this dagger then; Cassius from bondage will deliver Cassius.” | Cassius |
| Identify who said the following quote:”I shall remember. When Caesar says ‘Do this,’ it is performed.” | Antony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Let me have men about me that are fat, Sleek-headed-men, and such as sleep o’nights; Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; he thinks too much; such men are dangerous.” | Caesar |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Mischief, thou art afoot, Take thou what course thou wilt.” | Antony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” | Brutus |
| Identify who said the following quote:”O judgment, thou art fled to brutish beasts, And men have lost their reason! Bear with me, My heart is in the coffin there with Caesar, And I must pause till it come back to me.” | Antony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Speak hands for me!” | Casca |
| Identify who said the following quote:”Thou art the ruins of the noblest man, That ever lived in the tide of times. Woe to the hand that shed this costly blood!” | Antony |
| Identify who said the following quote:”When beggars die, there are no comets seen; The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.” | Calpurnia |
| Identify who said the following quote:”And therefore think him as a serpent’s egg, Which, hatched, would as his kind grow mischievous, And kill him in the shell.” | Brutus |
Julius Caesar Acts 4-5 Test Review
April 17, 2020